CONNECTION POINT FOR AN INSTALLATION, AND INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20230037036A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17814922

    申请日:2022-07-26

    摘要: A connection point for a feeding station and/or an emptying station for powdered building material of a building station, unpacking station and/or sieve station which can be combined to form an installation for producing three-dimensional components by layer-by-layer solidification by means of a beam acting on the powdered building material, having a docking port which has a free connection side, having a closure member which opens and closes a passage in the docking port, having a connection port of a connecting device, which connection port can be connected to the docking port and, opposite the connection port, receives a cartridge container, having a closure member which is provided on the connection port and opens and closes a passage of the connection port, wherein, after the connection port has been connected to the docking port, the closure member in the connection port and the closure member in the docking port form a lock for the powdered building material in the feeding station for feeding and in the emptying station for discharging powdered building material.

    SUCTION DEVICE, AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENT

    公开(公告)号:US20230035880A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17814906

    申请日:2022-07-26

    发明人: Michael VOLK

    摘要: A suction device for sucking a process gas from a process chamber and to an apparatus for producing a three-dimensional component by selectively solidifying a building material, applied layer by layer, by means of a beam acting on the building material, having an suction tube which at one end has an outlet opening at an end face, to which an suction line can be connected, having an intake opening which extends in the longitudinal direction of the suction tube and is slot shaped, wherein there is provided at the outlet opening of the suction tube a connection port which can be inserted into a connection interface on or in the process chamber, and at the opposite end of the suction tube there is provided a holding element which is releasably held by a holding device associated with an opening of the process chamber.

    STORAGE DEVICE FOR CARTRIDGE CONTAINERS IN AN INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20230030908A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17814928

    申请日:2022-07-26

    IPC分类号: B22F12/50 B33Y40/00 B33Y30/00

    摘要: A storage device for cartridge containers in a installation for producing three-dimensional component by selective solidification by means of a beam acting on a powdered building material, having a magazine which has a plurality of storage locations for receiving cartridge containers and which can be transferred at least to an emptying/feeding station and to a loading/unloading station, having a holding device provided at each storage location, by means of which the cartridge container is fixed to the storage location in an exchangeable manner, having an opening provided in the storage location, by means of which a docking port of the emptying/feeding station can be connected to the cartridge container, and having a drive which activates a change of the storage locations by a displacement movement of the magazine at least between an emptying/filling position of the emptying/feeding station and the loading/unloading station.

    CONNECTING DEVICE FOR RECEIVING A CARTRIDGE CONTAINER AND FOR POSITIONING IN AN INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20230028743A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-26

    申请号:US17814939

    申请日:2022-07-26

    摘要: A connecting device for receiving a cartridge container and for positioning at a connection point in an installation for producing three-dimensional components by successively solidifying layers of a powdered building material, having a housing, having a cartridge receiver which is provided at the housing and to which the cartridge container can be fastened, having a connection side on the housing opposite the cartridge receiver, which connection side has a passage for delivering powdered building material from the cartridge container or for feeding powdered building material into the cartridge container, having a closure member which is provided between the cartridge receiver and the connection side and by which the passage can be activated for opening and closing the passage.

    METHOD AND PLANT FOR THE RECOVERY OF PROCESSED POWDERED STRUCTURAL MATERIAL, AND RECOVERY DEVICE AND CARTRIDGE FOR A RECOVERY DEVICE OF THIS KIND

    公开(公告)号:US20220402037A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-22

    申请号:US17777024

    申请日:2020-11-12

    摘要: Method and plant for recovery of a processed, powdered structural material in a plant for manufacturing a three-dimensional component by selective solidification of the structural material by a beam directed onto the structural material, in which, in a construction station which includes a process chamber, the component is manufactured on a substrate plate in a construction module by layered hardening of the structural material and/or in which, in an unpacking station which includes an unpacking chamber, the component manufactured in the construction module is removed from the construction module, and the processed, non-hardened structural material is removed from the component, in which the processed structural material is collected in a collecting device by a recovery device and provided for further feeding into the process chamber for manufacturing further components, wherein the recovery device includes at least one cartridge filled with the processed structural material collected in the application device.

    DRYING DEVICE FOR A POWDERED BUILD MATERIAL, AND INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20230035265A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17814913

    申请日:2022-07-26

    摘要: A drying device for a powdered building material, in particular for a building station, unpacking station and/or sieve station which can be combined to form an installation for producing three-dimensional components by layer-by-layer solidification by means of a beam acting on the powdered building material, having a container which has a container base and, opposite the container base, a container opening, having a connection flange which has a fastening portion for releasably receiving the container opening of the container, having a connection portion which is located opposite the fastening portion of the connection flange and has a through-opening, having a membrane which closes the through-opening and can be connected to the connection portion, having a retaining element arranged in the container, by means of which retaining element drying agent stored in the container is held separate or remote from the membrane, and a drying space which receives the drying agent and a free space arranged between the retaining element and the membrane is formed.