US Patent Issued to PostProcess Technologies on Dec. 30 for "Self-modifying agitation process and apparatus for support removal in additive manufacturing and 3D printed material" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,772, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to PostProcess Technologies Inc. (Buffalo, N.Y.).

"Self-modifying agitation process and apparatus for support removal in additive manufacturing and 3D printed material" was invented by Daniel Joshua Hutchinson (Orchard Park, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for support material removal for 3D printed parts wherein the part is placed in a media filled tank and support removal is optimized in a multi-parameter system through an artificial intelligence process which may include, but is not limited to, the use of historical data, parametric testing data, normal support removal data, and o...