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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Christian M. Merot, Mesa, CO (US);
Tae Mark Chung, San Diego, CA (US);
Raymond J. Bishop, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Christian M. Merot, Mesa, CO (US);
Tae Mark Chung, San Diego, CA (US);
Raymond J. Bishop, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
3D Systems, Inc., Rock Hill, SC (US);
Abstract
A thermal management system is provided to control the preheating and cool down of a removable build chamber in a laser sintering system. A thermal management station controls preheating of a removable build chamber to heat the chamber to a temperature at or near the operating temperature of the laser sintering system. After insertion into the laser sintering system and completion of a build the thermal management station controls the cool down of the part cake within the removable build chamber after the chamber has been removed from the laser sintering system.