Patent ID: 11911929
Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A system for thermal forming an object using a mold, the system comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving a mold identifier identifying the mold,
determining mold process information for forming the object based on the mold identifier,
inserting a material into a heating area, the material having a geometry selected based on the mold process information,
heating the material using a plurality of independently controllable heat sources, wherein heating the material comprises using the plurality of independently controllable heat sources to heat a plurality of different portions of the material, and wherein at least some of the different portions overlap each other; and
forming the object by disposing the heated material over or into at least a portion of the mold.