SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRON BEAM FOCUSING IN ELECTRON BEAM ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

    公开(公告)号:US20220037105A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-03

    申请号:US16944836

    申请日:2020-07-31

    摘要: A system for melting, sintering, or heat treating a material is provided. The system includes a cathode, an anode, and a focus coil assembly having a quadrupole magnet. The quadrupole magnet includes four poles and a yoke. The four poles are spaced apart and surround a beam cavity. Each of the four poles includes a pole face proximate the beam cavity and an end opposite the pole face. The first and third poles are aligned along an x-axis and configured to have a first magnetic polarity at their respective pole faces and a second magnetic polarity opposite the first magnetic polarity at their respective ends. The second and fourth poles are aligned along a y-axis and configured to have the second magnetic polarity at their respective pole faces and the first magnetic polarity at their respective ends. The yoke surrounds the poles and is coupled to the poles.