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Additive manufacturing system with extended printing volume, and methods of use thereof

  • US 10,549,517 B2
  • Filed: 04/28/2017
  • Issued: 02/04/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An additive manufacturing system for printing a three-dimensional part, the system comprising:

  • a build environment having a first length;

    a gantry located within the build environment;

    a print head attached to the gantry, wherein the gantry is configured to move the print head in a plane substantially parallel to a print plane, wherein a part material is extruded in the print plane to print the three-dimensional part in a layer-by-layer manner, wherein the print plane is non-horizontal;

    a receiving surface configured to receive the printed part material from the print head to build the three-dimensional part in the layer-by-layer manner to a selected part length where the part length is greater than the first length of the build environment; and

    a drive mechanism configured to index at least a portion of the receiving surface substantially parallel to a printing axis such that the receiving surface and at least a portion of the three-dimensional part move out of the build environment as the three-dimensional part is being built in the layer-by layer manner.

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