General Electric Company

Gregory Muster Morris

Todd Jay Rockstroh

David Richard Barnhart

Mark Richard Shaw

Theodore Anderson

Ronald Redden

Guenter Helmut Wilfert

An additive manufacturing apparatus includes: first and second spaced apart side walls extending along a pre-defined path and defining a build chamber therebetween; one or more build units mounted for movement along the pre-defined path, the one or more build units including at least one of: a powder dispenser positioned above the build chamber; an applicator configured to scrape powder dispensed into the build chamber; and a directed energy source configured to fuse the scraped powder.

Additive manufacturing apparatus and method for large components

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.

Apparatus and methods for production additive manufacturing

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Gregory Muster Morris