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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2017
Applicant:
3dam Technologies, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
3DAM Technologies, LLC/3DAM Holdings, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B22F 3/115 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); C23C 4/123 (2016.01); B22D 23/00 (2006.01); C23C 4/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/115 (2013.01); B22D 23/003 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); C23C 4/123 (2016.01); C23C 4/185 (2013.01); B22F 2003/1056 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are described for performing additive manufacturing. The apparatus includes a vacuum chamber for fabricating a workpiece composed of deposited metal, a table positioned within the vacuum chamber, and configured to support fabrication of the workpiece on a substrate, and one or more multiple droplet emitters coupled to the vacuum chamber, and arranged to irradiate the workpiece with a stream of molten metal droplets during fabrication.