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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
May. 25, 2023
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Clay Thomas Griffis, Greenville, SC (US);
Archie L. Swanner, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
GE VERNOVA INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Greenville, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 10/68 (2021.01); B08B 3/02 (2006.01); B08B 5/02 (2006.01); B08B 5/04 (2006.01); B22F 12/30 (2021.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 10/68 (2021.01); B22F 12/30 (2021.01); B08B 3/02 (2013.01); B08B 5/02 (2013.01); B08B 5/04 (2013.01); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
The present application provides a powder removal system for removing powder from an additive manufacturing component with a number of component voids therein. The powder removal system may include a build plate with a number of build plate conduits that aligns with the component voids, a powder removal plate with a number of powder removal plate conduits that aligns with the build plate conduit, and a pressurized fluid system in communication with the powder removal plate conduits.