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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2012
Chuan-sheng Zhuang, Taichung County, TW;
Ching-chih Lin, Kaohsiung, TW;
Steven Lin, Tainan, TW;
Wei-lun Tai, Taichung, TW;
Wen-peng Tseng, Tainan, TW;
Ji-bin Horng, Tainan, TW;
Chuan-Sheng Zhuang, Taichung County, TW;
Ching-Chih Lin, Kaohsiung, TW;
Steven Lin, Tainan, TW;
Wei-Lun Tai, Taichung, TW;
Wen-Peng Tseng, Tainan, TW;
Ji-Bin Horng, Tainan, TW;
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a device and method for powder distribution and an additive manufacturing method, wherein different size or kind of powders could be chosen to be accommodated within a receptacle. The receptacle can uniformly mix the powder by a rotation movement, pour out the powders by the rotation movement and distribute the powders for forming a layer by a translation movement. In another embodiment, the receptacle further comprises a heating element for preheating the powders. Not only can the present disclosure uniformly mix the powders so as to reduce the thermal deformation and distribute the powder layer compactly, but also can the present disclosure distribute different kinds of powder in different layer so as to increase the diversity in additive manufacturing.