Additive manufacturing system and method

US11292090B2 · kind B2 · utility

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: Apr 5, 2022
• Expiry date: Dec 30, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P80/40
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An additive manufacturing system including a two-dimensional energy patterning system for imaging a powder bed is disclosed. Improved chamber designs, multiple chambers, powder handling and re-use systems, and powder characterization methods are disclosed.