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    • 50. 发明申请
    • METHODS AND ASSOCIATED CONTROLLERS FOR APPARATUS FOR THE LAYER-BY-LAYER FORMATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS
    • WO2021214465A1
    • 2021-10-28
    • PCT/GB2021/050963
    • 2021-04-22
    • XAAR 3D LIMITED
    • DORINI, Gianluca
    • B29C64/165B22F10/00B22F12/00B29C64/386B33Y10/00B33Y30/00B33Y50/00
    • A method for determining a set point for measurements from a temperature sensor of an apparatus for the layer-by-layer formation of a three-dimensional object from particulate material, the apparatus having a moveable heat source, the method comprising: (a) distributing a calibration layer of particulate material over a build bed surface; (b) selectively applying absorption-modifying fluid to a reference area or to an area surrounding a reference area, on the build bed surface; (c) lowering the build bed surface to a calibration depth, wherein the moveable heat source is moveable across the build bed surface, and wherein the calibration depth defines a calibration distance D between the moveable heat source and the build bed surface greater than a build depth at which the object is built; (d) applying heat to the reference area using the moveable heat source while measuring, using the temperature sensor, the temperature increase of a sub-reference area comprised within the reference area over a duration of time, at least until the particulate material of the reference area begins to fuse; and/or taking optical readings, using an optical sensor, of an optical property of the sub-reference area over the duration of time; (e) determining the onset of fusion of the particulate material from the measured temperature increase and/or from a change in the optical property over the duration of time of the reference area; and (f) applying the onset of fusion as the set point for subsequent temperature measurements of the temperature sensor. Associated controllers are also provided.