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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Subhrajit Roychowdhury, Schenectady, NY (US);
James William Sears, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr., Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/067 (2006.01); B22F 7/06 (2006.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/366 (2021.01); B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B22F 12/44 (2021.01); B22F 12/49 (2021.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/0676 (2013.01); B22F 7/064 (2013.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 12/44 (2021.01); B22F 12/49 (2021.01); B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B22F 10/366 (2021.01); B22F 12/38 (2021.01);
Abstract
A powder melting device for an additive manufacturing system including a laser device configured to emit an energy beam and a beam modulator. The beam modulator is configured to selectively induce an angular deflection in the energy beam for a predetermined time period such that the energy beam generates a plurality of melt pools in a powder bed.