Invention Application
- Patent Title: AIR KNIFE ASSEMBLY FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
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Application No.: US17869721Application Date: 2022-07-20
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Publication No.: US20220362995A1Publication Date: 2022-11-17
- Inventor: Dakshalkumar Patel , Girish Kumar Chaturvedi , Bahubali S. Upadhye , Sumedh Acharya , Mahendran Chidambaram , Nilesh Chimanrao Bagul
- Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Priority: IN201941038919 20190926
- Main IPC: B29C64/205
- IPC: B29C64/205 ; B29C64/264 ; B29C64/245 ; B29C64/255 ; B29C64/241

Abstract:
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes an environmentally sealed first chamber, a second chamber separated from the first chamber by a first valve, a platform positionable in the first chamber, a dispenser configured to deliver a plurality of successive layers of feed material onto the platform in the first chamber, at least one energy source to selectively fuse feed material in a layer on the platform in the first chamber, and an air knife assembly to direct a laminar flow of air across a layer of feed material on the platform in the first chamber. The air knife assembly includes an inlet module and an exhaust module that are movable through the first valve between the first chamber and the second chamber.
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