BUILD PLANE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20210187861A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US17098625

    申请日:2020-11-16

    摘要: An additive manufacturing machine includes an energy beam system situated in a fixed position relative to a reference plane coinciding with an expected location of a build plane, an energy beam system with an irradiation device configured to generate an energy beam and to direct the energy beam upon the build plane, and a position measurement system configured to determine a position of the build plane. A position measurement assembly includes one or more position sensors, and one or more mounting brackets configured to attach the one or more position sensors to an energy beam system of an additive manufacturing machine. The position measurement assembly is configured to determine a position of a build plane with the energy beam system situated in a fixed position relative to a reference plane coinciding with an expected location of the build plane.

    ALIGNMENT OF ENERGY BEAMS IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND MACHINES

    公开(公告)号:US20220410488A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17361782

    申请日:2021-06-29

    摘要: An additive manufacturing system may include an irradiation device configured to emit an energy beam having a manufacturing power level selected to additively manufacturing a three-dimensional object by irradiating a powder material, and a controller configured to perform one or more beam alignment operations when irradiating the powder material. The irradiation device may include a beam source, one or more beam positioning elements, a beam splitter configured to split a measurement beam from the energy beam, and one or more beam sensors configured to determine one or more parameters of the measurement beam. The one or more beam alignment operations may include determining position information of the energy beam based on the one or more parameters of the measurement beam, and aligning the energy beam with an optical axis of the irradiation device by adjusting a position of the one or more beam positioning elements based on the position information.

    APPARATUS FOR THE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT

    公开(公告)号:US20210331392A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-28

    申请号:US17366642

    申请日:2021-07-02

    摘要: An irradiation assembly for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects may include an irradiation device and a magnetic mounting device configured to displaceably support the irradiation device. The irradiation device may include one or more illumination elements respectively configured to emit an energy beam. The magnetic mounting device may include a magnetic slider element coupled to the irradiation device and a magnetic stator element couplable to a housing structure of an additive manufacturing machine. The magnetic stator element may include a displacement track configured to guide the magnetic slider element along a movement path above at least a portion of a construction plane of the additive manufacturing machine while the one or more illumination elements respectively emit the energy beam to selectively irradiate build material at specified regions of the construction plane.