ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM HAVING IN-HEAD FIBER-TEASING

• Main Authors: Beebout, Kaleb Forrest, Stockett, Ryan C, Tyler, Kenneth Lyle
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.04.2020
• 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

A head is disclosed for an additive manufacturing system having a support. The head may include a body connectable to and moveable by the support. The body may have a discharge end configured to discharge a composite material. The head may also include a wetting location inside the body at which a continuous reinforcement is wetted with a matrix to form the composite material, and a fiber-teasing mechanism located inside the body and upstream of the discharge end and the wetting location. The body and fiber-teasing mechanism may be configured to move together during movement of the support.