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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2022
Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik Gmbh, Oberkochen, DE;
Thomas Milde, Nausnitz, DE;
Frank Widulle, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Michael Totzeck, Schwaebisch Gmuend, DE;
Christian Platt, Ulm, DE;
Johann Irnstetter, Heidenheim an der Brenz, DE;
Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH, Oberkochen, DE;
Abstract
A device for additive manufacturing of a workpiece includes a production platform supporting a defined material layer of particulate material, a structuring tool, an inspection sensor, a control unit, and a position encoder. The inspection sensor has a line scan camera and a line light source and is movable along a movement direction relative to the production platform. The position encoder generates a position signal representing a respective instantaneous position of the inspection sensor relative to the production platform. The control unit generates a spatially resolved image of the defined layer using the line light source, the line scan camera, and the position signal. The control unit controls the structuring tool in order to produce a defined workpiece layer by selectively solidifying particulate material of the defined material layer based on the image of the defined material layer and/or an image of a previously produced workpiece layer.