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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2019
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Phillip J. Crothers, Hampton East, AU;
Philip L. Freeman, Summerville, SC (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method () of additively manufacturing an object () from a powder material () comprises discharging the powder material () from a powder-deposition opening () in a hollow body () of a powder-supply arm () while rotating the powder-supply arm () and an energy-supply arm () about a vertical axis A. Method () also comprises, while rotating the powder-supply arm () and the energy-supply arm () about the vertical axis A, distributing the powder material () within a powder-bed volume () using a powder-distribution blade () that is coupled to the hollow body () and extends along the powder-deposition opening (). The method () further comprises, while rotating the powder-supply arm () and the energy-supply arm () about vertical axis A, consolidating at least a portion of the powder material () in the powder-bed volume () using the energy emitters (), coupled to the energy-supply arm ().