努布鲁awarded seven new patents across 3D printing and material processing

High-powered blue laser specialist努布鲁在可见的激光技术中，其知识产权（IP）投资组合中添加了七项新专利，并在3D打印和材料处理中进行了应用。

The company has been awarded four new patents from the US Patent Office and three foreign patents – Russian, Japanese, and Korean – which will be included in NUBURU’s foundational patent ‘3D Printing Devices and Methods’ (PCT/US14/35928).

Nuburu首席执行官Guy Gilliland博士说：“ Nuburu的IP投资组合很广泛。”“行业分析师和组织已经认识到我们技术及其IP投资组合的实力，包括StartUp Insight，，，，who identified NUBURU as one of the Top 5 Additive Manufacturing Start Ups Impacting The Automotive Industry.”

铜，金，铝和其他材料比其他波长更好地吸收蓝色激光光。图像通过Nuburu/NASA 1969。

努布鲁的蓝色激光技术

Nuburu成立于2015年，开发了用于跨越电子运输和汽车的行业的金属加工操作的蓝色激光器，铜，不锈钢和铝等材料的重要性越来越大。这些深色金属在蓝色光谱中具有较高的吸收率，该公司声称其激光器可以“改变”焊接，加工和3D打印某些合金的速度和质量。

努布鲁’s lasers are designed to optimize the performance of laser cladding and Laser Metal Deposition (LMD) machines within 3D printing, by enabling copper to be clad to other copper surfaces. Reportedly, the technology can increase print speeds tenfold within LMD in comparison to regular systems.

在去年年底，该公司筹集了2000万美元的B系列资金in order to develop its AI welding system and expand its presence in the energy, e-mobility, and 3D printing markets. To date, NUBURU has raised a total of $50 million in funding.

Formalloy has previously integrated NUBURU's blue laser technology into its L-Series of 3D printers (pictured). Photo via Formalloy. — Formalloy has previously integrated NUBURU’s blue laser technology into its L-Series of 3D printers (pictured). Photo via Formalloy.

3D打印和材料处理的新专利

Nuburu的最新专利涵盖了其几种材料处理激光器，以及构建这些单一模式可见激光器所需的技术。美国专利办公室授予了四项专利整体可见波长激光器，，，，多层光纤，，，，and非常致密的波长束组合激光系统，到材料处理的应用，方法和系统及其可见的拉曼激光器。

努布鲁also received patents from日本，，，，俄罗斯，，，，andKorea对于其技术，所有这些都加入了公司的基础专利。到目前为止，该专利“ 3D打印设备和方法”已在16个国家 /地区授予，目前在全球范围内有几项申请和连续性。Nuburu还收到了多个技术津贴和蓝色激光器在3D打印和材料处理中的应用。

Nuburu的创始人兼董事长Mark Zediker博士说：“这些专利牢固地确定Nuburu发明了蓝色激光技术用于3D打印和材料处理。”“公司投资组合广泛涵盖了蓝色激光技术，多模和单模式以及3D打印和材料处理中的广泛应用。

“22 patents have been awarded to date, with 90 applications currently in process for a number of claims in excess of 4,000.”

Deploying blue laser technologies for 3D printing

蓝色激光器已在少数3D打印系统中实验实现，其中一个示例是integration of NUBURU’s technology进入3D金属制造商法式合同LMD机器的L系列。蓝色激光器的生产尺寸是红外激光器的五倍，旨在帮助Formalloy的机器以比其他方法更高的速度和准确性“ 3D打印，维修和覆盖金属零件”。

在其他地方，全球工程公司Renishaw有在其NC4+蓝色内实现蓝色激光器与红外源相比，非接触式工具测量解决方案，看到改善的衍射效果和优化的激光束几何形状。

Blue lasers have also been utilized in the area of 3D scanning, such as in measurement system manufacturerCreaform’s最新的3D扫描仪，the MetraSCAN BLACK。该扫描仪具有15个蓝色激光十字，这有助于非常快速的3D扫描过程。同时，领先的3D打印机和扫描仪制造商Shining 3Dlaunched itsEinscan HXhandheld 3D scannerequipped with a blue laser在扫描反射和黑色表面时，可以实现卓越的性能。