US Patent Issued to PostProcess Technologies on June 10 for "Vision system and method for apparatus for support removal using directed atomized and semi-atomized fluid" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,189, issued on June 10, was assigned to PostProcess Technologies Inc. (Buffalo, N.Y.).

"Vision system and method for apparatus for support removal using directed atomized and semi-atomized fluid" was invented by Daniel Joshua Hutchinson (Orchard Park, N.Y.), Owen Wegman (Buffalo, N.Y.), Gary Burch (West Seneca, N.Y.) and Marc Farfaglia (Buffalo, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for removing support material from and/or smoothing surfaces of an additively manufactured part is disclosed. The apparatus may include a chamber, a support surface within the chamber, one or more nozzles within the chamber, a tank p...