A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT AND AN APPARATUS FOR WORKING THE METHOD

    公开(公告)号:EP3124139B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-14

    申请号:EP16177928.5

    申请日:2016-07-05

    申请人: Rolls-Royce plc

    发明人: Boswell, John

    摘要: A powder deposition apparatus for producing a component comprises a base plate, an annular stack of heating elements, accommodating the base plate, one or more insulating elements, being interleaved between adjoining heating elements, a mechanism operable to deposit a plurality of layers of a powder material onto the base plate, and a laser energy source operable to selectively fuse a portion of the deposited layer. The annular stack of heating elements is sized such that a predetermined clearance is defined between the component and the annular stack of heating elements. As successive layers of the powder material are deposited onto the base plate, the base plate is lowered into the stack of heating elements, the heating elements being actuated sequentially to maintain a pre-determined temperature profile in the deposited layers.