US Patent Issued to MARKFORGED on Jan. 13 for "Method for minimizing stress-related deformations in 3D printed and sintered parts" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,935, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MARKFORGED INC (Waltham, Mass.).

"Method for minimizing stress-related deformations in 3D printed and sintered parts" was invented by Gregory Thomas Mark (Brookline, Mass.) and Rick Bryan Woodruff (Somerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for printing three-dimensional parts includes building a three-dimensional part by printing counter-wound slices. By winding adjacent slices in alternating directions, offsetting stored torques can be produced for each printed slice. The stored torques then neutralize one another during the debinding and sintering process, reducing part twists...