Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Local collection of contaminants formed during metal powder bed fusion process
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Application No.: US17083758Application Date: 2020-10-29
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Publication No.: US11772162B2Publication Date: 2023-10-03
- Inventor: Md Ashabul Anam , Mark A Smith , Tyson W Brown , Richard J Skurkis , HyungMin Chae , Whitney A Poling
- Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Vivacqua Crane, PLLC
- Main IPC: B22F10/00
- IPC: B22F10/00 ; B22F3/10 ; B29C64/35 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y10/00

Abstract:
A powder bed fusion system includes a powder bed including a build surface and a vacuum system. The vacuum system includes a collection device positioned over the build surface. The collection device includes a body, a pathway defined in the body, wherein the pathway ends in a passageway opening, and a particle retainer connected to the body near the passageway opening. A method of forming a component includes forming a layer of unfused metal powder on a powder bed with a recoater, introducing gas to the powder bed and applying a vacuum with a collection device, fusing a portion of the layer of unfused metal powder on the powder bed with a heat source to form a component layer and generating contaminants, collecting the contaminants from the powder bed with the gas and the vacuum applied by the collection device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220134425A1 LOCAL COLLECTION OF CONTAMINANTS FORMED DURING METAL POWDER BED FUSION PROCESS Public/Granted day:2022-05-05
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