US 12,466,130 B2
3D printing system and method for manufacturing workpieces and adapter set for attaching workpiece holders to a 3D printing device
Malte Korten, Moorenweis (DE); Andreas G. Herrmann, Munich (DE); Bastian P. Kirchner, Fuerstenfeldbruck (DE); Gioacchino Raia, Tuerkenfeld (DE); Daniel D. Oberpertinger, Herrsching (DE); Christian A. Richter, Feldafing (DE); Anja Friedrich, Unterschleißheim (DE); Richard E. Raby, Lino Lakes, MN (US); Dietmar Blees, Loehne (DE); Ralf M. Paehl, Melle (DE); and Thomas K. Müller, Gauting (DE)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Appl. No. 18/024,629
Filed by SOLVENTUM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES COMPANY, Maplewood, MN (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/058458
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/069987, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20199772 (EP), filed on Oct. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311410 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B29C 64/124 (2017.01); B29C 64/171 (2017.01); B29C 64/176 (2017.01); B29C 64/35 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01)
CPC B29C 64/245 (2017.08) [B29C 64/124 (2017.08); B29C 64/171 (2017.08); B29C 64/176 (2017.08); B29C 64/35 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A 3D printing system comprising:
a 3D printing device including a build plate;
at least two workpiece holders, each having a manufacturing surface for additive manufacturing; and
an attachment means to releasably attach each of the at least two workpiece holders to the build plate,
wherein the attachment means comprises an adapter configured to be releasably attached to the build plate and to releasably receive a first portion of each of the at least two workpiece holders in order to releasably attach the at least two workpiece holders to the build plate, and
wherein the adapter comprises a plurality of recesses, each recess configured to slidably receive the first portion of a respective one of the at least two workpiece holders, wherein to slidably receive the first portion of each of the at least two workpiece holders, the first portion is displaced into the respective recess through at least one of translational movement or rotational movement.