Align Technology, Inc. (20250073990). SCANNING ENERGY SYSTEMS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
SCANNING ENERGY SYSTEMS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
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Michael Christopher Cole of San Jose CA (US)
Stuart Macrae Montgomery of San Jose CA (US)
Yuxiang Wang of Newark CA (US)
SCANNING ENERGY SYSTEMS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250073990 titled 'SCANNING ENERGY SYSTEMS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
Original Abstract Submitted
systems and methods for additive manufacturing are provided. in some embodiments, a method for additive manufacturing includes forming a portion of an additively manufactured object within a reservoir of curable material by scanning a plurality of energy beams of a plurality of energy sources through a plurality of respective scanning regions in the curable material. the scanning regions can overlap at one or more object locations, such that a combined energy dosage delivered to the one or more object locations by two or more of the energy beams is greater than or equal to a threshold dosage for solidifying the curable material. the method can further include advancing the reservoir of curable material relative to the energy sources. the forming and advancing processes can be repeated to fabricate the additively manufactured object.
