US Patent Issued to Formlabs on June 16 for "Washing apparatus and methods used to process additively fabricated parts" (American, Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,398, issued on June 16, was assigned to Formlabs Inc. (Somerville, Mass.).

"Washing apparatus and methods used to process additively fabricated parts" was invented by Jonathan Fussman (Brookline, Mass.), Hugo Liebrand (Eindhoven, Netherlands), David Sadowski (San Diego), Alexander K. McCalmont (Hollis, N.H.), Craig Broady (Somerville, Mass.), Nicholaus Ray Lancaster (Hull, Mass.) and Maxim Lobovsky (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Washing apparatus and methods used to process additively fabricated (e.g., 3D printed) parts are described herein. The apparatus and methods may be used to wash uncured liquid resin from the...