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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2012
J. Samuel Batchelder, Somers, NY (US);
William J. Swanson, St. Paul, MN (US);
S. Scott Crump, Wayzata, MN (US);
J. Samuel Batchelder, Somers, NY (US);
William J. Swanson, St. Paul, MN (US);
S. Scott Crump, Wayzata, MN (US);
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A consumable material for use in an extrusion-based digital manufacturing system, the consumable material comprising a length and a cross-sectional profile of at least a portion of the length that is axially asymmetric. The cross-sectional profile is configured to provide a response time with a non-cylindrical liquefier of the extrusion-based digital manufacturing system that is faster than a response time achievable with a cylindrical filament in a cylindrical liquefier for a same thermally limited, maximum volumetric flow rate.