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US 12,521,935 · App. 16/674,246 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Method for minimizing stress-related deformations in 3D printed and sintered parts

Inventors: Gregory Thomas Mark (Brookline, MA); Rick Bryan Woodruff (Somerville, MA)
Assignee: MARKFORGED, INC
B29C64/118B22F1/10B22F1/142B22F3/1025B22F10/18B33Y10/00B33Y70/00B22F10/12B22F10/14B22F10/385B22F10/80B22F12/10B22F12/20B22F12/53
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Patent No.
US 12,521,935
App. No.
16/674,246
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for printing three-dimensional parts includes building a three-dimensional part by printing counter-wound slices. By winding adjacent slices in alternating directions, offsetting stored torques can be produced for each printed slice. The stored torques then neutralize one another during the debinding and sintering process, reducing part twists and deformations.

Claims (13)

1 . A method for building a green part with a deposition-based additive manufacturing system, the method comprising the steps of:

depositing a first layer of the green part in a first winding direction along at least one first toolpath, the first layer including a polymer and a powdered sinterable metal, each first toolpath in the first layer being deposited in the first winding direction and producing a tendency to twist about a vertical axis; and

depositing a second layer of the green part in a second winding direction opposite to the first winding direction and along at least one second toolpath, the second layer including the polymer and the powdered sinterable metal, each second toolpath in the second layer being deposited in the second winding direction,

wherein depositing the second layer of the green part includes depositing the second layer of the green part in the second winding direction such that, when the polymer is removed from the first layer and the second layer permitting the first and second layers to relax, a directional stress in the second layer offsets a directional stress in the first layer offsetting the tendency to twist about the vertical axis.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising debinding the polymer of the green part to form a shape-retaining brown part and sintering the shape-retaining brown part to densify the shape-retaining brown part.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising neutralizing, during the sintering of the shape-retaining brown part, the directional stress in the first layer with the directional stress in the second layer as the shape-retaining brown part relaxes.

4 . The method of claim 3 , comprising depositing a ceramic powder release material onto the build plate before depositing the first layer of the green part.

5 . The method of claim 1 , comprising depositing a third layer of the green part in the first winding direction in a pattern that follows at least one third toolpath in the third layer of the part, the third layer being adjacent to the second layer.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein depositing the third layer in the pattern that follows the at least one third toolpath produces a directional stress in the third layer, producing a tendency to twist about the vertical axis and offsetting the directional stress in the second layer.

7 . The method of claim 1 , comprising depositing a fourth layer in the second winding direction in a pattern that follows at least one fourth toolpath in the fourth layer of the part, the fourth layer being adjacent to the third layer.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein depositing the fourth layer in the pattern that follows the at least one fourth toolpath produces a directional stress in the fourth layer, producing a tendency to twist about the vertical axis offsetting the directional stress in the third layer.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein depositing the first layer of the green part along the at least one first toolpath forms an outer perimeter of the first layer.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein depositing the second layer of the green part along the at least one second toolpath forms an outer perimeter of the second layer.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2024
From: MARKFORGED, INC.
To: CONTINUOUS COMPOSITES INC.
Reel/Frame 069508/0868 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2020
From: MARK, GREGORY THOMAS; WOODRUFF, RICK BRYAN
To: MARKFORGED, INC.
Reel/Frame 054180/0486 →
Continuity (16)
Continuation In Part 15976009 · May 10, 2018
Continuation 15831995 · Dec 5, 2017
Continuation 15829486 · Dec 1, 2017
Continuation 15829472 · Dec 1, 2017
Continuation 15829500 · Dec 1, 2017
Provisional Application 62863176 · Jun 18, 2019
Provisional Application 62575219 · Oct 20, 2017
Provisional Application 62545966 · Aug 15, 2017
Provisional Application 62519138 · Jun 13, 2017
Provisional Application 62505081 · May 11, 2017
Provisional Application 62489410 · Apr 24, 2017
Provisional Application 62480331 · Mar 31, 2017
Provisional Application 62442395 · Jan 4, 2017
Provisional Application 62430902 · Dec 6, 2016
Provisional Application 62429711 · Dec 2, 2016
Related Publication 20200114422A1 · Apr 16, 2020
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