Patent ID: 10350821

Abstract:
A method, system and dispensing head for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by additive manufacturing. The three-dimensional object includes a three-dimensional component. The method provides a substrate and forming layers there-on, each layer formed in a pattern corresponding to a three-dimensional component being manufactured and each layer formed by dispensing a curable material from a nozzle of a dispensing head and subsequently curing the curable material. The three-dimensional object comprises the combination of the substrate and the three-dimensional component, wherein the substrate has a non-planar surface portion and the three-dimensional component is formed on the non-planar surface portion such that it is fixedly secured to the substrate. During forming of the layers and/or between forming of two adjacent layers a relative movement between the substrate and the dispensing head is effected such that in a substrate coordinate system the dispensing head moves along a non-linear path over the non-planar surface portion.