US 11,911,964 B2
Recycling powdered material for additive manufacturing
James A. DeMuth, Woburn, MA (US); Erik Toomre, Los Altos, CA (US); Francis L. Leard, Sudbury, MA (US); Kourosh Kamshad, Hudson, NH (US); Heiner Fees, Bietigheim-Bissingen (DE); and Eugene Berdichevsky, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to Seurat Technologies, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US)
Filed by Seurat Technologies, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2016, as Appl. No. 15/337,779.
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Prior Publication US 2017/0120538 A1, May 4, 2017
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B29C 64/264 (2017.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 99/00 (2015.01); B23K 26/12 (2014.01); B23K 26/142 (2014.01); B23K 26/144 (2014.01); B23K 26/70 (2014.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B29C 64/268 (2017.01); B22F 3/24 (2006.01); B23K 15/00 (2006.01); B23K 15/06 (2006.01); B23K 26/03 (2006.01); B23K 26/08 (2014.01); B23K 26/16 (2006.01); B23K 26/36 (2014.01); B23K 37/04 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); G02B 7/14 (2021.01); G02B 7/16 (2021.01); G02B 7/182 (2021.01); G02B 15/04 (2006.01); G02B 15/10 (2006.01); G02B 19/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/135 (2006.01); G05B 17/02 (2006.01); H01S 5/40 (2006.01); B22F 10/00 (2021.01); H01S 5/00 (2006.01); B22F 12/33 (2021.01); B22F 12/44 (2021.01); B22F 12/70 (2021.01); B22F 12/00 (2021.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/70 (2021.01); B22F 12/30 (2021.01); B22F 12/88 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01); B22F 10/34 (2021.01); B22F 10/36 (2021.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); B23K 26/082 (2014.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01); B23K 101/24 (2006.01); B23K 103/00 (2006.01); B23K 101/02 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/28 (2006.01); G07C 3/14 (2006.01); B22F 10/73 (2021.01); B22F 12/17 (2021.01); B22F 12/20 (2021.01); B22F 12/41 (2021.01); B22F 12/45 (2021.01); B22F 12/53 (2021.01); B22F 10/47 (2021.01); B22F 10/32 (2021.01); B22F 10/50 (2021.01); B22F 10/64 (2021.01); B22F 10/10 (2021.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B28B 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/09 (2006.01); G02B 27/14 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01)
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OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
performing an additive manufacturing print cycle by:
dispensing, by a powder dispensing assembly, a plurality of layers of a powdered material onto a build platform to form a powder bed;
forming, by an energy patterning system, a first part of the powdered material on a first portion of the build platform and a second part of the powdered material on a second portion of the build platform that is different from the first portion; and
separating, by one or more components of the build platform, at least some of the first part of the powdered material from the first portion of the build platform;
verifying, by an ingester system, that the powdered material is licensed powder material; and
collecting the powdered material for reuse after the additive manufacturing print cycle.