Eos Gmbh Electro Optical Systems

Stefan Paternoster

Stefan Grünberger

Jochen Philippi

Thomas Mattes

Stephan Gronenborn

Gero Heusler

Gerd Cantzler

Ralf Conrads

Holger Joachim Moench

Stefan Gruenberger

Holger Moench

Stefan Kneisel

Hans Perret

Peter Keller

Frank Mueller

Albert Fruth

Frank Müller

Andreas Hotter

Stefanie Markl

Daniel Froehlich

Monika Gessler

Marius Christ

Frank Jung

Gabriel Schneider

Heiko Pfisterer

Malin Gerg

Alexander Prillwitz

Lena Doehl

Florian Otzmann

Stephan Tenbrink

Stefan GRÜNBERGER

Lena Döhl

Frank MÜLLER

A powder discharge module serves for a recoating device of an additive manufacturing device. A powder discharge module has a powder container for receiving the building material in powder form, and the powder container includes a supply opening for supplying the building material in powder form to the powder container and a discharge section facing the working plane, the discharge section having at least a first discharge device for discharging building material in powder form and at least one fluidization zone for fluidizing the building material in powder form using a gas in the powder container. The powder container further includes a first flow reduction element provided in the powder container.

Powder discharge module for an additive manufacturing apparatus, additive manufacturing apparatus and method of applying a powder layer

The invention describes a laser printing system () for illuminating an object moving relative to a laser module of the laser printing system () in a working plane (), the laser module comprising at least two laser arrays of semiconductor lasers and at least one optical element, wherein the optical element is adapted to image laser light emitted by the laser arrays, such that laser light of semiconductor lasers of one laser array is imaged to one pixel in the working plane of the laser printing system, and wherein the laser printing system is a 3D printing system for additive manufacturing and wherein two, three, four or a multitude of laser modules () are provided, which are arranged in columns (c, c) perpendicular to a direction of movement () of the object in the working plane (), and wherein the columns are staggered with respect to each other such that a first laser module () of a first column of laser modules (c) is adapted to illuminate a first area (y) of the object and a second laser module () of a second column (c) of laser modules is adapted to illuminate a second area (y) of the object, wherein the first area (y) is adjacent to the second area (y) such that continuous illumination of the object is enabled.

Laser printing system

Plastic powder for use as a building material for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by layer-by-layer melting and solidification by hardening of the building material at the positions corresponding to the cross-section of the three-dimensional object in the respective layer by exposure to radiation, preferably by exposure to NIR radiation, wherein the plastic powder comprises a dry blend of polymer-based particles and particles of a NIR absorber, wherein the NIR absorber comprises carbon black or is carbon black and wherein the weight percentage of carbon black in the total weight of polymer and carbon black particles is in the range of at least 0.02% and at most 0.45%, and/or wherein the carbon black has a mean primary particle diameter in the range of from 15 nm to 70 nm, preferably of at least 26 nm and/or at most 58 nm.

Polymer-based build material for selective sintering

A method (V) for producing a three-dimensional object () by applying and selectively solidifying a powdery construction material () layer by layer includes the steps: The construction material is stored during step a) in a recoating unit (-) arranged at the recoating device () within a space between two recoating elements () mutually spaced apart from each other in the moving direction of the recoating device. At least one recoating element () arranged rearward with respect to the moving direction (B) of the recoating device () includes a roller (), by means of which the construction material is applied to the working plane.

Method, device, and recoating module for producing a three-dimensional object

Disclosed is a method for providing control data for an additive manufacture device having a first step of accessing model data, and a second step of generating a data model in which a construction material layer region to be solidified during the production of an object section is specified for a construction material layer. The region to be solidified is divided into a first sub-region and a second sub-region, and a respective solidification scan of the region locations to be solidified is specified in a data model. The scan solidifying the construction material, and a repeated scan, is specified at the locations of the second sub-region but not at the locations of the first sub-region. The energy input parameter during the repeat scan is measured such that the temperature of the construction material lies above a melting temperature. The method further includes a third step of providing data models generated in the second step as control data for integrating into a control data set.

Selective post-exposure

An additive manufacturing method including repeatedly applying a layer of building material on a previously selectively solidified building material layer and scanning the layer at positions corresponding to the cross-section of the object in this layer, where the laser radiation is generated by a laser light source and is directed onto the building material layer via optical components. An optics compartment is encased by an optics compartment housing and accommodates the optical components. A defined gas atmosphere is maintained inside of the optics compartment, wherein the relative humidity of the defined gas atmosphere is kept below 3%.

Dry beam path

The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one polymer system and at least one anti-agglomeration agent, the polymer system being selected from at least one thermoplastic polymer, the bulk density of the composition being more than 300 g/l. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for producing the composition according to the invention and its use.

Composition for use in additive manufacturing processes

A method for making a three-dimensional object by means of layer-wise application and selective solidification of a pulverulent building material The method includes applying a layer of the pulverulent building material onto a build area by an application device The application device includes a recoating unit movable across the build area in an application direction. The method further includes solidification of the applied powder layer at positions corresponding to a cross-section of the object to be made, and repeating the steps of applying and selective solidification until the object is completed. The pulverulent building material to be applied onto the build area is heated locally by a radiant heater before being applied.

Method and device for making a three-dimensional object

A method for producing a three-dimensional object on a support by applying layer by layer and selectively solidifying a building material in powder form. The method includes lowering the support to a predetermined height below a working plane, applying a layer of the building material in powder form in the working plane, selectively solidifying the applied powder layer at positions corresponding to a cross-section of the object to be produced and repeating the steps of lowering, applying and selectively solidifying until the object is completed. By doing so, the quantity of applied building material in powder form is reduced in a section in an actively controlled way or substantially no building material in powder form is applied in a section in an actively controlled way.

Method and device for producing a three-dimensional object

A powder discharge unit for equipping and/or upgrading a device for generatively manufacturing a three-dimensional object by a selective layer-by-layer solidification of building material in powder form includes a powder container for receiving building material in powder form and a filling chamber for filling in building material in powder form into the powder container. The powder discharge unit is configured to fluidise the building material in powder form in the powder container and the building material in powder form in the filling chamber independently of one another.

Powder discharge unit, device, and method for generatively manufacturing a three-dimensional object

A method for producing a three-dimensional object by layer-wise applying and selectively solidifying a building material in powder form includes the steps of applying a layer of the building material over a working plane and selectively solidifying the layer at positions that correspond to a cross-section of the object to be produced by introducing energy and repeating the steps of applying and selectively solidifying until the object is completed. By doing so, the application step is carried out such that the application device moves at least twice over an area to be coated without an intermediate irradiation, and the step of selectively solidifying is carried out with an irradiation device that emits a radiation suited to solidify the building material.

A device for producing three-dimensional components of a powdery powder material by layered application of the powder material and partial solidification of the powder material of a layer by selectively irradiating points of the layer corresponding to a cross section of the component to be produced by means of at least one energy beam. The device includes a construction container for accommodating the powder material, a coating device for the layered application of the powder material, an overflow container for accommodating an unused material residue of a production process, and an intermediate container for accommodating the unused material residue of an application process and furthermore for delivery to the overflow container.

3D-printing device and method

A manufacturing method for generatively manufacturing a three-dimensional object by a layer-by-layer application and selective solidification of a building material includes applying a layer of the building material within a build area by means of a recoater moving in a recoating direction across the build area, selectively solidifying the applied layer of the building material at points corresponding to a cross-section of the object to be manufactured by means of a solidification device, and repeating the steps of applying and solidifying until the three-dimensional object is completed. A local action confined to a region between the recoating unit moving across the build area and the solidification device and/or compaction device moving behind the recoating unit across the build area is performed on the applied layer of the building material.

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Stefan Paternoster