公开(公告)号：US20180200964A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-19

申请号：US15406312

申请日：2017-01-13

Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Inventor： Todd Jay ROCKSTROH ,  Zachary David FIELDMAN ,  Theodore ANDERSON

IPC: B29C67/00 ,  B29C33/74 ,  B28B1/00 ,  B22F3/105 ,  B28B17/00

CPC classification number: B29C33/74 ,  B22F3/1055 ,  B22F2003/1056 ,  B22F2003/1057 ,  B28B1/001 ,  B28B17/0081 ,  B29C64/141 ,  B29C64/386 ,  B29C2033/705 ,  B29K2883/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B33Y70/00 ,  Y02P10/295

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to additive manufacturing systems and methods involving a mechanism for feeding in a desired amount of fresh recoater blade. This can be accomplished by, for example, spooling the fresh blade material from a spool. This helps prevent work stoppage when a portion of a recoater blade becomes damaged. As such, the present disclosure also relates to a system and method for detecting whether a recoater blade is damaged, and if there is damage, then causing a fresh blade portion to be fed in.

公开(公告)号：US20170028472A1

公开(公告)日：2017-02-02

申请号：US14812159

申请日：2015-07-29

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Mark SHAW ,  David Richard BARNHART ,  Ronald REDDEN ,  Theodore ANDERSON ,  Gregory Muster MORRIS

IPC: B22F3/105 ,  B22F3/00 ,  B23K37/00 ,  B29C67/00 ,  B23K26/21 ,  B23K26/342 ,  B22F3/10 ,  B28B1/00

CPC classification number: B22F3/1055 ,  B22F3/003 ,  B22F3/1007 ,  B22F2003/1056 ,  B23K26/21 ,  B23K26/342 ,  B23K37/003 ,  B28B1/001 ,  B29C64/153 ,  B29C64/20 ,  B29K2105/251 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  Y02P10/295

Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes: a build module comprising a build chamber, and a least one of but less than all of the following elements: (a) a directed energy source; (b) a powder supply; (c) a powder recovery container; and (d) a powder applicator; and a workstation comprising the remainder of elements (a)-(d) not included in the build module.

Abstract translation: 添加剂制造装置包括：构建模块，包括构建室，以及下列元素中的至少之一：（a）定向能源; （b）粉末供应; （c）粉末回收容器; 和（d）粉末涂布器; 以及包括未包括在构建模块中的元素（a） - （d）的剩余部分的工作站。

公开(公告)号：US20220023952A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-27

申请号：US17498205

申请日：2021-10-11

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Todd Jay ROCKSTROH ,  Zachary David FIELDMAN ,  Theodore ANDERSON

IPC: B22F12/50 ,  B22F10/28 ,  B22F12/67 ,  B22F12/90 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y50/02

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to additive manufacturing systems and methods involving a mechanism for feeding in a desired amount of fresh recoater blade. This can be accomplished by, for example, spooling the fresh blade material from a spool. This helps prevent work stoppage when a portion of a recoater blade becomes damaged. As such, the present disclosure also relates to a system and method for detecting whether a recoater blade is damaged, and if there is damage, then causing a fresh blade portion to be fed in.