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Cable-driven additive manufacturing system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1892553
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A cable-driven additive manufacturing system includes an end effector configured for linear translation within a three-dimensional workspace, an aerial hoist suspending the end effector by at least one suspension cable, a plurality of base stations disposed below the aerial hoist, and control cables running from each of the base stations to the end effector.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Number(s):
11,230,032
Application Number:
16/383,105
OSTI ID:
1892553
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (5)

Automated construction by contour crafting—related robotics and information technologies journal January 2004
Additive manufacturing of concrete in construction: potentials and challenges of 3D concrete printing journal July 2016
Development of a Viable Concrete Printing Process conference June 2011
Additive construction: State-of-the-art, challenges and opportunities journal December 2016
Large-scale 3D printing with cable-driven parallel robots journal August 2017

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