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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Aurora Labs Limited, Bibra Lake, AU;
Inventors:
David Budge, Bibra Lake, AU;
John Nathan Henry, Gosnells, AU;
Assignee:
Aurora Labs Limited, Bibra Lake, AU;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/329 (2017.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 12/44 (2021.01); B22F 12/45 (2021.01); B22F 12/52 (2021.01); B22F 12/55 (2021.01); B22F 12/67 (2021.01); B22F 12/57 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 12/44 (2021.01); B22F 12/45 (2021.01); B22F 12/52 (2021.01); B22F 12/55 (2021.01); B22F 12/67 (2021.01); B29C 64/329 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B22F 12/57 (2021.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus for printing a three-dimensional object. The printing apparatus includes an operative surface and a plurality of supply hoppers configured for dispensing a powder. The powder is configured to be melted by an energy beam. The supply hoppers are configured to form a plurality of vertically-aligned powder beds adjacent to one another on the operative surface simultaneously. An energy source is configured to emit an energy beam onto each powder bed simultaneously to melt or fuse a topmost layer of the powder bed onto an underlying powder bed layer or substrate.