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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Dominic F. Mannella, Minnetonka, MN (US);
William J. Swanson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Dominic F. Mannella, Minnetonka, MN (US);
William J. Swanson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/00 (2006.01); B22F 5/10 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 5/10 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B29C 67/0055 (2013.01); B22F 2003/1056 (2013.01); B22F 2003/1058 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract
A method for printing three-dimensional parts with an additive manufacturing system, comprising printing successive layers having increasing cross-sectional areas, and printing layers of a three-dimensional part onto the previously printed layers, where a last layer of the previously printed successive layers has a cross-sectional area that is at least as large as a footprint area of the three-dimensional part.