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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2021
Renishaw Plc, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
David Roberts McMurtry, Stancombe, GB;
Christopher John Sutcliffe, Liverpool, GB;
Robin Geoffrey Weston, Alsager, GB;
Paul Campton, Cheltenham, GB;
David John Whitton, Bristol, GB;
David Beeby, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
RENISHAW PLC, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Abstract
A powder bed fusion apparatus for building an object in a layer-by-layer manner includes a build platform movable within a build sleeve to define a build volume, a layer formation device for forming layers of powder across the build volume in a working plane and an irradiation device for irradiating powder in the working plane to selectively fuse the powder. The powder bed fusion apparatus further includes a mechanical manipulator arranged to engage with the object and/or a build substrate, to which the object is attached, to tilt the object in a raised position above the working plane such that powder is freed from the object and deposited at a location above the working plane and/or into the build volume.