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Patents:
Swarm 3D Printing Platform
πΊπΈ US12208579B2 β’ Issued Jan 28, 2025
A system that uses autonomous robots for 3D manufacturing an object where the robots have different tool heads for performing different manufacturing operations.
Swarm Manufacturing for Smart Factory
πΊπΈ US11975486B2 β’ Issued May 7, 2024
The present invention provides a swarm manufacturing platform, based on a swarm 3D printing and assembly (SPA) platform as a model for future smart factories, consisting of thousands of IoT-based mobile robots performing different manufacturing operations with different end effectors and real-time monitoring.
Cooperative 3D Printing Platform
πΊπΈ US11718041B2 β’ Issued Aug 8, 2023
A 3D printing system comprising a plurality of printers. The printers are motorized to allow movement in X and Y directions or to rotate freely. Each printer may have one or more printheads. Also provided is a surface independent from said printers adapted to receive a printed object.
Selective Resistive Sintering - A New Additive Manufacturing Method
πΊπΈ US11247462B2 β’ Issued Feb 15, 2022
A system and method for selective heating and/or sistering of a material including first and second substances, an array of one or more resistive heating elements arranged on a planar surface of a substrate and material to be heated located on the other substrate.
Publications:
Towards Swarm Manufacturing: Architecting A Cooperative 3D Printing System
ποΈ ASME - Journal of Manufacturing Science & Engineering
π New York, NY β’ Feb 16, 2022
This paper presents a fully integrated and functional cooperative 3D printing platform with all necessary components and outlines how they work in unison from a system-level perspective.
Architecting the Cooperative 3D Printing System
ποΈ ASME - Design Engineering Technical Conference
π St. Louis, MO β’ Aug 17, 2020
This paper presents a fully integrated and functional cooperative 3D printing platform with all necessary components, including chunker, slicer, scheduler, printing robots, build floor, and outline how they work in unison from a system-level perspective.
Fabrication and Control of a Microheater Array for Powder Sintering
ποΈ Springer - Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
π New York, NY β’ Nov 10, 2017
Microheater Array Powder Sintering (MAPS) is a novel additive manufacturing process that uses a microheater array to replace the laser of selective laser sintering as the energy source. This paper presents the fabrication of a platinum microheater array.
A Mobile 3D Printer for Cooperative 3D Printing
ποΈ University of Texas - 28th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium
π Austin, TX β’ Aug 7, 2017
Cooperative 3D printing is an emerging technology that aims to provide scalability to 3D printing by enabling multiple mobile robots to cooperate on a single printing job. This paper presents a mobile 3D printer with a filament extrusion printhead.
Fabrication and Control of a Microheater Array for Powder Sintering
ποΈ University of Texas - 28th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium
π Austin, TX β’ Aug 7, 2017
This paper presents the fabrication, packaging, and control of a platinum microheater array that has a target operation temperature of 400 Β°C and a response time of ~1 ms for the MAPS process.
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