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Title: Increased material flow throughput in large scale additive manufacturing through movable segmented build platform

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1892678

An assembly for additive manufacturing includes a build housing including a base, a print head, and a print head support connected to the base for supporting the print head above the base. A driver system is provided for moving the print head and the base relative to one another. A build platform comprising a build support and at least one platen. The build support can be detachably engageable to the housing. The platens can be detachably engageable to the build support. The build support can include registration structure for registering the position of the build support relative to the build housing. A method of additive manufacturing is also disclosed.

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):
11,267,201
Application Number:
16/816,982
OSTI ID:
1892678
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 03/12/2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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