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- Patent Title: Multi-level vat for additive manufacturing
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Application No.: US17022849Application Date: 2020-09-16
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Publication No.: US11623398B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Mary Kathryn Thompson
- 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: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Main IPC: B29C41/34
- IPC: B29C41/34 ; B29C64/255 ; B29C64/245 ; B29C64/135 ; B29C64/277 ; B29C64/124 ; B29C64/35 ; B29C64/264 ; B29C64/171 ; B29C64/176 ; B29C64/241 ; B29C64/268 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B29C33/00

Abstract:
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a vat with multiple chambers and at least one of the chambers is a resin chamber configured to receive a radiant-energy-curable resin. A build surface is defined by the resin chamber within the vat, wherein at least a portion of the build surface is transparent. The additive manufacturing apparatus includes a stage that is positioned facing the vat and the build surface and the stage is configured to hold a stacked arrangement of one or more cured layers of the radiant-energy-curable resin.
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