Additive manufacturing of active devices using dielectric, conductive, and magnetic materials
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1. A system for a multi-material additive manufacturing process comprising:
- a nozzle configured to move along one or more axes, the nozzle configured to extrude a solidifiable material to form an extrudate;
a fiber feeding capillary configured to move along the one or more axes, configured to receive one or more solid fibers and configured to guide the one or more solid fibers into contact with the solidifiable material and out through the nozzle, wherein the fiber feeding capillary is positioned within the nozzle, wherein a distal tip of the fiber feeding capillary is configured to extend;
a fiber feeding mechanism configured to advance the one or more fibers through the fiber feeding capillary, the fiber feeding mechanism configured to advance the one or more fibers through the fiber feeding capillary and out through the nozzle concurrently as the nozzle extrudes the solidifiable material, wherein the one or more fibers are embedded within or are in, on or about the extrudate from the nozzle; and
a cutter capable of severing the one or more solid fibers, wherein the distal tip of the fiber feeding capillary comprises a slot, wherein the cutter is positioned within the slot.
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Abstract
The present invention includes a process, system and apparatus for multi-material additive manufacturing process comprising: extruding an extrudable material through a nozzle capable of moving along one or more axis and concurrently extruding one or more filaments, wherein the filament is embedded in, on or about the extrudable material from the nozzle.
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1. A system for a multi-material additive manufacturing process comprising:
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a nozzle configured to move along one or more axes, the nozzle configured to extrude a solidifiable material to form an extrudate; a fiber feeding capillary configured to move along the one or more axes, configured to receive one or more solid fibers and configured to guide the one or more solid fibers into contact with the solidifiable material and out through the nozzle, wherein the fiber feeding capillary is positioned within the nozzle, wherein a distal tip of the fiber feeding capillary is configured to extend; a fiber feeding mechanism configured to advance the one or more fibers through the fiber feeding capillary, the fiber feeding mechanism configured to advance the one or more fibers through the fiber feeding capillary and out through the nozzle concurrently as the nozzle extrudes the solidifiable material, wherein the one or more fibers are embedded within or are in, on or about the extrudate from the nozzle; and a cutter capable of severing the one or more solid fibers, wherein the distal tip of the fiber feeding capillary comprises a slot, wherein the cutter is positioned within the slot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for a multi-material additive manufacturing process comprising:
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a nozzle configured to move along one or more axes, the nozzle configured to extrude a solidifiable material to form an extrudate that forms at least a portion of a multi-material structure; a fiber feeding capillary positioned within the nozzle and configured to axially translate relative to the nozzle, the fiber feeding capillary configured to move along the one or more axes and configured to receive one or more solid fibers and guide the one or more solid fibers into contact with the solidifiable material and out through the nozzle; and a fiber feeding mechanism configured to advance the one or more solid fibers through the fiber feeding capillary, the fiber feeding mechanism configured to advance the one or more fibers that form at least another portion of the multi-material structure through the capillary and out through the nozzle concurrently as the nozzle extrudes the solidifiable material; and a cutter capable of severing the one or more solid fibers, wherein a distal tip of the fiber feeding capillary comprises a slot, wherein the cutter is positioned within the slot.
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