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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2023
Vulcanforms Inc., Devens, MA (US);
Michael Von Dadelszen, Merrimack, NH (US);
Ramunas Wierzbicki, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas J. Evans, Bedford, MA (US);
VulcanForms Inc., Devens, MA (US);
Abstract
An additive manufacturing system has a build surface supporting a precursor material to be fused by incident light energy. The system includes an optics assembly to direct the incident light energy along a beam path in a first direction toward the build surface, and an energy management system. The energy management system includes a beam block disposed along the beam path. The beam block has an aperture allowing the incident light energy to pass through the beam block in the first direction. The beam block also has a surface to absorb or deflect, away from the beam path, light energy traveling in a second direction different from the first direction. The energy management system also includes a heat sink to receive heat energy from at least a portion of the light energy traveling in the second direction.