3d printer for additive manufacturing of a multilayer component, printing method and component

Abstract

In an embodiment a method includes applying, by a dispenser, a layer of a first raw material to a work surface, the dispenser moving laterally across the work surface, wherein a layer thickness of the first raw material corresponds at least to a desired layer thickness of a layer to be added to the component, bringing the layer of the first raw material into contact with a surface of the component to be coated on the work surface and structurally curing a portion of the first raw material to form a new structured layer of the component, lifting the component comprising the new layer off the work surface, removing, by a first recovering device, a remaining first raw material from the work surface, the first recovering device moving laterally across the work surface and returning the first raw material to a first dispenser and repeating the aforementioned method steps with a second raw material and a second dispenser, wherein a second recovering device is provided so that the first and second raw materials are selectively returnable to a corresponding dispenser.