Xerox inventors have filed a patent for a new way of seeing the 3D printing process. Patricia J. Donaldson and Jeffrey J. Folkins have filed a patent for Xerox Corporation that reimagines the way 3D printers actually operate. Instead of moving the printhead across a static print bed, the patent -- Digital Manufacturing System for Printing Three-Dimensional Objects on a Rotating Surface -- has drawn up two embodiments of the idea, both featuring moving surfaces. The technique they suggest is intended to reduce the time 3D printing takes and the waste it can create. Check out details about the patent in the full article: http://3dprint.com/37905/rotating-print-bed-patent/


Below is a drawing of the concept from the patent: