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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
May. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Renishaw Plc, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
RENISHAW PLC, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 12/30 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/30 (2021.01); B22F 10/366 (2021.01); B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B22F 12/10 (2021.01); B22F 12/49 (2021.01); B22F 12/52 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); H05B 6/50 (2006.01); H05B 6/62 (2006.01); B22F 10/32 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 12/30 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/30 (2021.01); B22F 10/366 (2021.01); B22F 12/10 (2021.01); B22F 12/222 (2021.01); B22F 12/38 (2021.01); B22F 12/49 (2021.01); B22F 12/52 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); H05B 6/50 (2013.01); H05B 6/62 (2013.01); B22F 10/32 (2021.01);
Abstract
A powder bed fusion apparatus includes a build platform movable in a build sleeve, the build platform for supporting a bed of metal powder, a powder layer formation device for forming layers of metal powder to form the bed, a scanner for directing an energy beam to selected regions of each layer to consolidate the metal powder and a radio-wave generator arranged to surround the metal powder and generate radio waves to heat the metal powder that forms the bed.