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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Jasen Deforge, West Hartland, CT (US);
Shawn Karl Reynolds, Byron, IL (US);
Assignee:
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/214 (2017.01); B29C 64/264 (2017.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B29C 64/371 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/214 (2017.08); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 64/264 (2017.08); B29C 64/371 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A blade changer includes a housing with a port, a magazine supported within the housing, and a manipulator. The manipulator is operably associated with the magazine and has a reach extending beyond the port to interchange re-coater blades between the magazine and an additive manufacturing system coupled to the port. Additive manufacturing systems and methods of interchanging a deployed re-coater blade with a staged re-coater blade are also described.