SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING USING AN OMNIDIRECTIONAL MAGNETIC MOVEMENT APPARATUS

• Main Authors: LILLIE, Grace M, YUGULIS, Kevin L, KOROL, Steven Van Cleve, PRESCOTT, James A, RISSER, Steven M, EMERSON, Jared T, SEXTON, Frederick A, YOO, Jaedeok, DANHOF, Scott N, SCOTT, Kenneth B, BRADBURY, Thomas J, TALLARICO, John P, SMITH, Kyle Edward, HELD, Jeffrey R, HAUBERT, Thomas D, PYZZA, Jake M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.08.2024
• 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; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; TRANSPORTING

A process system and method for the making of articles, using an omnidirectional magnetic movement system with a transport surface and fabrication modules having a formation surface that can be transported omnidirectionally over the transport surface under the control of a movement controller. An article forming system provides process unit operations for forming articles onto the formation surface as the fabrication modules are moved asynchronously between a plurality of processing positions on the transport surface, and features a depositing device for placing a construction material onto the formation surface and one or more processing devices to form the construction material into the article.