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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Gregory Muster Morris, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Guenter Helmut Wilfert, Garching b. Munchen, DE;
Todd Jay Rockstroh, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/00 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B23K 15/00 (2006.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B29C 64/20 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/008 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B23K 15/0086 (2013.01); B23K 26/342 (2015.10); 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); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract
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.