Patent ID: 11964426
Assignee: CONTINUOUS COMPOSITES INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A continuous-composite printing method for manufacturing an object, the method comprising:
providing, with a supply device, a supply of polymer to a head;
providing, with a providing device, a fiber strand pre-pregged with polymer to the head;
heating at least one of the fiber strand pre-pregged with polymer and the supply of polymer within the head;
dispensing a first path of the supply of polymer through an outlet end of the head to form a first layer of the object;
dispensing a second path of the fiber strand pre-pregged with polymer through the outlet end of the head to form a second layer of the object;
using a computer system, controlling movement of a positioning system to position an end of the second path onto the first layer; and
using the computer system, controlling movement of the positioning system to pull the positioned end of the second path such that the fiber strand pre-pregged with polymer is pulled onto the first layer.