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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2007
Jesus Montero-escuder, Munich, DE;
Jochen Weidinger, Munich, DE;
Jesus Montero-Escuder, Munich, DE;
Jochen Weidinger, Munich, DE;
EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems, Krailling, DE;
Abstract
Apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional object () by solidifying a powdery constituent material layer by layer at the positions corresponding to the profile of the object () to be manufactured in the corresponding layer, by the action of a laser or another energy source comprises a support () on which the object () is formed and an applicator () for applying a layer of the constituent material onto the support or a layer at least partially solidified in advance. The applicator () has a receiving device () for receiving a applying module such as a blade module (). The receiving device () is formed in a way so that the applying module () can be exchangeably inserted into and removed from the receiving device () in a way that a predetermined position of the applying module () in the receiving device () is reproducibly determined.