Patent SG-11201804935T-A (SG)
Title: Apparatus and method for fabricating an object
Inventor: GARDINER JAMES BRUCE
IPC: B33Y10/00
Filed: 2016-12-16
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/100853 Al 22 June 2017 (22.06.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: B29C 67/00 (2017.01) B33Y 30/00 (2015.01) B33 Y /0/00 (2015.01) B33Y 40/00 (2015.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/AU2016/051243 (22) International Filing Date: 16 December 2016 (16.12.2016) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 2015905265 18 December 2015 (18.12.2015) AU (71) Applicant: LAING O'ROURKE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD [AU/AU]; Level 4, 100 Arthur Street, North Sydney, New South Wales 2060 (AU). (72) Inventors: GARDINER, James Bruce; C/- Laing O'Rourke Australia Pty Ltd, Level 4, 100 Arthur Street, North Sydney, New South Wales 2060 (AU). KIRCH- NER, Nathan Graham Edward; C/- Laing O'Rourke Aus- tralia Pty Ltd, Level 4, 100 Arthur Street, North Sydney, New South Wales 2060 (AU). AL-KHAYAT, Omar; C/- Laing O'Rourke Australia Pty Ltd, Level 4, 100 Arthur Street, North Sydney, New South Wales 2060 (AU). (74) Agent: FB RICE; Level 23, 44 Market St, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 (AU). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, [Continued on next page] (54) Title: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING AN OBJECT (57) : An apparatus for fabricating an object on a substrate, the apparatus including a plurality of nozzles arranged in an array and each nozzle being in communication with a supply of build material and configured to expel a quantity of the build material therefrom, and also including a controller configured to selectively operate each nozzle to deposit a portion of the build material, responsive to data relating to a geo- metry of the object. During operation, the controller se- lectively operates at least some of the nozzles to depos- it portions of the build material in specific locations corresponding with the object geometry, wherein at least one of the portions abuts the substrate and the portions are progressively deposited until the portions form the object. W O 20 17 / 10085 3 Al 6 FIG. 1A 111111111111110111011111111111010111110 III 0101111111111H1011011111111111110111111 WO 2017/100853 Al MIDEDIMOM0101011101010MOIONMERIMODEMOVOIMIE LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, Published: SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). with international search report (Art. 21(3))