Method and Apparatus for Automated Composite-Based Manufacturing

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16544906

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An apparatus and method for the automated manufacturing of three-dimensional (3D) composite-based objects is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a material feeder, a printer, a powder system, a transfer system, and optionally a fuser. The method comprises inserting a stack of substrate sheets into a material feeder, transferring a sheet of the stack from the material feeder to a printer, depositing fluid on the single sheet while the sheet rests on a printer platen, transferring the sheet from the printer to a powder system, depositing powder onto the single sheet such that the powder adheres to the areas of the sheet onto which the printer has deposited fluid, removing any powder that did not adhere to the sheet, optionally melting the powder on the substrate, and repeating the steps for as many additional sheets as required for making a specified 3D object.

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IMPOSSIBLE OBJECTS INCNORTHBROOK IL 60062

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Balydon, John Northbrook, US 2 6
Crist, Buckley Wilmette, US 33 555
Gore, Eugene Des Plains, US 43 558
Su, Evangeline Evanstan, US 5 51
Swartz, Robert Highland Park, US 63 2065
Tarzian, Nicholas Northbrook, US 5 51
Wagner, Chris Northbrook, US 27 152

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