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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Edison Welding Institute, Inc., Columbus, OH (US);
Inventor:
Matthew A. Short, Wilmington, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B29C 64/141 (2017.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B22F 10/10 (2021.01); B29C 64/227 (2017.01); B29C 64/307 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B29C 64/141 (2017.08); B22F 10/10 (2021.01); B29C 64/227 (2017.08); B29C 64/307 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A powder bed fusion additive manufacturing system that includes a powder bed; a material powder, wherein the material powder includes individual grains; an apparatus for spreading the material powder across the powder bed in a layer-by-layer manner; and an ultrasonic device adapted to function in cooperation with the powder-spreading apparatus for compacting the material powder in each layer and distributing the individual grains in each layer of material powder in a substantially uniform manner.