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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/343 (2017.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B29C 64/268 (2017.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B29C 64/282 (2017.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 64/268 (2017.08); B29C 64/282 (2017.08); B29C 64/343 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
An apparatus and to a method for producing a three-dimensional object built up from at least one material layer by selective solidification of at least one powder raw material applied successively in raw material tracks to a build platform via an application unit of the apparatus. In this case, the apparatus for solidifying the raw material via energy input from a beam has an irradiation unit forming a build group together with the application unit, wherein the irradiation unit having a contiguous group of irradiation elements is rotatably mounted on the application unit.