AUTOMATED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR PRINTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PARTS, PRINTING FARM THEREOF, AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF

摘要

An additive manufacturing system (10) comprising a platen assembly (32) configured to restrain and release a film or substrate (48), a head gantry (40) configured to retain a print head (18) for printing a three-dimensional part (22) on the restrained film or substrate (48). The additive manufacturing system (10) may also include a removal assembly (34) configured to draw the film (48) having the printed three-dimensional part (22) from the platen assembly (32) and to cut the drawn film (48).