ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING CUSTOMIZED CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONS

摘要

An additive manufacturing system (14, 114, 314) for printing a chocolate confection (16, 316), the system (14, 114, 314) comprising a platen (20, 120, 320), a recirculation loop configured to circulate a flow of a chocolate material, and further configured to maintain a temper of the chocolate material; and a print head (26, 126, 326) the print head (26, 126, 326) being configured to receive at least a portion of the chocolate material from the recirculation loop, and further configured to extrude and deposit the chocolate material onto the platen (20, 120, 320) to print at least a portion of the chocolate confection (16, 316) based on the commands from a controller (30).