METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AND DISPENSING MATERIAL DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
First Claim
1. A system for additive manufacturing, comprising:
- a nozzle configured to translate along a first axis, a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and a third axis orthogonal to the first and second axes, wherein the nozzle is operably coupled to;
an extruder having an outlet and including a screw disposed within a barrel; and
a pump having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being coupled to the extruder, and the outlet being in fluid communication with the nozzle; and
a controller configured to adjust a speed of the pump with respect to a speed of the screw to apply a target pressure at the outlet of the extruder.
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Abstract
A system for additive manufacturing includes a nozzle configured to translate along a first axis, a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and a third axis orthogonal to the first and second axes, wherein the nozzle is operably coupled to: an extruder having an outlet and including a screw disposed within a barrel, and a pump having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is coupled to the extruder, and the outlet is in fluid communication with the nozzle. The system also includes a controller configured to adjust a speed of the pump with respect to a speed of the screw to apply a target pressure at the outlet of the extruder.
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1. A system for additive manufacturing, comprising:
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a nozzle configured to translate along a first axis, a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and a third axis orthogonal to the first and second axes, wherein the nozzle is operably coupled to; an extruder having an outlet and including a screw disposed within a barrel; and a pump having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being coupled to the extruder, and the outlet being in fluid communication with the nozzle; and a controller configured to adjust a speed of the pump with respect to a speed of the screw to apply a target pressure at the outlet of the extruder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for additive manufacturing, comprising:
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a nozzle configured to translate along a first axis, a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and a third axis orthogonal to the first and second axes, wherein the nozzle is operably coupled to; an extruder including a screw disposed within a barrel; and a pump having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlet is coupled to the extruder, and the outlet is in fluid communication with the nozzle; and a controller configured to modify a size of a bead extruded by the nozzle to maintain an approximately constant sized overlap between a plurality of adjacent beads. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An additive manufacturing method for delivering a flowable material from a nozzle of a programmable computer numeric control machine (CNC), the method comprising:
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actuating an extruder to form a flowable material; delivering the flowable material to a pump; operating the pump at a speed; and adjusting at least one of the speed of the pump or a rate of translation of the nozzle based on a size of a boundary area formed by at least one adjacent bead of flowable material. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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