Coordinated multi-tool additive manufacturing method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10620611
APP PUB NO 20180253080A1
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15758701

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Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a multi-tool additive manufacturing system that executes in a three-dimensional build volume. In one aspect, a system includes a build platform; a support; a first robot coupled with the support and configured to operate in a build volume defined by the build platform, wherein the first robot includes a first additive manufacturing tool; a second robot coupled with the support and configured to operate in the build volume, wherein the second robot includes a second additive manufacturing tool; wherein the first robot and the second robot are programmed to coordinate simultaneous application; and wherein a first tool path of the first additive manufacturing tool in the first region abuts or overlaps with a second tool path of the second additive manufacturing tool in the second region so as to form a bond.

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  • 6322 Applications Filed
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Bastian, Andreas Linas Oakland, US 15 196
Bloome, Cory Mark San Francisco, US 7 59
Hovanec, Matthew Berkeley, US 4 37
Meess, Gregory David Berkeley, US 9 74
Mejia, Kenneth Lawrence San Francisco, US 4 29
Page, James Sherwood Berkeley, US 18 431
Sadusk, Joseph Isaac San Francisco, US 5 70
Schmehl, Peter J Berkeley, US 3 27

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