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Device and method for a layerwise manufacturing of a 3-dimensional object from a building material in powder form

US8967990B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems · DE

Inventors

Jochen Weidinger · Birkenfeld, DE
Frank Müller · Birkenfeld, DE
Florian Pfefferkorn · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 9, 2014
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 9, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB33Y50/02
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided, by which a three-dimensional object is manufactured by a subsequent solidification of layers of a building material in powder form at the positions in the respective layer that corresponds to the cross-section of the object by means of the action of a laser or another energy source,

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