TAGGED BUILD MATERIAL FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING

摘要

A supply of build material such as a spool or cartridge is instrumented with a data tag that includes information about the build material. A three-dimensional printer can read the information from the tag and determine how to use the build material during fabrication of a three-dimensional object.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
providing a three-dimensional printer that includes a controller and a tag sensor; coupling a container of a build material to the three-dimensional printer, the container including a tag that stores at least one property of the build material; reading data from the tag with the tag sensor; transmitting the data to the controller; determining an operational parameter for configuring the three-dimensional printer for a fabrication process using the build material based upon at least one property of the build material in the data; and fabricating an object with the three-dimensional printer based upon the operational parameter.