US Patent Issued to 3D SYSTEMS on Oct. 7 for "Stereolithography with dual and parallel build planes" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,430, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to 3D SYSTEMS INC. (Rock Hill, S.C.).

"Stereolithography with dual and parallel build planes" was invented by Travis Neal (Lancaster, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional (3D) printing system includes a build vessel, a build plate, a vertical movement mechanism, a lower light engine, an upper light engine, and a controller. The build vessel is configured to contain a column of photocurable liquid above a transparent sheet. The vertical movement mechanism is configured to vertically position the build plate. The controller is configured to operate the vertical movement mechanism, t...