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SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONTROL A THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) PRINTER

  • US 20170050388A1
  • Filed: 07/22/2016
  • Published: 02/23/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2015
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A three-dimensional (3D) printer device comprising:

  • a first extruder configured to deposit a material on a deposition platform;

    an actuator coupled to at least one of the first extruder or the deposition platform; and

    a controller coupled to the actuator, the controller configured to cause the first extruder to deposit a first portion of the material corresponding to a first portion of a physical model, to cause the first extruder to be cleaned, purged, or both, after the first extruder deposits the first portion of the material, and to cause the first extruder to deposit a second portion of the material after the first extruder is cleaned, purged, or both, the second portion of the material corresponding to a second portion of the physical model.

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