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Computer automated manufacturing process and system

  • US 4,665,492 A
  • Filed: 07/02/1984
  • Issued: 05/12/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for the three-dimensional reproduction of an article from a data file generated in response to creation of said three-dimensional design of the article on a computer machine, said method comprising:

  • providing a data file of coordinate information representing a three-dimensional design of said article in a three-dimensional coordinate system;

    providing a servo-mechanism having at least one movable working head;

    providing a computer programmed controller for controlling said servo-mechanism and the movement and position of said working head;

    transferring coordinate information from said data file to said programmed controller for controlling said working head in response to said coordinate information;

    providing a controlled environment;

    supporting an origination seed in said controlled environment to provide a point of origin in said coordinate system about which said article is constructed;

    providing a source of mass particles;

    emitting a directional energy beam from said working head for directing movement of said mass particles in said coordinate system;

    controlling said servo-mechanism to position said working head in response to said coordinate information for directing said mass particles to said three-dimensional coordinates of said design in said coordinate system; and

    joining said mass particles with one another at said coordinates beginning with said origination seed to physically construct said article in three-dimensions about said origination seed.

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