Method and Device for Applying at Least One Material, Extruder, 3D Print Head, 3D Printer, Machine Tool and Control Device
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Abstract
A control device, method and device for applying at least one material to a substrate or a workpiece, an extruder, a 3D print head, a 3D printer and a machine tool, wherein the device includes a main body with an outlet for the materials, where the materials are fed through at least two access channels to the outlet and mixed and/or blended at this location, where a rotational movement of the main body with respect to the substrate or the workpiece causes the materials to blend in a manner analogous to a double helix or a plait such that mixing/blending of the materials is advantageously improved, and where if applied to a 3D printing process, then either the workpiece rotates about an axis of rotation that extends through the outlet of the main body, or the main body and consequently the outlet itself rotates.
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29 Claims
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15. A device for depositing at least one material onto a substrate or a workpiece via a fused deposition modeling method, the device comprising:
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a main body including at least a first access channel, a second access channel and an outlet, the first access channel receiving a first material and the second access channel receiving a second material, the first and second access channels ending in the outlet of the main body; wherein an inside face of at least one of (i) the outlet, (ii) the workpiece and (iii) the substrate is rotatable about an axis of rotation which extends through the outlet; wherein a combination of the first material and the second material is provided upon the at least first material and second material being discharged through the outlet; and wherein the outlet forms converged ends of the first and second access channels. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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19. A fused deposition modeling method for depositing at least one material onto a substrate or a workpiece, comprising:
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supplying at least a first material to an outlet of a main body through a first access channel; supplying a second material to the outlet of the main body through a second access channel; wherein at least one of (i) the main body and (ii) the workpiece and the substrate rotate about an axis of rotation which extends through the outlet; and wherein the outlet forms converged ends of the first and second access channels. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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