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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2015
Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno, The Hague, NL;
René Jos Houben, The Hague, NL;
Andries Rijfers, The Hague, NL;
Leonardus Antonius Maria Brouwers, The Hague, NL;
NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELUK ONDERZOEK TNO, 'S-Gravenhage, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a production line () for making tangible products by layerwise manufacturing. Layers of a uniform thickness are deposited on top of each other and solidified in a pattern that corresponds to a cross section of the product. The method and production line are in particular suited for making mutually different products out of powders of construction material. The construction material is deposited on the different building platforms () individually by a deposition head (). A surplus of material is removed by a remover (), preferably before the layer is solidified (). This allows that the quantity of material can be adapted to the specific product on each building platform. The production line further comprises a platform conveyor () for conveying the towards and away from the deposition head repeatedly.