General Electric Company

Danijel Medved

Donnell Eugene Crear

Kassy Moy Hart

Jose Troitino Lopez

Tiffany Muller Craft

Juan Vicente Haro Gonzalez

Eric Eicher McConnell

Jan Vladimir Schwerdtfeger

Kamilla Koenig-Urban

Adnan Bobar

Malte Oliver Schinkel

Build plates for additive manufacturing systems are disclosed. The build plates of the additive manufacturing systems may include a body including a build surface, and a bottom surface positioned opposite the build surface. The build plates may also include a first conduit formed through the body and extending between the build surface and the bottom surface. The first conduit may be configured to be in fluid communication with a first aperture formed through a surface of a first component that may be built on the build surface of the body of the build plates.

Build plates including conduits for additive manufacturing systems and methods of building components on build plates

A test feature is disclosed that is formed during metal powder additive manufacturing of a production part. The test feature may include a metal powder sample capsule including a chamber for capturing unfused powder from the metal powder additive manufacturing, and a removable cap closing an end of the chamber. Alternatively, a test feature may include a quality control (QC) part, and at least one additional test element including a metal powder sample capsule integrally coupled to the QC part and including a chamber for capturing unfused powder from the metal powder additive manufacturing. The QC part is identical to the production part excepting the at least one test element. The QC part and the at least one test element are formed during the same metal powder additive manufacturing as the production part.

Additive manufacturing test feature including powder sampling capsule

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Villmergen, Switzerland

Danijel Medved