RESIN SLOT EXTRUDER FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM

摘要

A slot extruder (14) for use with an additive manufacturing system (10), which includes a plenum (64) configured to receive a photocurable resin, an elongated slot (76) positioned at a bottom end of the plenum (64) and configured to receive the photocurable resin from the plenum (64), one or more resin inlet ports (70) extending into the plenum (64), and one or more mechanisms (72) configured to controllably pressurize and depressurize the photocurable resin in the plenum (64).