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Additive manufacturing system and method

US10518328B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Seurat Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

James A. DeMuth · Woburn, US
Erik Toomre · Los Altos, US
Francis L. Leard · Sudbury, US
Kourosh Kamshad · Hudson, US
Heiner Fees · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Eugene Berdichevsky · Oakland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 14, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P80/40
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An additive manufacturing system including a two-dimensional energy patterning system for imaging a powder bed is disclosed. Improved optical systems supporting beam combining, beam steering, and both patterned and unpatterned beam recycling and re-use are described.

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