Granted Patent B2

US 12,691,635 · App. 17/417,092 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Inventor: Luke Rodgers (St. Petersburg, FL)

B29C64/209B29C64/264B33Y30/00

Abstract

Claims (12)

1 . An apparatus for applying a print plan for making an additive manufacturing print, comprising:

a first print head;

a second print head;

an infrared actuator; and

a computing system comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations of:

FDM printing, via the first print head and according to the print plan, an outer contour object comprising a bead of melted filament which then hardens;

FDM printing, via the second print head and according to the print plan, a plurality of raster runs within the outer contour object, comprising beads of infrared actuatable melted filament which then harden, wherein the hardened raster runs have a plurality of gaps; and

heating, via the infrared actuator, at least a portion of the hardened raster runs to flow said portion of hardened raster runs to fill at least a portion of the gaps.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of gaps include edge gaps, turnaround gaps and intra-run gaps.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the operations do not include depositing an anti-heat agent.

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