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Tool change for additive manufacturing

US11679450B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TRUMPF LASER- UND SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH · DE

Inventors

Markus Pieger · Stuttgart, DE
Felix Linder · Pforzheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 17, 2020
Grant date	Jun 20, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 30, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P10/25
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a housing which provides a manufacturing space for additive manufacturing, a linear drive arranged in the manufacturing space and having a base body, which is movable along a movement axis of the linear drive in the manufacturing space, and a tool holder for taking up a tool unit. The tool holder is attached to the base body so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis and is moved with the base body along the movement axis of the linear drive. The tool holder further comprises a clamping device having an unclamped operating state for taking up and taking out the tool unit and a clamped operating state for fixing the received tool unit. Furthermore, the additive manufacturing apparatus has a tool store, which is arranged in the manufacturing space and provides a plurality of tool places for tool units.

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