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公开(公告)号:US10543530B2
公开(公告)日:2020-01-28
申请号:US15350084
申请日:2016-11-13
发明人: André Hermann , Toni Adam Krol , Andreas Wiesner , Jan Wilkes , Bodo Haack , Karsten Huebinger , Peter Koerner , Simon Mueller , Kaj Merten Berggreen , Jonas Mersch
摘要: An unpacking device for use in an apparatus for producing a three-dimensional work piece by irradiating layers of a raw material powder with electromagnetic or particle radiation, the unpacking device comprises a holding device which is configured to hold a building chamber arrangement. The building chamber arrangement comprises a building chamber accommodating a carrier, wherein the carrier is configured to receive a three-dimensional work piece produced from a raw material powder by an additive layering process. An engagement unit of the unpacking device is configured to engage with the carrier of the building chamber arrangement. A moving mechanism is configured to cause a relative movement between the building chamber and the engagement unit with the carrier engaged therewith so as to allow a separation of the carrier with a three-dimensional work piece received thereon from the building chamber. Finally, the unpacking device comprises a raw material powder removal mechanism which is configured to cause at least one of a vibration and a rotation of the engagement unit with the carrier engaged therewith so as to remove residual raw material powder from the three-dimensional work piece received on the carrier.
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公开(公告)号:US20170106445A1
公开(公告)日:2017-04-20
申请号:US15293781
申请日:2016-10-14
发明人: Dieter Schwarze , Toni Adam Krol , Jan Wilkes
IPC分类号: B22F3/105 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B23K26/70 , B23K15/00 , B23K15/02 , B23K26/342 , B28B1/00 , B33Y50/02
CPC分类号: B22F3/1055 , B22F2003/1042 , B22F2003/1056 , B22F2003/1057 , B23K15/0086 , B23K15/02 , B23K26/12 , B23K26/127 , B23K26/144 , B23K26/342 , B23K26/702 , B28B1/001 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y50/02 , Y02P10/295
摘要: An apparatus for producing a three-dimensional work piece comprises a carrier to receive a layer of raw material powder, a control unit, an irradiation system adapted to selectively irradiate electromagnetic or particle radiation onto the layer of raw material powder applied onto the carrier, wherein the control unit controls the operation of the irradiation system in such a manner that the raw material powder is heated to a first temperature which allows sintering and/or melting of the raw material powder in order to generate a layer of the three-dimensional work piece, and a heating system adapted to selectively irradiate electromagnetic or particle radiation onto the layer of raw material powder applied onto the carrier, wherein the control unit is adapted to control the operation of the heating system in such a manner that the raw material powder is heated to a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature.
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公开(公告)号:US20190262901A1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-29
申请号:US16410664
申请日:2019-05-13
发明人: Isabell Huebinger , Jan Wilkes , Naveed Iqbal , Andreas Wiesner , Eduard Gieser
IPC分类号: B22F3/105
摘要: An apparatus including a process chamber accommodating a carrier for receiving a raw material powder. An irradiation device of the apparatus is configured to selectively irradiate electromagnetic or particle radiation onto the raw material powder on the carrier in order to produce a work piece by an additive layer construction method, wherein a transmission element allows the transmission of the electromagnetic or particle radiation into the process chamber. The apparatus further includes a gas inlet and a gas outlet for supplying and discharging gas to and from the process chamber which are configured to generate a protective gas stream for protecting the transmission element from being contaminated by impurities present in the process chamber. The gas inlet includes a gas permeable, porous component forming a gas inlet area.
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公开(公告)号:US20190070788A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-07
申请号:US16180692
申请日:2018-11-05
发明人: Lukas Roesgen , Jan Wilkes
IPC分类号: B29C64/393 , B29C64/153 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y50/02 , B22F3/105 , B28B1/00 , B28B17/00
摘要: A device for calibrating an irradiation system of an apparatus for producing a three-dimensional work piece includes a control unit to control the irradiation system so as to irradiate a radiation beam onto an irradiation plane according to a calibration pattern. The device also includes a sensor arrangement arranged in the irradiation plane to output signals to the control unit in response to being irradiated with the radiation beam according to the calibration pattern. The control unit generates a digital image of an actual irradiation pattern produced by the radiation beam incident on the sensor arrangement based on the signals output by the sensor arrangement, compares the digital image of the actual irradiation pattern with a digital image of a reference pattern so as to determine a deviation between the actual irradiation pattern and the reference pattern, and calibrates the irradiation system based on the determined deviation between the actual irradiation pattern and the reference pattern.
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公开(公告)号:US11548217B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-10
申请号:US16644095
申请日:2017-09-05
IPC分类号: B29C64/153 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00 , B33Y50/02 , B23K26/342 , B29C64/393 , B29C64/227 , B29C64/371 , B28B1/00 , B22F10/20 , B22F10/30
摘要: The invention relates to an apparatus (10) for producing a three-dimensional workpiece, comprising: a carrier (12) adapted to receive material (14) for producing the workpiece; at least one mobile production unit (24), a moving unit (18) that is adapted to move the mobile production unit (24) relative to the carrier (12) so as to position the mobile production unit (24) oppositely to different sections of the carrier (12); a sensing unit that is adapted to generate sensor signals relating to a relative arrangement of the mobile production unit (24) and the carrier (12); and a control unit that is configured to, in addition to the positioning of the mobile production unit (24) via the moving unit (18), provide at least one fine positioning function to compensate for an offset from a desired relative arrangement of the mobile production unit (24) and the carrier (18) based on the sensor signals generated by the sensing unit. The invention further relates to a method for producing a three-dimensional workpiece.
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公开(公告)号:US20220193769A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-23
申请号:US17432216
申请日:2020-03-02
发明人: Andreas Hoppe , Christiane Thiel , Ann-Kathrin Otte , Daniel Brueck , Jan Wilkes , Dieter Schwarze
IPC分类号: B22F10/20 , B33Y30/00 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/268 , B22F12/70 , B22F10/30 , B23K26/082 , B23K26/342
摘要: The invention relates to a control method for controlling a multi-beam apparatus having one or more beam sources for producing a plurality of beams of a system for manufacturing a three-dimensional workpiece by means of an additive layer construction method, in which method a material that can be solidified in order to manufacture the three-dimensional workpiece is applied in layers to a surface of a carrier and the material that can be solidified is solidified by the plurality of beams in a respective layer at points of incidence of the plurality of beams on the material that can be solidified, wherein the points of incidence of the beams for solidifying selective regions of the layers of the material that can be solidified in order to manufacture the three-dimensional workpiece are each controlled substantially against a gas flow direction of a gas flow over the surface of the carrier; wherein the control method comprises (a) dividing the material to be solidified in the respective layer into at least two sections, wherein two of the at least two sections extend in the gas flow direction of the gas flow prevailing over the two of the at least two sections in succession at least in part, (b) dividing at least one of the two of the at least two sections into at least two surface pieces, (c) assigning each of the surface pieces to exactly one specific beam, which solidifies the material to be solidified in the assigned surface piece, (d) controlling the points of incidence of the beams such that, at at least one point in time during an exposure of the material to be solidified, the material to be solidified is solidified in at least two surface pieces, and a network consisting of straight lines extending between each center point of the points of incidence to every other center point of the points of incidence, at no point in time during the exposure, in which all center points of the points of incidence are located outside of a predetermined distance from each other, has a straight line parallel to the gas flow direction of the gas flow prevailing over the two of the at least two sections.
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公开(公告)号:US20220055115A1
公开(公告)日:2022-02-24
申请号:US17432740
申请日:2020-03-02
发明人: Birk Hoppe , Kevin Kondziella , Toni Adam Krol , Christopher Stengel , Meike Husmann , Naveed Iqbal , Maximilian Schniedenham , Dieter Schwarze , Jan Wilkes , Bärbel Kratz
IPC分类号: B22F12/80 , B22F12/30 , B22F12/55 , B22F12/70 , B22F12/41 , B22F12/10 , B22F12/00 , B22F12/90 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00
摘要: We describe a process chamber, an apparatus, a modular system, a method, a safety device, a positioning system and a system for producing a three-dimensional workpiece and/or for use thereof when producing a three-dimensional workpiece. The process chamber for producing the three-dimensional workpiece via an additive layer construction method comprises: a material supply unit comprising a substantially ring-like shaped end portion at a first side of the process chamber, wherein the material supply unit is adapted to supply, via the end portion, material to a carrier on which the material is to be processed by the process chamber for producing the three-dimensional workpiece, and an opening at the first side of the process chamber for processing, by the process chamber, the material supplied on the carrier in order to produce the three-dimensional workpiece, wherein the substantially ring-like shaped end portion surrounds the opening.
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公开(公告)号:US11639028B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-02
申请号:US16487290
申请日:2018-01-15
发明人: Andreas Wiesner , Jan Wilkes , Christiane Thiel , Lukas Roesgen
IPC分类号: B22F3/105 , B29C64/153 , B33Y30/00 , B29C64/393 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y50/02 , B29C64/277
摘要: The invention relates to a method for controlling an irradiation system (20), the irradiation system (20) being used in a device (10) for the additive manufacturing of three-dimensional workpieces and comprising at least three irradiation units (22a-d, 50), the method comprising the following steps: a) defining an irradiation region (30a-d) for each of the irradiation units (22a-d, 50), the irradiation regions (30a-d) each comprising a portion of an irradiation plane (28) which extends parallel to a carrier (16) of the device (10), and the irradiation regions (30a-d) being defined such that they overlap in a common overlap region (34); b) irradiating a raw material powder layer on the carrier (16) to produce a workpiece layer; c) arranging a further raw material powder layer on the already jetted raw material powder layer to produce a further workpiece layer. d) The invention also relates to a device for performing this method.
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公开(公告)号:US11278965B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-22
申请号:US16410664
申请日:2019-05-13
发明人: Isabell Huebinger , Jan Wilkes , Naveed Iqbal , Andreas Wiesner , Eduard Gieser
IPC分类号: B22F12/00 , B29C64/371 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/20 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00 , B22F10/10 , B29C64/264
摘要: An apparatus including a process chamber accommodating a carrier for receiving a raw material powder. An irradiation device of the apparatus is configured to selectively irradiate electromagnetic or particle radiation onto the raw material powder on the carrier in order to produce a work piece by an additive layer construction method, wherein a transmission element allows the transmission of the electromagnetic or particle radiation into the process chamber. The apparatus further includes a gas inlet and a gas outlet for supplying and discharging gas to and from the process chamber which are configured to generate a protective gas stream for protecting the transmission element from being contaminated by impurities present in the process chamber. The gas inlet includes a gas permeable, porous component forming a gas inlet area.
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公开(公告)号:US20210046703A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-18
申请号:US16612250
申请日:2018-04-19
发明人: Birk Hoppe , Jan Wilkes , Lukas Roesgen
IPC分类号: B29C64/245 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/232 , B29C64/35 , B33Y40/00
摘要: The invention relates to a device for producing three-dimensional workpieces, The device comprises a carrier for receiving raw material powder and a radiation unit for selectively radiating the raw material powder applied to the carrier with electromagnetic radiation or particle radiation in order to produce on the carrier a workpiece made of the raw material powder by a generative layering construction process. The device also comprises a vertical movement means, which is designed to move the radiation unit vertically relative to the carrier, and a cylinder construction wall, which extends substantially vertically and which constitutes a lateral delimitation for the raw material powder applied to the carrier, wherein the cylinder construction wall is designed to increase its vertical height during the construction process.
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