INTEGRATED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD

• Main Authors: HALBERT, Gavin William, ANWAR, Ali Ahmed, ROBERTSON, John
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 11.08.2022
• 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 dispensing apparatus (200) configured for dispensing a composition (111) comprises at least one inlet (251) configured for receiving a composition (111); at least one outlet (252) configured for dispensing the composition (111); at least one directional flow valve (250) located between the at least one inlet (251) and the at least one outlet (252); and at least one regulating module (260) in fluid communication with a respective directional flow valve (250), wherein the at least one regulating module (260) is configured to control and/or regulate flow of the composition (111) to at least one outlet (252). L'invention concerne un appareil de distribution (200) conçu pour distribuer une composition (111) qui comprend au moins un orifice d'entrée (251) conçu pour recevoir une composition (111) ; au moins un orifice de sortie (252) conçu pour distribuer la composition (111) ; au moins un distributeur (250) se situant entre l'au moins un orifice d'entrée (251) et l'au moins un orifice de sortie (252) ; et au moins un module de régulation (260) en communication fluidique avec un distributeur respectif (250), l'au moins un module de régulation (260) étant conçu pour commander et/ou réguler l'écoulement de la composition (111) vers au moins un orifice de sortie (252).