43rd week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 16 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210331326 | ROBOT AND ROBOT SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME - A robot according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: at least one wheel for traveling; a water tank in which an accommodating space accommodating water is formed; a water pump connected to the water tank; a water purifier connected to the water pump to purify and discharge water provided from the water tank; and an air cleaner configured to suction and filter air and discharge the filtered air, wherein the water tank is disposed below the water pump, the water purifier, and the air cleaner. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331327 | ROBOT GRIPPER FOR MOVING WAFER CARRIERS AND PACKING MATERIALS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A robot gripper for moving wafer carriers and packing materials and a method of operating the same are provided. The robot gripper includes two opposing clamp assemblies. The two clamp assemblies are configured to move close to or away from each other. Each of the clamp assemblies includes a movable support pin at a bottom of the clamp assembly. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331328 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ROBOT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides an artificial-intelligence robot including a body having an internal accommodation space formed therein, a support part disposed below the body to support the body, a display configured to display an image, a head disposed on the body and having a front surface on which the display is disposed, a voice input unit including a plurality of microphones (MICs) receiving a voice signal, and a control unit configured to, upon receiving a payment command from a user, make a request for speech of a security code, receive speech data on the security code from the user, and perform user authentication by comparing the speech data with the security code and comparing the speech data with a stored voice of the user. Thus, it is possible to provide an artificial-intelligence robot that is more convenient to use by performing security authentication through a voice input. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331329 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF BULK MATERIAL REMOVAL - Systems and method for forming a stable silo face in bulk material are disclosed. Particularly, systems and methods for forming a negative rake angle in a silo face of bulk silage are disclosed. Rotation of an articulated arm (e.g., raising and lowering), altering a length of the articulated arm (e.g., extension or retraction), and movement of a machine relative to the silo face (towards and away from) may be automatically controlled to form the negative rake angle. Different implementations contemplate automated control of all or fewer than all of these operations. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331330 | Annular Component Installation System And Method - A component installation system includes an engagement clamp having a circular shape coupled to a robotic arm, being configured to engage an annular component. The component installation system further includes an actuator coupled to the engagement clamp and operable to cause the engagement clamp to engage and disengage the annular component, and a heating element coupled to the engagement clamp and arranged to heat the annular component engaged within the engagement clamp. The component installation system further includes a controller in communication with the robotic arm, the actuator and the heating element. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331331 | SUCTION GRIPPER HEAD WITH A FOAM BODY - A suction gripper head comprising at least one carrier and a soleplate ( | 2021-10-28 |
20210331332 | FLUIDIC SOLAR ACTUATOR - A solar actuator system comprising at least one actuator assembly. The actuator assembly includes: a top coupler; an angled bottom coupler having a top-end and respective first and second faces on opposing first and second sides of the top-end, the angled bottom coupler coupled to the top coupler via a one-degree-of-freedom joint between the top coupler and the angled bottom coupler; and at least a first and second actuator, with the first actuator disposed on the first side of the angled bottom coupler and the second actuator disposed on the second side of the angled bottom coupler. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331333 | Robotic Leg - A robotic leg includes a hip, a first pulley attached to the hip and defining a first axis of rotation, a first leg portion having a first end portion and a second end portion, a second pulley rotatably coupled to the second end portion of the first leg portion and defining a second axis of rotation, a second leg portion having a first end portion and a second end portion, and a timing belt trained about the first pulley and the second pulley for synchronizing rotation of the first leg portion about the first axis of rotation and rotation of the second leg portion about the second axis of rotation. The first end portion of the first leg portion is rotatably coupled to the hip and configured to rotate about the first axis of rotation. The first end portion of the second leg portion is fixedly attached to the second pulley. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331334 | ROBOT - A robot comprises: a main PCB having an antenna disposed thereon, the antenna disposed on an upper portion of the main PCB; and a sub-PCB spaced apart from the main PCB in a horizontal direction, wherein the main PCB comprises a non-overlap region that does not overlap the sub-PCB in both the horizontal direction and a vertical direction, and all or any portion of the antenna is disposed on the non-overlap region. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331335 | FOLDING KNIFE - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for a locking folding knife having a handle lock and a safety switch arranged around and rotatable around a pivot axis of the knife. In an engaged position the switch overlaps at least a portion of the handle lock and prevents it from moving into an unlocked position. A spring, such as a wire form spring, can be arranged within a pocket of the switch, and when the switch is moved between engaged and disengaged positions the spring can be compressed generating a rotational bias on the switch urging the switch toward either the engaged or disengaged position. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331336 | Knife - A folding knife including a handle, a pivot axis, and a blade having a cutting edge. The blade is pivotably coupled to the handle such that the blade is pivotable relative to the handle about the pivot axis between a retracted position and an extended position. The cutting edge is exposed in the extended position and a portion of the blade is received within the handle in the retracted position. The folding knife further includes a bearing assembly for facilitating movement of the blade between the retracted position and the extended position. The bearing assembly includes a first bearing recessed within the blade and a second bearing recessed within the handle. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331337 | BIDIRECTIONAL DRIVING MECHANISM FOR ELECTRIC SCISSORS BLADES AND ELECTRIC SCISSORS BLADES - The present disclosure relates to the technical field of electric scissors, and in particular relates to a bidirectional driving mechanism for electric scissors blades and electric scissors. The bidirectional driving mechanism for electric scissors blade includes a fixed seat, a driving gear, a rotating shaft member, an upper blade group and a lower blade. The driving gear and the rotating shaft member are arranged on fixed seat, the lower blade and the upper blade group rotate around the rotating shaft member, an outer rack is arranged at a rear part of the lower blade, a front part of the upper blade group is an upper blade, a rear part of the upper blade group is a meshing block, and an inner rack is arranged at a rear part of the meshing block; and the inner rack and the outer rack are respectively meshed with both sides of the driving gear. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331338 | Cutting Set with Wave-shaped Cutting Edge - Blade arrangement for a hair clipper comprising | 2021-10-28 |
20210331339 | HEATING BLADES OF RAZOR USING RF ENERGY - A razor includes one or more blades that are directly or indirectly heated by RF energy. A control circuit is connected to and operates a high frequency (HF) generator and a HF power amplifier (HFPA) for generating radio frequency (RF) energy throughout a range of controllable power levels. The generated RF energy is guided by a wave guide from the HFPA to a resonance chamber (i.e., band pass filter cavity). The RF energy is radiated from the resonance chamber towards the one or more blades which absorb the RF energy, thereby causing the temperature of the blades to increase. An energy source provides the electric current required for operating the control circuit, the HF generator and the HFPA. In another embodiment, the RF energy is radiated from the resonance chamber towards a heating element that increases in temperature and heats the blades by thermal conduction. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331340 | RAZOR DEVICE - This disclosure provides a razor device, including a razor head assembly, a handle assembly and a locking assembly. The razor head assembly is rotatably connected to the handle assembly for adjusting an angle of the razor head assembly relative to the handle assembly. The locking assembly matches with the razor head assembly and the handle assembly, and is configured to switch the locking and unlocking between the razor head assembly and the handle assembly. The head assembly can be drove to rotate relative to the handle assembly. The razor head assembly is unlocked from the handle assembly via the locking assembly, and then driven to rotate the handle assembly to adjust the angle. After the desired angle is reached, the razor head assembly is locked to the handle assembly via the locking assembly again. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331341 | CUTTER MODULE AND METHOD - A cutter arrangement for media processing equipment, including a cutter module to be arranged on a shaft via a dedicated one of a number of transmission devices, at least one of the cutter module and the transmission devices comprising a registration feature to guide a user to arrange the cutter module on the dedicated one of the number of transmission devices. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331342 | HALF CUTTER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HALF CUTTER, AND TAPE PRINTING DEVICE - A half cutter includes a cutting blade having a blade and a holder to which the blade is fixed, a blade receiving member having a blade receiving surface from and with which the blade is separated and comes into contact, and a spacer having at least one of a holder spacer arranged at the holder which is made of a material that is different from a material of the holder, is provided in the holder to protrude toward the blade receiving surface further than the blade, and generates a gap between the blade and the blade receiving surface and a blade receiving spacer arranged at the blade receiving surface which is made of a material different from a material of the blade receiving member, is provided to protrude from the blade receiving surface, and generates a gap between the blade and the blade receiving surface. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331343 | CHOPPING MACHINE - A chopping machine includes a driving unit, a cutting unit, and a conveying unit. The cutting unit has a blade shaft and an immovable blade seat. The blade shaft has a plurality of movable blades. One side of the immovable blade seat is connected with an immovable blade. The conveying unit has a feeding member. Thereby, by putting a material into the feeding member, the driving unit drives the cutting unit and links the conveying unit to run. The material is chopped by the movable blades and the immovable blade, so as to improve the safety in use and reduce the situation that the material is jammed or nipped in the feeding process, and the purpose of labor-saving and fast operation is achieved. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331344 | FILM CUTTING METHOD AND CUTTING DEVICE, COMPOSITE FILM, BACKLIGHT MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a film cutting method, a film cutting device, a composite film, a backlight module and a display device. The film material cutting method includes: using a cutting tool provided with a viscous material to cut a composite film that includes at least two laminated optical films, with the viscous material on the cutting tool being transferred to a cutting end surface of the composite film during cutting; and, curing the viscous material on the cutting end surface. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331345 | Configurable Feedstock Measurement Device - In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a device for measuring length of feedstock being fed to a tool operated directly by a user. The device includes a body, configured to be removably attached to the tool. The device also includes a display, mounted in the body, and visually accessible to the user. The device also includes a measurement wheel mechanically mounted to the body and configured to be mechanically biased to the feedstock under a condition wherein the body is attached to the tool. The device also includes an encoder coupled to the measurement wheel and configured to generate a signal indicative of angular position of the wheel. The device further includes a processor, disposed in the body, coupled to the encoder and the display and configured to cause the display to show a measure indicative of a length of the feedstock that has been fed to the tool. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331346 | INDICIA BEARING SEPTUMS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SEPTUMS AND PORTAL THEREFOR - An information bearing septum viewable under radiographic imaging is formed by molding a septum base to have a depression with a given configuration and molding a one-piece solid radiopaque material insert having the same given configuration. The radiopaque insert is mounted to the cavity formed by the depression at the septum base. The top of the septum is then covered by a silicone layer that bonds to the septum. The finished septum is adapted to be fitted to a reservoir housing of a subcutaneous implantable portal. In place of the solid insert, the septum may be formed by placing on top of the septum base a one-piece top layer impregnated with a radiopaque material that has an integral hanging insert that fittingly mounts into the cavity formed by the depression at the septum base. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331347 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING CONCRETE STAIRWAYS AND STEPS - An assembly for constructing concrete stairways and stairs that includes siderails that are configured to the attached to the walls on either side of an area where a stairway is to be constructed. A plurality of riser brackets and tread brackets are pivotally and slidably coupled to the siderails and pivotally and slidably connected to one another so as to allow for height, length and level adjustment of the individual riser brackets and tread brackets. The configuration further allows the riser brackets and trend brackets to fold up and be linearly aligned with the siderails for transportation and storage. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331348 | Pre-Stressed Box Culvert and Methods for Assembly Thereof - A pre-stressed concrete box culvert includes a three-sided culvert top section having a pre-stressed top slab, a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The first and the second sidewalls extend orthogonally from opposite ends of the pre-stressed top slab, and the first and the second sidewalls each include a free end that has at least one male or female connector. The pre-stressed concrete box culvert includes a three-sided culvert bottom section having a pre-stressed bottom slab and a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall. The third and the fourth sidewalls extend orthogonally from opposite ends of the pre-stressed bottom slab, and the third and the fourth sidewalls each include a free end that has at least one male or female connector to mate with the at least one corresponding male or female connector arranged at one of the respective free ends of the first and the second sidewalls. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331349 | PORTABLE MIXING APPARATUS FOR MIXING COMPONENTS - A portable mixing apparatus for mixing components is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a container for receiving components to be mixed, a frame for supporting the container in a first orientation for mixing components and a driving assembly couplable with the container for rotating the container. The frame comprises: a first handle for gripping with a first hand of a user, the first handle being disposed above a centre of mass of the portable mixing apparatus, when orientated in the first orientation, the first handle extending forwardly of the apparatus over the container; a second handle for gripping with a second hand of the user while the first hand grips the first handle, the second handle being disposed below the centre of mass of the portable mixing apparatus when orientated in the first orientation, the first and second handle being arranged to enable the user to carry the mixing apparatus and re-orientate the apparatus between the first orientation and a second orientation for emptying the components from the container. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331350 | Drilling Tool - A drilling tool, in particular a rock drill, extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a drill head, an insertion end, a main body, a sleeve element, a conveying portion arranged between the drill head and the insertion end, and at least one conduit that extends along the conveying portion. The conduit is located radially between the sleeve element and the main body. The sleeve element is rotatably mounted on the main body. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331351 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING A LIGHTWEIGHT THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE SHEET - A thermoplastic composite sheet may be composed of a polymer material matrix and a lightweight material that is disposed throughout the polymer material matrix. The polymer material matrix may extend continuously throughout a length, width, and thickness of the thermoplastic composite sheet. The polymer material matrix may be a fully polymerized thermoplastic material. The lightweight material may be fully saturated by the thermoplastic material of the polymer material matrix. The thermoplastic composite sheet may include between 50 and 99 weight percent of the thermoplastic material and between 1 and 50 weight percent of the lightweight material. The thermoplastic composite sheet may be free of reinforcing fibers. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331352 | HYDRAULIC ADVANCEMENT/POSTPONEMENT ASSEMBLY - A hydraulic advancement/postponement assembly is operably coupled to a first ejector plate and to a second ejector plate. The hydraulic advancement/postponement assembly includes a first hydraulic cylinder having a first housing defining a first volume and a first piston, the first housing connected to the first ejector plate and the first piston connected to a fixed element. The hydraulic advancement/postponement assembly includes a second hydraulic cylinder disposed in fluid communication with the first hydraulic cylinder, the second hydraulic cylinder having a second housing defining a second volume and a second piston, the second housing connected to the first ejector plate and a second piston connected to the second ejector plate. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331353 | MOLD - The improved mold assembly for cultured marble molding is provided. The mold assembly can comprise a male mold portion and a female mold portion. The assembly can further comprise a molding tool. The molding tool can have a side wall having an upper curved s and a lower curved portion. The molding tool can be constructed from a flexible and/or soft material. The lower curved portion of the molding tool can be coated with a gel coat having a first color. The molding tool can facilitate molding of a countertop having a recessed bowl portion having a color different from a counter portion of the countertop. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331354 | Method for Preparing a Molded Polymeric Article - Provided is a method for preparing a polymeric article including introducing a polymerizable composition into a mold; sealing the composition within the mold using a sealing means; placing the mold into a convection cure oven; subjecting the polymerizable composition to a cure cycle sufficient to partially cure the composition; extracting the mold from the convection cure oven; optionally, removing the sealing means from the mold; placing the mold into an auxiliary curing chamber which is placed into the convection cure oven, or placing the mold into an auxiliary curing chamber which is within the convection cure oven; subjecting the polymerizable composition to a further cure cycle to complete polymerization of the composition, thereby forming a cured polymeric article; and removing the cured polymeric article from the mold. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331355 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A WOOD-BASED BOARD AND SUCH A WOOD-BASED BOARD - A method of manufacturing a wood-based board. The method includes applying at least one first fibre mat including a first mix comprising lignocellulosic particles and a binder on a carrier, applying a second fibre mat including a second mix including cellulosic particles and a binder on said at least one first fibre mat, and pressing said at least one first fibre mat into a base layer and the second fibre mat into a surface layer simultaneously, thereby forming a wood-based board. Also, to such a wood-based board. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331356 | APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSION MOULDING CONCAVE OBJECTS - An apparatus comprises:
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20210331357 | POWDER APPLICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING STIFFENING ELEMENTS FROM PULVEROUS MATERIAL - A powder application apparatus for an at least partially meltable powder to be applied onto a feeding element for producing reinforcing elements comprises a powder container. In the area of an outlet of the powder container a template for defining a basic shape of a reinforcing element to be produced is provided. Further, a closing device for opening and closing the outlet is provided. For producing reinforcing elements having different stiffness, barrier elements in particular connected with the template are provided. The barrier elements reduce the powder supply to the feeding element such that a reinforcing element with areas of different material thickness are created. A method for producing such a reinforcing element. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331358 | MICROCAVITY-CONTAINING POLYMERIC MEDICAL DEVICES FOR ENHANCED ULTRASONIC ECHOGENICITY - An ultrasound-detectable polymeric device that offers superior visibility of the body of the device and decreased ultrasound angle dependence through the use of microcavities and methods of manufacturing thereof is disclosed. These microcavities enable superior ultrasound visualization due to diffuse reflection of sound waves when compared to solid polymeric objects, ensuring that a strong signal is received at the source of the ultrasound transducer and providing strong image contrast throughout the entire cross-section of the implant that is also robust to variable angles of insonation. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331359 | AUTOMOTIVE TRIM DEVICE - The present invention relates to an automotive trim device and a process for making the same. The automotive trim device comprises a foam body with a cavity, into which a mechanism comprising both functionality-conferring elements and a frame element can be inserted. The foam body is manufactured from liquid foam and uses tooling for the inner core. After the foam body has formed, the tooling is removed and the mechanism can be inserted into the foam body, thereby preventing the mechanism from being exposed to liquid foam. An advantage of the present invention is that the automotive trim device can be used with electrical and/or mechanical devices containing components sensitive to the intrusion and curing of liquid foamable materials. The process may also provide mass and cost savings due to reductions in scrap and material, as compared to other known methods of manufacture. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331360 | DYNAMICALLY TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED IN-MOULD DECORATION - The invention relates to an injection-molding process for the production of an injection-molded element, comprising a film element and an in-mold-coating layer directly injected onto said element. The film element occupies only part of the area of the in-mold-coating layer, and therefore at least one portion of the film edges of said film element is located in the middle of the relevant area of the injection-molded element. In order to avoid notching in the boundary region, the process for the production of the injection-molded element utilizes dynamic temperature control for locally restricted heating of the mold in the region where the flow front of the in-mold-coating material encounters the film material. Injection-molded elements are thus obtained in which no optically discernible boundary is present between film element and in-mold-coating layer. Because there are no joints, the injection-molded elements are amenable to successful and durable subsequent coating. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331361 | MELT DISPENSER FOR PLASTIC MOLDING - A melt dispenser for plastic molding comprises a barrel unit removably mountable to a drive unit. A feed screw is received within a barrel of the barrel unit and is rotated by the drive unit to dispense molten molding material through an outlet of the barrel. A coupling mechanism can be engaged to hold the barrel unit against the drive unit and on to connect the screw to the drive. The coupling mechanism is operable by an actuator. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331362 | DEVICE TO ADJUST THE LINEAR POSITION OF A SHUTTER - A device is described for adjusting the linear position of one or more shutters ( | 2021-10-28 |
20210331363 | CONDITIONED JACK FOR INJECTION MOLDING APPARATUS OF PLASTIC MATERIALS - A conditioned jack for actuating a valve pin of an injector for apparatus for injection molding of plastic materials, includes a cylinder having at least one thrust chamber delimited on one side by a first bottom and on the other side by a second bottom, a support of the cylinder for securing the jack to the molding apparatus, and a flow circuit for a conditioning fluid of the jack, which is formed within a bushing which constitutes said second bottom, is separable from the cylinder and is provided with inner and outer annular sealing gaskets of respectively the cylinder and a stem. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331364 | PLASTICIZING SCREW FOR A MOLDING MACHINE - A plasticizing screw for a molding machine, includes a base element which is stretched along a longitudinal axis and a screw tip which is connected to the base element, and the screw tip is located after the base element. A return flow shut-off device includes a first anterior limit stop, a second posterior limit stop, and a shut-off ring movable in a limited manner between the two limit stops along the longitudinal axis. The first, anterior limit stop comprises a first limit stop surface facing towards the base element and the shut-off ring. The shut-off ring comprises a ring-shaped screw tip abutting surface facing towards the first, anterior limit stop. The screw tip abutting surface is formed rotationally symmetric around the longitudinal axis, and the first limit stop surface comprises a convex curvature facing towards the shut-off ring. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331365 | PLASTICIZING DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPING APPARATUS, AND INJECTION MOLDING APPARATUS - A plasticizing device includes a screw that has a grooved face provided with a first groove, a barrel that has an opposed face and a communication hole communicating with the first groove at the opposed face, and a heating section that heats a material supplied to the first groove, wherein the first groove includes a central portion opposed to the communication hole, a material supply portion that is provided at an outer circumference of the grooved face , and a coupling portion that couples the central portion to the material supply portion, a second groove that is coupled to the communication hole is provided and when viewed from the rotational axis direction, an end at the outer circumferential side of the second groove is located inside a track drawn by a boundary line between the material supply portion and the coupling portion when the screw is rotated once. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331366 | HEAT REMOVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE - An injection molding heat removal sensing and control system and method are provided for determining and controlling a heat transfer rate for a mold in a molding machine. The system includes an inflow temperature sensor for sensing an inflow temperature for coolant provided to the mold, an outflow temperature sensor for sensing an outflow temperature for coolant exiting the mold, and a flow rate sensor for sensing a flow rate for coolant through the mold. The electronic processor is also configured to calculate a heat transfer rate for the mold from the inflow temperature, the outflow temperature, the flow rate for the coolant, and the calculated mass and the temperature of the molten plastic. The processor determines a time lag between when heat enters the mold and when heat is removed by the coolant and pre-emptively adjusts coolant flow rate to provide uniform heat transfer throughout a molding cycle. The heat transfer rate and total energy removed can be determined and provided on the display. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331367 | PLASTICIZING DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPING APPARATUS, AND INJECTION MOLDING APPARATUS - A plasticizing device includes a drive motor, a screw that is rotated by the drive motor and that has a grooved face provided with a groove, a barrel that has an opposed face opposed to the grooved face and that is provided with a communication hole communicating with the groove at the opposed face, a first heating section that heats the material supplied to the groove, a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the groove, and a control unit that controls the drive motor and the first heating section, wherein the control unit performs a first process for rotating the screw at a first rotation speed by controlling the drive motor, and a second process for rotating the screw at a second rotation speed higher than the first rotation speed by controlling the drive motor, and the control unit controls the first heating section so that a temperature measured by the temperature sensor falls within a predetermined range when performing the first process and the second process. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331368 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF COMPOSITE ARTICLES - A composition includes an infrared reflective additive having one or more infrared reflective colorants and a thermally emissive filler. The infrared reflective additive can be melt processed in a polymeric matrix. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331369 | Integrally Blow-Moulded Bag-in-Container Having a Bag Anchoring Point, Process for the Production Thereof, and Tool Thereof - The invention is an integrally blow-moulded bag-in-container obtainable by blow-moulding an injection moulded multi-layer preform. The bag-in-container includes an inner layer forming the bag and an outer layer forming the container, and a single opening, the mouth, fluidly connecting the volume defined by the bag to the atmosphere. The container further includes at least one interface vent fluidly connecting the interface between inner and outer layers to the atmosphere, wherein the bag is anchored to the outer layer at at least one point remote from the single opening and interface vent. The invention also relates to a process and a mould for the production of the blow-moulded bag-in-container. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331370 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID-FILLED CONTAINER - In a liquid container manufacturing method, a nozzle unit includes a flow path that is configured to be opened and closed by a valve embedded in a blow nozzle, and a seal pin arranged in a pin accommodating space included in the flow path has a protruding portion configured to enter a communication space in a closed state of the valve. The liquid container manufacturing method includes a liquid blow molding step of molding a preform into the liquid container, by supplying, to an interior of the preform, a pressurized liquid. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331371 | INJECTION STRETCH BLOW MOLDING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MOLDING POLYTHYLENE CONTAINER - An object is to provide an injection stretch blow molding machine and a method for molding a polyethylene container capable of molding a favorable hollow container even if its preform is released from an injection mold early. The injection stretch blow molding machine and the method for molding a polyethylene container molds a preform by injecting and filling a molten polyethylene resin into an injection mold, which includes a cavity mold and a core mold both cooled to a temperature range of 5° C. to 25° C., transfers the molded preform to a blow molding mold, and molds a hollow container by blowing the preform within a time range of ±2 sec from a point in time when a temperature of the preform reaches a first minimum point after a point in time when the injection mold completes being opened. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331372 | ENERGY EFFICIENT BLOW MOLDER CONTROL - Blow molder system and associated method optimizes the performance, energy efficiency and/or operating costs of the blow molder. A blow molder controller executes a system model that relates blow molder input parameter changes to the characteristics of containers generated by the blow molder. Equipped with energy and/or operating cost data for operating the blow molder, the blow molder controller can select a set of blow molder input parameter changes for the blow molder that: drives the containers produced by the blow molder toward desired container characteristics, in an efficient amount of time, and in cost effective manner, considering the energy costs involved in implementing the changes. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331373 | FABRIC STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a fabric structure including at least one fiber interlaced in a first pattern, and a surface layer having a second pattern not corresponding to the first pattern. The fiber includes a thermoplastic component and a functional component. The surface layer comprises a fused portion of the thermoplastic component and covers the functional component. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331374 | EXTRUSION PRINTING OF LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS - A method of ink-extrusion printing an object, including providing a mixture including liquid crystal monomers and photo-catalyzing or heating the mixture to produce a liquid crystal ink. The ink is in a nematic phase. The method includes extruding the ink through a print-head orifice moving along a print direction to form an extruded film of the object. The extruded film exhibits birefringence. Also disclosed are a liquid crystal ink. The ink includes a mixture including liquid crystal monomers. The mixture when at a target printing temperature is in a nematic phase. Also disclosed is ink-extrusion-printed object. The object includes an extrusion-printed film including a nematic liquid crystal elastomer, wherein the film exhibits birefringence along an extrusion axis of the film. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331375 | MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEM OF PEROVSKITE COLOR CONVERSION FILM - A manufacturing method and a manufacturing system of perovskite color conversion film are provided. The manufacturing method includes: manufacturing perovskite plastic wires; providing a substrate with areas to be printed; and heating and printing the plastic wires on the areas to be printed of the substrate by used of fused deposition modeling 3D printing technology, to formed a perovskite color conversion film. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331376 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR ACTUATION OF BUILD MATERIAL - An actuation method comprising applying a force to a first rod of build material disposed within an actuation volume. The first rod of build material may include at least one metal. The method may further comprise moving the first rod of build material in a direction substantially parallel to or substantially coaxial with a longitudinal axis of the first rod of build material toward an extrusion head and loading a second rod of build material into the actuation volume. The second rod of build material may include at least one metal. A longitudinal axis of the second rod may be substantially coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the first rod. The applying step and the moving step may be repeated for the second rod of build material. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331377 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING - The invention is generally a 3D printer configured for printing 3D objects using a high-viscosity photosensitive material. The 3D printer may include a fluid retaining assembly which comprises a rotating tank. A printing platform is situated in a manner such that a bottom surface of the printing platform makes contact with the printing solution in the tank. To facilitate printing using the high-viscosity printing material, a scraper assembly may be implemented in order to properly prepare the printing solution onto a surface of the tank. The scraper assembly prepares the material by scraping a layer of the material onto the surface of the tank for facilitating curing of the layer onto the printing platform. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331378 | Building Platform For Building Up A Workpiece In Layers Or Continuously - The present invention relates to a building platform ( | 2021-10-28 |
20210331379 | Conformal Manufacture Method for 3D Printing with High-Viscosity Material - The present disclosure discloses a conformal manufacture method for 3D printing with high-viscosity material. The method comprises the steps: using 3D design software to design a 3D model of a component and a conformal contactless support; importing the 3D model data of the component and the conformal contactless support into slice software; importing multiple slice data of the component and the conformal contactless support into a 3D printing device, and sequentially scanning a high-viscosity material by laser till completing the printing; and removing the support and the uncured materials to finally obtain the component. The support and the component to be manufactured are easy to be separated, and no trace is left on the surface of the component. The present disclosure provides a conformal contactless support method for manufacturing a component having a complex bottom surface structure by using a 3D printing technology, and has a wide application prospect in the field of 3D manufacture. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331380 | SLA 3D PRINTER - A SLA 3D printer according to the present disclosure includes: a plurality of molding plates; at least one molding plate mover configured to control movement of the plurality of molding plates; at least one resin container in which the plurality of molding plates and photocurable liquid resin are accommodated; a light source configured to cure the liquid resin; and an optical path changer configured to change an optical path, wherein, when one of the plurality of molding plates is being moved by the at least one molding plate mover, the optical path changer changes the optical path so that another molding plate that is not being moved is irradiated with light from the light source. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331381 | SUPPORT STRUCTURES AND INTERFACES - According to one example there is provided a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to: obtain an object model; analyse the object model; obtain characteristics of an interface agent; generate a modified object model comprising a support structure and an interface between the support structure and the object, the interface being such that after generation of a 3D printed green part and after sintering thereof, the support structure may be released with a predetermined force; and controlling a 3D printer to generate a 3D printed green part based on the modified object model. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331382 | BIODEGRADEABLE PLASTICS FOR USE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES - Disclosed is a plastic powder for use as a building material for the additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object by selective solidification of the building material at the points corresponding to the cross-section of the three-dimensional object in the respective layer by exposure to radiation, wherein the plastic powder comprises polymer-based particles and an additive for imparting biodegradability in an amount of 0.05 to 5% by weight based on the weight of the polymeric components in the polymer-based powder. Further disclosed is a method for the production of such powder, methods for the production of three dimensional objects using such powder as well as three dimensional objects, which have been prepared accordingly, as well as the use of corresponding additives to impart biodegradability to three dimensional objects, which have been prepared accordingly. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331383 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING - An example of a three-dimensional (3D) printing kit includes a build material composition and a fusing agent to be applied to at least a portion of the build material composition during 3D printing. The build material composition includes a semi-crystalline or amorphous thermoplastic polymer having a predicted total dimension change during 3D printing ranging from about −4% to about 9%. The fusing agent includes an energy absorber to absorb electromagnetic radiation to coalesce the semi-crystalline or amorphous thermoplastic polymer in the at least the portion. The fusing agent is a core fusing agent and the energy absorber has absorption at least at wavelengths ranging from 400 nm to 780 nm; or the fusing agent is a primer fusing agent and the energy absorber has absorption at wavelengths ranging from 800 nm to 4000 nm and has transparency at wavelengths ranging from 400 nm to 780 nm. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331384 | FUSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECT LAYERS - In an example implementation, a method of fusing a 3D object layer includes, with a non-scanning, stationary energy system positioned over a work area, simultaneously irradiating the entirety of the work area uniformly with fusing light, wherein a carriage casts a shadow onto a portion of the work area and prevents fusing light from irradiating the portion of the work area when positioned between the fusing light and the work area. The method includes, with a first pass of the carriage from a first side to a second side of the work area, spreading a first layer of build material and dispensing a liquid fusing agent onto the first layer such that exposure time to the fusing light is unequal across the first layer, and with a second pass, returning the carriage to the first side. The method includes spreading a next layer of build material and dispensing a liquid fusing agent onto the next layer with a third pass of the carriage from the first side to the second side, such that the exposure time to the fusing light is made equal across the first layer. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331385 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING - A materials kit for three-dimensional (3D) printing can include a powder bed material comprising thermoplastic polyurethane particles and a fusing agent including a radiation absorber to selectively apply to the powder bed material. The thermoplastic polyurethane particles can have an average particle size from about 20 μm to about 120 μm and a melting temperature of from about 100° C. to about 250° C., wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane particles include polyurethane polymer strands having an average of about 10 wt % to about 30 wt % hard segments based on a total weight of the thermoplastic polyurethane particles. The hard segments can include a symmetrical aliphatic diisocyanate and a symmetrical aliphatic chain extender that are polymerized into the thermoplastic polyurethane particles. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331386 | Forming Apparatus and Method of Producing Formed Body - A method and apparatus for producing a three-dimensional body are disclosed herein. The apparatus is capable of producing an inorganic material-containing formed body having improved quality. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a stage, a supply unit configured to intermittently or continuously supply a composition to a stage, the composition containing an inorganic material, a heating unit including a thermal solidification heat source configured to perform at least thermal solidification on the composition, an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on at least one among the geometric state, physical state, and chemical state of the thermally solidified composition, and a control unit configured to control the supply unit and the heating unit to repeat supply and thermal solidification of the composition, and to control the supply unit and the heating unit based on the acquired information. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331387 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE OF BARRIER SLEEVE INSERTS FOR SINTERED BITS - A method of manufacturing an earth boring tool body including the following steps: providing a mold, the mold comprising a mold cavity defining an interior surface corresponding to an exterior shape of a tool body and a plurality of blades. Forming at least one barrier sleeve insert and disposing it adjacent the interior surface defining the mold cavity; disposing a first powder in the gap between the insert and the interior surface, disposing a second powder in the mold cavity; disposing an infiltrant material adjacent the powders; and heating the mold, thereby infiltrating the infiltrant material into the powders to form the tool body. The disclosure also includes a mold for manufacturing an earth boring tool, the mold comprising a mold cavity defining interior surfaces corresponding to an exterior shape of the tool body and the plurality of blades. Barrier sleeve inserts and/or containment sleeve inserts may be disposed adjacent interior surfaces the mold cavity. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331388 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - Some examples include an additive manufacturing system including a processor and a memory to store instructions. The instructions cause the processor to generate print data from received data related to a three-dimensional build object. The generated print data includes defined print data to dispensing a first agent at a build area of a build material layer, defined print data to selectively dispensing a second agent at a component receiving area within the build area of the build material layer, the second agent to locally reduce a viscosity of the build material at the component receiving area to a viscous state, and defined print data to position a component within the component receiving area at a time of the component receiving area being in a viscous state. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331389 | 3D PRINTING SYSTEM FOR PREPARING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - A three-dimensional printing system for preparing a three-dimensional object made at least partially of an expanded polymer includes a printing device configured to prepare an expandable polymer melt and deposit a strand of expandable, expanding or expanded polymer onto a surface and a three-dimensional movement device for to enable depositing of the strand of expandable, expanding or expanded polymer at a predetermined time at a precise position within the three-dimensional matrix. The printing device includes a feed section at an upstream end of the printing device, a heating section, a pressurizing section, a blowing agent supply line, a mixing section, a cooling section and a terminal printing head section at a downstream end of the printing device including a die configured to deposit the strand of the expandable, expanding or expanded polymer onto the surface. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331390 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER HEAD INCLUDING AN AUTOMATIC TOUCHDOWN APPARATUS - A three-dimensional printer head includes a drive motor, the drive motor including a drive shaft, a feed plate is affixed to the drive motor, and a feed hob is mounted to the drive shaft. The feed hob includes drive teeth configured to engage a filament. An idle assembly mounted to the feed plate configured to bias the filament against the drive teeth. The printer head further includes a z-axis plate assembly, wherein the z-axis plate assembly includes at least two flexures coupling a z-axis plate to the feed plate and a print nozzle mounted to the z-axis plate assembly. The printer head also includes a sensor coupled to the feed plate, wherein the sensor is configured to be triggered by the z-axis plate assembly when the z-axis plate assembly moves a given distance in a first direction. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331391 | BUILD MATERIAL DISTRIBUTING CYLINDERS - A three-dimensional (3D) printing device includes a first cylinder. The first cylinder may include a first plurality of holes defined therein. The 3D printing device may include a second cylinder interior and coaxial to the first cylinder that includes a second plurality of holes open to an interior of the first cylinder. The 3D printing device may also include a third cylinder interior to the first cylinder and exterior to the second cylinder, the third cylinder including a longitudinal cutout open to the first cylinder. The 3D printing device may include a supply tube open to the second cylinder, the supply tube to provide an amount of build material to an interior portion of the second cylinder. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331392 | APPARATUS FOR THE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - An irradiation assembly for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects may include an irradiation device and a magnetic mounting device configured to displaceably support the irradiation device. The irradiation device may include one or more illumination elements respectively configured to emit an energy beam. The magnetic mounting device may include a magnetic slider element coupled to the irradiation device and a magnetic stator element couplable to a housing structure of an additive manufacturing machine. The magnetic stator element may include a displacement track configured to guide the magnetic slider element along a movement path above at least a portion of a construction plane of the additive manufacturing machine while the one or more illumination elements respectively emit the energy beam to selectively irradiate build material at specified regions of the construction plane. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331393 | FABRICATING CERAMIC STRUCTURES - A fabrication apparatus for fabricating ceramic structures of controlled size and composition is provided. The fabrication apparatus includes an additive manufacturing machine configured to dispense preceramic materials in a printed pattern, the printed pattern corresponding to the ceramic structures of the controlled size and composition, a radiation emitter configured to emit curing radiation toward the printed pattern to cure the preceramic materials and a lamp element configured to shine light on the preceramic materials to convert the preceramic materials to ceramics. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331394 | METHODS OF POST-CURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PARTS USING ELECTRON BEAMS - A method of forming a part includes 3D printing a photopolymerizable resin and forming a preformed part and subsequently post-curing the preformed part with electron beams. The preformed part may be cured via UV curing. A section of the preformed part post-cured with electron beams may have a thickness of at least 1.0 centimeter, for example, at least 2.0 centimeters or at least 3.0 centimeters. An electron beam dosage to post-cure the preformed part may be between 10 kilogray (kGy) and 100 kGy. The preformed part may be 3D printed using stereolithography (SLA), digital light processing (DLP) or material jetting (MJ) and the photopolymerizable resin may include at least one of an acrylate functional polymer and a methacrylate functional polymer. In the alternative, or in addition to, the photopolymerizable resin may include at least one of a urethane, a polyester, and a polyether. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331395 | EXTRACTING BUILD MATERIAL - An example of an apparatus to transfer additive manufacturing build material from a container is disclosed. The example disclosed herein comprises a holding structure and a conduit. The holding structure comprises a fixation element to physically attach the holding structure to one or multiple sides of the container. The conduit may be couplable to a vacuum system through a vacuum open end to extract the build material. The holding structure receives and positions the conduit substantially vertically such that a build material extraction open end of the conduit is positioned towards the base of the container. The vacuum open end and the build material extraction open end are opposite open ends from the conduit. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331396 | RESOURCE CONSUMPTION CONTROL - Certain examples relate to a material management station for use in an additive manufacturing process. In these examples a metering system is applied to measure the amount of build material transported into the material management station from refillable containers. Data describing the metered amount of build material is communicated over a data communication network and remotely compared to an allowance of usage stored in an administration system. Control messages are communicated to the material management station preventing or allowing further use of the build material in line with the allowance usage. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331397 | RESIN EXTRACTOR FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - A method of separating excess resin from at least one object, includes: (a) stereolithographically producing at least one object on at least one carrier platform, each carrier platform having a planar build surface to which at least one object is connected, each object carrying excess resin on a surface thereof; then (b) mounting each carrier platform to a rotor; (c) centrifugally separating excess resin from each object by spinning the rotor with each carrier platform connected thereto while each object remains connected to each carrier platform; and then (d) removing each carrier platform from the rotor with each object thereon, with excess resin separated therefrom. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331398 | VALVES FOR AIR FLOW CONTROL IN PRINTERS - An example three-dimensional printer includes a humidity source, a build material reservoir, a conduit between the humidity source and the build material reservoir, an air source to transfer air from the humidity source through the conduit towards the build material reservoir, and a valve assembly connected to the conduit to control a flow of the air in the conduit while the printer enters an inactive mode of operation. The air source is to remain in an active mode of operation. The air source is controlled to transmit the air in the conduit until the air in the conduit adjacent to the build material reservoir reaches a temperature and relative humidity threshold. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331399 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A POWDER BED PROCESS IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - There is provided a method of monitoring a powder bed process in additive manufacturing, using at least one processor. The method including: obtaining a first image of a powder bed layer from scanning the powder bed layer in a first scanning direction using a first contact image sensor, the powder bed layer being formed by a powder re-coater arm in the powder bed process and the first contact image sensor being attached to the powder re-coater arm; determining a focus level property of the first image; and detecting non-uniformities in the powder bed layer based on the focus level property of the first image. There is also provided a corresponding system for monitoring a powder bed process. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331400 | COMPENSATING FOR DIMENSIONAL VARIATION IN 3D PRINTING - In an example implementation, a method of compensating for dimensional variation in 3D printing includes receiving a 3D object model that represents a 3D part to be printed. The method also includes receiving a build material type and a position for printing the 3D part within a build volume. The method includes determining from the position, target subvolumes of the build volume into which the 3D part is to be printed, retrieving a dimensional compensation factor associated with each target subvolume, and then applying each dimensional compensation factor to the 3D object model to scale the 3D part according to the position of the 3D part within the build volume. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331401 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PRODUCTION - A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions executable a processor is described. In some examples, the instructions cause the processor to receive object data representing an object to be manufactured by an additive manufacturing process. The object data comprises data representing a plurality of planar surfaces of the object. The object data is processed to determine, for each of the plurality of planar surfaces, an angle between the respective planar surface and a plane of a reference surface of an additive manufacturing apparatus. A manufacturing orientation of the object is selected on the basis of the angles determined for the plurality of planar surfaces and a further property of the object different to the determined angles. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331402 | 3D PRINTING CONTROL - An example method to control a 3D printing system is described. In that example a print agent is selectively deposited onto a portion of a build material layer and based on a reflectance of the portion of the build material layer, an amount of energy to be applied to the portion is determined. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331403 | SEGMENTING OBJECT MODEL DATA AT FIRST AND SECOND RESOLUTIONS - An example method includes acquiring a model of an object to be generated in three-dimensional object generation which is segmented into a plurality of object model sub-volumes, each sub-volume representing a region of the object which is individually addressable in object generation. Object model sub-volumes within a first depth of an object model surface are defined at a first resolution and object model sub-volumes beyond the first depth are defined at a second resolution, and the first resolution is a higher resolution than the second resolution. An object generation model is applied to the object model to determine at least one predicted dimensional deviation of the object in object generation. A geometric adjustment to the segmented object model may be determined to compensate for the predicted dimensional deviation by adding and/or removing at least one object model sub-volume defined at the first resolution. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331404 | SUPPLY BUILD MATERIALS BASED ON THEORETICAL HEATMAPS - An example of an additive manufacturing system is disclosed. The example disclosed herein comprises a controller. The controller is to generate a theoretical heatmap representing portions of a layer of build material heated during processing of a previously formed layer supplied to a build bed. The controller is also to calculate, based on the theoretical heatmap, an amount of build material needed in a next layer to be supplied to the build bed. The controller is further to instruct a supply module to supply the amount of build material to the build bed. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331405 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - In certain examples, a method comprises determining a fusing area density distribution of a build layer from build data relating to a build layer of a three-dimensional model to be printed by an additive manufacturing system. The method comprises, in response to a determination that a region of the build layer has a fusing area density outside of a fusing area density tolerance window, modifying the build layer to define a build layer in which the region has a fusing area density that is within the fusing area density tolerance window. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331406 | ADAPTING PRINTING PARAMETERS DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES - A printing device for adapting a printing parameter in relation to the height of a layer of material deposited during an additive manufacturing process is disclosed. The printing device comprises a printing component to deposit a layer of material that is to be solidified so as to form at least a portion of an object, a controller to determine the height of the layer of material at various positions across the layer and to select voxels of a data model of the object, the selected voxels correspond to the height of the layer of material at said various positions, and the controller is further to use the selected voxels as input for calculating a printing parameter. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331407 | TACTILE DIAGNOSTIC PARTS - In example implementations, a tactile diagnostic part is provided. The tactile diagnostic part includes an array of a plurality of tactile diagnostic parts. The tactile diagnostic parts are to diagnose a printing variability in different locations of a print bed of a three dimensional printer before printing a part. Each one of the plurality of diagnostic parts includes a first component that includes a flexible exterior shell and a second component that includes a resistive structure inside of the flexible exterior shell of the first component. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331408 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED RESISTIVITY - Some examples include an additive manufacturing build object including an electrical component and a build object body. The electrical component having a varying electrical resistivity within a resistivity range of 109 ohms per square to 105 ohms per square, the resistivity range obtained by an application and fusing of a fusing component of a printing agent and build material, the printing agent applied to the build material at a predetermined saturation dosage range corresponding to the resistivity range. The build object body having a second electrical resistivity obtained by an application and fusing of the fusing component of the printing agent and the build material, the printing agent applied at a dosage below the predetermined saturation dosage range, the build object body being electrically non-conductive. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331409 | COOLING A 3D BUILD VOLUME - In an example implementation, a method of cooling a 3D build volume includes receiving a 3D object model that represents a 3D part to be formed in a build volume, and determining a placeholder position for forming a placeholder part within the build volume. Based on the placeholder position, a 3D part position is determined for forming the 3D part within the build volume. The method also includes controlling components of a 3D printing system to form the placeholder part in the placeholder position within the build volume and to form the 3D part in the 3D part position within the build volume. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331410 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - In one example, a control process for additive manufacturing includes: forming an extent of unfused build material on a support; applying a coolant to unfused build material within the extent of unfused build material in a pattern of spots; capturing a thermal image of the extent of unfused build material with a thermal imaging device; mapping a pixel location in the thermal image to a physical location for each of multiple spots in the pattern; and based on the mapping, establishing a transform between pixels on the thermal imaging device and physical locations on the support. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331411 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - In one example, a control process for an additive manufacturing machine includes displacing a platform, measuring the actual displacement of the platform, determining that the actual displacement varies from a nominal displacement, and determining an amount of an agent to be applied to build material layered on the displaced platform based on the determined variation. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331412 | THERMAL CHARACTERISTIC CONTROL IN A BUILD MATERIAL - A system determines an object part density relative to a build region in a layer of build material used in an additive manufacturing machine, the object part density based on a relative portion of the build region where an energy absorbing agent is applied. The system controls a thermal characteristic of the build region in the layer of build material based on the determined object part density. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331413 | CONTROLLING ENERGY SOURCE IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING - According to one example there is provided a method of controlling an energy source in a 3D printing system. The method comprises instructing a build platform drive module to lower the build platform by an amount, forming a layer of build material on the build platform, determining the actual amount by which the build platform was lowered, controlling the energy source to emit an amount of energy based on the determined actual amount by which the build platform was lowered. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331414 | DETERMINING MELTING POINT OF BUILD MATERIAL - In an example, an additive manufacturing device comprises a sensor, a moveable radiation source and a controller. The controller may determine an output of the sensor at a point at which build material melts by causing the moveable radiation source to periodically move over a layer of the build material to provide radiation to the layer of build material and monitoring the output of the sensor. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331415 | ENERGY ABSORBING AGENT ADJUSTMENTS - A system determines a difference in energy absorptions by a plurality of different energy absorbing agents used to form an object by an additive manufacturing machine. The system adjusts, based on the determined difference, an amount of an energy absorbing agent of the plurality of different energy absorbing agents dispensed for a build operation of the additive manufacturing machine. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331416 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING FAST-MOVING PATH OF A PRINTER NOZZLE - Methods, systems, and storage media for controlling a fast-moving path of a printer nozzle. In some embodiments, a method for controlling fast movement of a printer nozzle includes the following steps. (1) Obtaining a start position and an end position. The start position is a position of a fast-moving start point of the printer nozzle, and the end position is a position of a fast-moving end point of the printer nozzle. (2) Determining an optimal fast-moving path on a horizontal plane corresponding to a slice of a print target according to the start position and the end position, so that a length of the fast-moving path outside a polygon in the slice is the shortest. (3) Controlling the printer nozzle to move relative to a base of the printer according to the optimal fast-moving path on the horizontal plane. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331417 | PLASTICIZING DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPING APPARATUS, AND INJECTION MOLDING APPARATUS - A plasticizing device that plasticizes a material and includes a drive motor, a screw that is rotated by the drive motor and that has a grooved face provided with a groove, a barrel that has an opposed face opposed to the grooved face and that includes a communication hole communicating with the groove at the opposed face, a heating section that heats the material supplied to the groove, a first temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the groove, and a control unit that controls the drive motor, wherein the control unit performs a first process for rotating the screw at a first rotation speed when a temperature measured by the first temperature sensor is a first temperature, and a second process for rotating the screw at a second rotation speed lower than the first rotation speed when a second measured temperature measured is higher than the first temperature. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331418 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPING APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPED ARTICLE PRODUCTION METHOD - A three-dimensional shaping apparatus includes a plasticizing section that includes a drive motor, a heater, and a screw rotated by the drive motor and that plasticizes a material to form a shaping material, an ejection section that ejects the shaping material toward a stage, a moving mechanism section that changes a relative position of the ejection section to the stage, a prediction section that predicts a residual service life of the heater from an observation result of a state observation section that observes a state of the heater, and a control unit that controls the plasticizing section and the moving mechanism section to shape a three-dimensional shaped article. The control unit has a first mode in which a temperature of the heater is set to a first temperature and a second mode in which the temperature of the heater is set to a temperature lower than the first temperature, and shapes the three-dimensional shaped article in the first mode when a first residual service life when the temperature of the heater is set to the first temperature exceeds a first value, and shapes the three-dimensional shaped article in the second mode when the first residual service life is equal to or less than the first value. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331419 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPING APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPED ARTICLE PRODUCTION METHOD - A three-dimensional shaping apparatus includes a plasticizing section that includes a drive motor, a heater, and a screw rotated by the drive motor and that plasticizes a material to form a shaping material, a moving mechanism section that changes a relative position of an ejection section that ejects the shaping material toward a stage to the stage, a state observation section that observes a state of the drive motor or the heater, a prediction section that predicts a service life arrival time of the drive motor or the heater from an observation result of the state observation section, a notification section, and a control unit that controls the plasticizing section and the moving mechanism section to shape a three-dimensional shaped article based on shaping data. The control unit determines whether or not the service life arrival time is within a shaping time estimated based on the shaping data, and makes a notification of service life information representing a result of service life determination by controlling the notification section before shaping the three-dimensional shaped article when the service life arrival time is within the shaping time. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331420 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL EMBLEM MADE OF THERMOPLASTIC SYNTHETIC RESIN - A method wherein a bulky three-dimensional emblem can be made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin containing a vapor-deposited-metal laminated film. An apparatus for producing a three-dimensional emblem made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin includes a slide jig in which an electrode flat plate die and an electrode projecting die are slidable in a horizontal plane, an electrode recessed die capable of approaching and separating from the slide jig in a vertical direction and at a position where it can oppose the electrode flat plate die and the electrode projecting die, and a high-frequency oscillator that performs high-frequency dielectric heating by continuously generating a high-frequency voltage across the opposing dies, wherein recesses form in a surface of the electrode flat plate die opposing the electrode recessed die, and during high-frequency dielectric heating, a portion of the lower layer material enters the recess and is held on the electrode flat plate die. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331421 | FRICTION STIR SPOT WELDING APPARATUS AND FRICTION STIR SPOT WELDING METHOD - A friction stir spot welding apparatus including a controller that (A) operates a rotary driver and a tool driver such that a pin and a shoulder are brought into contact with a welded workpiece; (B) operates, after the (A), the rotary driver and the tool driver such that the pin separates from the welded workpiece; and (C) operates, after the (B), the rotary driver and the tool driver such that the pin advances toward the welded workpiece. The controller controls the tool driver such that pressing force applied to the welded workpiece from the pin and the shoulder in the (C) is smaller than that in the (B) and/or controls the rotary driver such that rotational frequencies of the pin and the shoulder in the (C) are lower than those in the (B). | 2021-10-28 |
20210331422 | METHOD FOR CONNECTING TWO INDIVIDUAL FLUID TRANSPORT PIPE ELEMENTS USING RIGID SHELLS - A method of connecting together two unit elements ( | 2021-10-28 |
20210331423 | HEATING CIRCUIT FOR JOINING, JOINED BODY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HEATING CIRCUIT FOR JOINING, AND JOINING METHOD - A heating circuit for joining disposed between members includes a heating wire; and a plurality of projections projecting from the heating wire in a facing direction in which the members face each other. Each length of the plurality of projections in the projecting direction is not less than half a layer thickness of a fused layer obtained by the members being melted. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331424 | IMPULSE WELDING BAR WITH NON-STICK COATING - An impulse welding bar ( | 2021-10-28 |
20210331425 | WELDING PROCESS AND PRODUCT FOR INFLATABLE PRODUCT - A welding process of an inflatable product is provided that includes using isolating members between first and second portions of weldable tensioning members to resist the first and second portions of the weldable tensioning structures being welded together during welding of the first portions to a first sheet of weldable material and welding of the second portions to a second sheet of weldable material. | 2021-10-28 |