Patent ID: 7833001
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: B05C,B22F,B29C,B33Y,B41J,H05K,Y02P,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A printing system for creating a three-dimensional object, the printing system including: a plurality of printheads including a first printhead configured to print a first material and a second printhead configured to print a second material; one or more curing mechanisms for curing the printed materials; at least one object incorporation device configured to incorporate a non-printed object into the three-dimensional object when the three-dimensional object is partially complete; and wherein at least one printhead is configured to print one or more electrical connections to the incorporated object; wherein the system executes a process, the system including a plurality of subsystems, each of the subsystems being configured to perform one of a first subset of N wherein, in the event that one of the subsystems fails, at least one of the remaining subsystems synchronously changes to performing the respective stage of the failed subsystem without requiring transfer of data relating the respective stage to said at least one remaining subsystems, and when a subsystem changes to performing a different stage, the system reconfigures the subsystem to be capable of performing a second subset N