MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611048226 A) filed by Gna University, Phagwara, Punjab, on April 15, for 'fault detection system for a 3d printer.'
Inventor(s) include Chitranjanjit Kaur; Dr. Sumit Chopra; and Dr. Chiita Ranjan Tripathy.
The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A fault detection system for a 3D printer, comprises of a suspension assembly suspending an extruder 102 within a 3D printer, imparting vertical motion to the extruder 102 in response to abnormal forces induced at the extruder 102 during 3D printing operation, at least one limit switch 105 engaged by the suspension assembly to generate a signal indicating an anomaly, a control unit for receiving the signal to halt printing operation, a platform 101 for accommodating the extruder 102, a compliant arrangement facilitating vertical displacement of the extruder 102 in response to the abnormal force, at least one elastic element 103 suspending the platform 101, at least guide rod 104 guiding the movement of the platform 101 to comply with the abnormal force, a logging module for recording time-stamped fault logs onto a memory unit for predictive maintenance, and a touch-enabled display unit for tactile and visual interaction."
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