Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and device for dosing of a powder for the additive manufacture of a product
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Application No.: US16001758Application Date: 2018-06-06
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Publication No.: US10773423B2Publication Date: 2020-09-15
- Inventor: Luc Cuyt , Kurt Verelst , Jonas Van Vaerenbergh , Jozef Verheyen
- Applicant: 3D Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US SC Rock Hill
- Assignee: 3D Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: 3D Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US SC Rock Hill
- Main IPC: B29C64/343
- IPC: B29C64/343 ; B29C64/329 ; B29C64/153 ; B33Y10/00 ; B22F3/105 ; B33Y30/00 ; B29C64/245 ; B29C64/205 ; B33Y40/00 ; B29C31/06 ; B65D90/58 ; B05C19/00 ; B05C19/04 ; B05C19/06

Abstract:
A device is provided for layered manufacture of at least a three-dimensional product by an additive manufacturing technique based on a powder. The invention therefore relates to a device for the layered manufacturer of a product based on a powder, in particular a metal powder.This device is fitted with a build chamber with a vertically movable build platform on which said product is manufactured and contains a powder dispenser for application of the successive powder layers on the build platform in a horizontal build surface. The powder dispenser can be moved back and forth over the build surface along a horizontal dispensing direction in order to apply said powder layers.Moreover, the device contains a hopper that must contain said powder in order to supply powder to the powder dispenser. This hopper has a bottom with a dosing opening that lets out into the build chamber and that works in combination with a dosing valve. More specifically, the dosing valve enables a measured quantity of powder to flow out of the hopper.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180345541A1 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DOSING OF A POWDER FOR THE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE OF A PRODUCT Public/Granted day:2018-12-06
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