Abstract:
método para produção de um corpo tridimensional. a invenção diz respeito a um método para produção de um corpo tridimensional por meio do provimento sucessivo de camadas de pó e fusão conjunta de áreas selecionadas das referidas camadas, cujas áreas correspondem a seções transversais sucessivas do corpo tridimensional, em que o método compreende as seguintes etapas para pelo menos uma das referidas camadas: aplicar a pelo menos uma camada de pó numa área de trabalho e fundir conjuntamente uma área selecionada da pelo menos uma camada de pó por meio do fornecimento de energia a partir de uma pistola de radiação à área selecionada. a invenção é caracterizada pelo fato de que compreende as etapas de: estabelecer um percurso de feixe pretendido a ser usado quando da fusão conjunta da área selecionada da pelo menos uma camada de pó, calcular uma temperatura na pelo menos uma camada de pó ao longo do percurso de feixe pretendido como uma função de uma deposiçãoespecífica de energia de um feixe imaginário, o qual se presume mover ao longo do percurso de feixe pretendido, ajustar a deposição específica de energia do feixe imaginário ao longo do percurso de feixe pretendido dependendo da temperatura calculada e do conjunto de condições para a etapa de fusão conjunta da área selecionada, e prover, com base nos cálculos e nos ajustes, um esquema de operação para a deposição específica de energia do feixe real a ser usado para o percurso de feixe pretendido quando da fusão conjunta da área selecionada da pelo menos uma camada.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for forming a three-dimensional article through successive fusion of parts of at least one layer of a powder bed provided on a work table. Said method comprising the steps of: providing at least a first and second powder tank, providing a first type of powder in said first powder tank having a first particle size distribution, providing a second type of powder in said second powder tank having a second particle size distribution, providing a first sub-layer of said first type of powder on said work table, providing a second sub-layer of said second type of powder on top of said first layer of said first type of powder, fusing said first and second sub-layers simultaneously with a high energy beam from a high energy beam source for forming a first cross section of said three-dimensional article.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for production of a three-dimensional body by successively providing powder layers and fusing together of selected areas of said layers, which areas correspond to successive cross sections of the three-dimensional body, wherein the method comprises the following steps for at least one of said layers: applying the at least one powder layer onto a working area, and fusing together a selected area of the at least one powder layer by supplying energy from a radiation gun to the selected area. The invention is characterized in that it comprises the steps of: establishing an intended beam path that is to be used when fusing together the selected area of the at least one powder layer, calculating a temperature in the at least one powder layer along the intended beam path as a function of a specific energy deposition of an imaginary beam that is assumed to move along the intended beam path, adjusting the specific energy deposition of the imaginary beam along the intended beam path depending on the calculated temperature and on conditions set for the step of fusing together the selected area, and providing, based on the calculations and the adjustments, an operating scheme for the specific energy deposition of the real beam to be used for the intended beam path when fusing together the selected area of the at least one layer.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for producing three-dimensional objects (6) layer by layer using a powdery material which can be solidified by irradiating it with a beam (4) of charged particles, which method comprises the following steps: successive application of powder layers to a working area (5), and fusing together successive layers of said three-dimensional object (6) by successively irradiating the powdery layers with said beam (4). The invention is characterized in that it comprises the following steps: determining whether lifting of powdery material from the working area (5) occurs using a powder-lifting detection device (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 1Od, 1Oe) capable of generating a signal (S) upon detection of lifting of powdery material from the working area (5), and interrupting the irradiation of at least a part of the working area (5) where powder lifting occurs using the signal (S) generated by the powder-lifting detection device (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 1Oe) for automatically trigging the interruption. The invention also concerns an apparatus (1) for producing three-dimensional objects (6) layer by layer using a powdery material which can be solidified by irradiating it with a beam (4) of charged particles, said apparatus (1) comprising means for successive application of powder layers to a work table, and a radiation gun (3) for delivering said beam (4) of charged particles, wherein the inventive apparatus (1) comprises a powder-lifting detection device (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e) capable of generating a signal (S) upon detection of lifting of powdery material from the working area (5).