Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Additive manufacturing system and method of forming an object in a powder bed
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Application No.: US15438326Application Date: 2017-02-21
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Publication No.: US11484970B2Publication Date: 2022-11-01
- Inventor: William Thomas Carter , Justin John Gambone, Jr. , Lang Yuan , David Charles Bogdan, Jr. , Marshall Gordon Jones
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: B23K26/142
- IPC: B23K26/142 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B23K26/342 ; B29C64/371 ; B29C64/153 ; B23K26/06 ; B22F12/00 ; B22F10/10

Abstract:
An additive manufacturing system including a housing configured to contain a powder bed of material, and an array of laser emitters having a field of view. The array is configured to melt at least a portion of the powder bed within the field of view as the array translates relative to the powder bed. The system further includes a spatter collection device including a diffuser configured to discharge a stream of gas across the powder bed, and a collector configured to receive the stream of gas and contaminants entrained in the stream of gas. The collector is spaced from the diffuser such that a collection zone is defined therebetween, and the spatter collection device is configured to translate relative to the powder bed such that the collection zone overlaps with the field of view of the array.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180236603A1 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FORMING AN OBJECT IN A POWDER BED Public/Granted day:2018-08-23
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