AUTOMATED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR PRINTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PARTS, PRINTING FARM THEREOF, AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF
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1. A method for printing a three-dimensional part with an additive manufacturing system, the method comprising:
- securing a film or substrate to a platen assembly of the additive manufacturing system;
printing an information-containing part on the secured film or substrate, wherein the information-containing part comprises encoded information relating to the three-dimensional part;
printing the three-dimensional part on the secured film or substrate;
releasing the film or substrate having the printed information-containing part and the printed three-dimensional part from the platen assembly; and
removing the released film or substrate having the printed information-containing part and the printed three-dimensional part from the additive manufacturing system.
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Abstract
An additive manufacturing system comprising a platen assembly configured to restrain and release a film or substrate, a head gantry configured to retain a print head for printing a three-dimensional part on the restrained film or substrate. The additive manufacturing system may also include a removal assembly configured to draw the film having the printed three-dimensional part from the platen assembly and to cut the drawn film.
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1. A method for printing a three-dimensional part with an additive manufacturing system, the method comprising:
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securing a film or substrate to a platen assembly of the additive manufacturing system; printing an information-containing part on the secured film or substrate, wherein the information-containing part comprises encoded information relating to the three-dimensional part; printing the three-dimensional part on the secured film or substrate; releasing the film or substrate having the printed information-containing part and the printed three-dimensional part from the platen assembly; and removing the released film or substrate having the printed information-containing part and the printed three-dimensional part from the additive manufacturing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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12. A method for printing a three-dimensional part with an additive manufacturing system, the method comprising:
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securing a substrate to a platen assembly of the additive manufacturing system, wherein the substrate comprises a plurality of holes; printing one or more layers of a support structure on the secured substrate, wherein portions of the one or more printed layers penetrate into at least a portion of the holes in a sprue-like manner to form mushroom heads that lock the support structure to the secured substrate; printing the three-dimensional part on the one or more printed layers of the support structure; releasing the substrate having printed three-dimensional part from the platen assembly; and removing the three-dimensional part and at least a portion of the support structure from the substrate. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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