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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
May. 22, 2020
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Vadim Bromberg, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John Sterle, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Victor Fulton, Amelia, OH (US);
Tyler Andrew Griffith, Norwood, OH (US);
Peter Douglas Lueschen, Covington, KY (US);
Carlos H. Bonilla, Lebanon, OH (US);
Joseph L. Smolenski, Singerlands, NY (US);
Timothy Francis Andrews, Sharonville, OH (US);
Younkoo Jeong, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Additive manufacturing apparatuses are disclosed. In one embodiment, an additive manufacturing apparatus may comprise a support chassis including a print bay, a build bay, and a material supply bay. Each bay may comprise an upper compartment and a lower compartment. A working surface may separate each of the print bay, the build bay, and the material supply bay into the upper compartment and the lower compartment, wherein: the build bay may be disposed between the print bay and the material supply bay. The lower compartment of the build bay comprises bulkheads sealing the lower compartment of the build bay from the lower compartment of the print bay and the lower compartment of the material supply bay.