Apparatus and methods for production additive manufacturing

US11292063B2 · kind B2 · utility

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: Jun 7, 2019
• Grant date: Apr 5, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 7, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P10/25
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

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.