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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Mark Shaw, Loveland, OH (US);
David Richard Barnhart, Jefferson, OH (US);
Ronald Redden, Foster, KY (US);
Theodore Anderson, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Gregory Muster Morris, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Comany, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B23K 26/21 (2014.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B22F 3/00 (2006.01); B22F 3/10 (2006.01); B23K 37/00 (2006.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B29C 64/20 (2017.01); B28B 1/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B22F 3/003 (2013.01); B22F 3/1007 (2013.01); B23K 26/21 (2015.10); B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B23K 37/003 (2013.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/20 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B22F 2003/1056 (2013.01); B28B 1/001 (2013.01); B29K 2105/251 (2013.01); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract
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.