Patent ID: 11919225
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An additive manufacturing assembly, comprising:
a printing area;
a first nozzle having a first aperture diameter and configured to dispense a first material in the printing area; p1 a second nozzle having a second aperture diameter that is larger than the first aperture diameter and configured to dispense a second material in the printing area, wherein the first material comprises a first viscosity, and wherein the second material comprises a second viscosity that is higher than the first viscosity, wherein the first nozzle is configured to dispense the first material in a first droplet size, and wherein the second nozzle is configured to dispense the second material in a second droplet size that is larger than the first droplet size, wherein the first aperture diameter of the first nozzle is at least 0.5 μm to not greater than 200 μm, wherein the second aperture diameter of the second nozzle is at least 5.0 μm to not greater than 5000 μm; and
a support structure nozzle configured to dispense a support structure within the printing area, and wherein the support structure nozzle, the first nozzle, and the second nozzle each move independently of one another in the X- Y-, Z-spatial field, wherein the first nozzle and the second nozzle are configured to dispense the first material and the second material simultaneously at different positions in the X-, Y-, Z-spatial field.