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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Nlight, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
nLIGHT, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/10 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); G02B 27/09 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B23K 26/073 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B23K 26/08 (2014.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B23K 26/144 (2014.01); B23K 26/14 (2014.01); B23K 26/082 (2014.01); G02B 6/14 (2006.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B29C 64/268 (2017.01); G02B 6/028 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02F 1/015 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/036 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B23K 26/073 (2013.01); B23K 26/0732 (2013.01); B23K 26/0736 (2013.01); B23K 26/082 (2015.10); B23K 26/0853 (2013.01); B23K 26/144 (2015.10); B23K 26/1476 (2013.01); B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/268 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); G02B 6/14 (2013.01); G02B 27/0927 (2013.01); G02B 27/0933 (2013.01); G02B 27/0994 (2013.01); G02F 1/0115 (2013.01); G02B 6/0281 (2013.01); G02B 6/0365 (2013.01); G02B 6/03616 (2013.01); G02B 6/03627 (2013.01); G02B 6/03633 (2013.01); G02B 6/03638 (2013.01); G02B 6/03688 (2013.01); G02B 6/262 (2013.01); G02B 6/4296 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12121 (2013.01); G02F 2001/0151 (2013.01);
Abstract
Additive manufacturing systems and methods for fabricating an article are provided. The additive manufacturing system may include a substrate and a layering device configured to fabricate a first layer of the article on the substrate. The layering device may include an optical beam source configured to generate an optical beam and a variable beam characteristics (VBC) fiber operably coupled with the optical beam source and configured to modify one or more beam characteristics, such as a wavelength, of the optical beam.