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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2012
Applicants:
William J. Swanson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Dominic F. Mannella, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Inventors:
William J. Swanson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Dominic F. Mannella, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/18 (2006.01); B29C 67/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/0092 (2013.01); B29C 67/0055 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for printing a three-dimensional part with an additive manufacturing system, comprising printing the three-dimensional part in a layer-by-layer manner along a printing axis in the additive manufacturing system, printing a scaffold in a layer by layer manner along the printing axis along with the printing of the three-dimensional part, and bracing the three-dimensional part laterally relative to the printing axis with the scaffold while printing the three-dimensional part.