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Apparatus and methods for production additive manufacturing

US10357827B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Mark Richard Shaw · Loveland, US
David Richard Barnhart · Jefferson, US
Ronald Redden · Foster, US
Theodore Anderson · West Chester, US
Gregory Muster Morris · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 29, 2015
Grant date	Jul 23, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 10, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P10/25
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An additive manufacturing apparatus includes: a build module comprising a build chamber, and a least one of but less than all of the following elements: (a) a directed energy source; (b) a powder supply; (c) a powder recovery container; and (d) a powder applicator; and a workstation comprising the remainder of elements (a)-(d) not included in the build module.

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