BUILD TEMPERATURE MODULATION

• Main Author: NOVICK, Michael A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 19.04.2018
• Subjects: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

According to an example, build temperature modulation may include determining a characteristic of an object to be produced by three-dimensional printing. The three-dimensional printing may divide the object into a plurality of printing areas for producing the object by using a fusing agent. The build temperature modulation may further include determining, based on the characteristic of the object to be produced by the three-dimensional printing, a fusing agent flux amount of the fusing agent sufficient to oversaturate a printing area of the plurality of printing areas to modulate temperatures related to the plurality of printing areas to a substantially constant temperature across the plurality of printing areas.