US 12,240,176 B2
Methods for post-processing additively manufactured objects with sensor feedback
Viswanath Meenakshisundaram, Santa Clara, CA (US); Srinivas Kaza, Mountain View, CA (US); Chunhua Li, Cupertino, CA (US); Lance Robert Pickens, Campbell, CA (US); Shawn Stromenger, Milpitas, CA (US); Jun Sato, San Jose, CA (US); Siobhan O'Leary, Santa Clara, CA (US); Peter Webber, San Francisco, CA (US); Brett E. Kelly, Oakland, CA (US); and Jennifer Chavez, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/050,804.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/263,212, filed on Oct. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0137027 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 64/35 (2017.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); B08B 7/00 (2006.01); B08B 7/04 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01); B29C 64/124 (2017.01); B29C 64/30 (2017.01); B29C 64/357 (2017.01); B29C 64/379 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B29C 71/04 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC B29C 64/35 (2017.08) [B08B 7/0071 (2013.01); B08B 7/04 (2013.01); B29C 35/0805 (2013.01); B29C 64/30 (2017.08); B29C 64/357 (2017.08); B29C 64/379 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B29C 71/04 (2013.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); B29C 64/124 (2017.08); B29L 2031/753 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a plurality of additively manufactured objects on a rotor, the plurality of additively manufactured objects having excess material thereon;
removing the excess material from the plurality of additively manufactured objects by rotating the plurality of additively manufactured objects using the rotor;
receiving sensor data indicative of a cleaning status of the plurality of additively manufactured objects while the plurality of additively manufactured objects remain on the rotor; and
adjusting, based on the sensor data, an operational parameter of the rotor that enhances removal of the excess material from the plurality of additively manufactured objects.