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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Renishaw Plc, Wotton-Under-Edge, GB;
Inventors:
Simon Peter Scott, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, GB;
Chris Sutcliffe, Liverpool, GB;
Assignee:
RENISHAW PLC, Wotton-Under-Edge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/04 (2014.01); B23K 26/046 (2014.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B23K 26/12 (2014.01); B23K 26/34 (2014.01); B29C 67/00 (2017.01); B23K 35/02 (2006.01); B23K 26/70 (2014.01); B23K 26/082 (2014.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/046 (2013.01); B23K 26/04 (2013.01); B23K 26/082 (2015.10); B23K 26/12 (2013.01); B23K 26/127 (2013.01); B23K 26/34 (2013.01); B23K 26/703 (2015.10); B23K 35/0244 (2013.01); B29C 67/0085 (2013.01); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B22F 2003/1056 (2013.01); B22F 2998/00 (2013.01); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract
An additive manufacturing apparatus comprises a processing chamber () defining a window () for receiving a laser beam and an optical module () The optical module is removably-mountable to the processing chamber for delivering the laser beam through the window. The optical module contains optical components for focusing and steering the laser beam and a controlled atmosphere can be maintained within the module.