Apparatus For Manufacturing Three Dimensional Items
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May 8, 2008
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Jun 7, 2004
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Jun 5, 2003
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An apparatus is disclosed for layer-on-layer manufacture of shaped three dimensional items. The process is controlled by a computer (36). The item is supported upon a build platform (2) and the apparatus additionally includes at least one build station (4) which serves to form upon the item under manufacture a layer of material having a controlled depth, and a shape determined by the computer controller. The build station and/or the build platform is/are mounted and driven to rotate about an axis. In this way the surface of the item under manufacture is repeatedly presented to the build station. The item is thereby built up from multiple layers of material. The rotational motion is advantageous in comparison with the reciprocal relative motion of existing 'rapid proto-typing' machines.
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