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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Freeform Future Corp., El Segundo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Derek Schmuland, El Segundo, CA (US);
Thomas J Ronacher, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Erik Palitsch, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Freeform Future Corp., Hawthorne, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/06 (2014.01); B23K 26/064 (2014.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B23K 26/0604 (2013.01); B23K 26/0626 (2013.01); B23K 26/064 (2015.10); B23K 26/0643 (2013.01); B23K 26/0648 (2013.01); B23K 26/0665 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A metal additive manufacturing system includes a powder bed for powdered metal, a plurality of lasers to generate a plurality of laser beams, and a scanner to steer the plurality of laser beams onto selected portions of a surface of the powder bed. A method of metal additive manufacturing includes generating a plurality of laser beams and steering the plurality of laser beams, using a scanner, onto selected portions of a surface of a powder bed of powdered metal.