Cooling structures for additive manufacturing

A build chamber comprising:

• a plurality of sidewalls defining a work space for an additive manufacturing process;
• a build plate perpendicular to the plurality of side walls further defining the work space and upon which layers of powdered materials are positioned and selectively fused to create a component, wherein the build plate defines a build surface and the build surface retracts through the work space in a working direction opposite a build direction for the component;
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• at least one vertical cooling structure perpendicular to the build plate and protruding from the build plate as the build surface retracts, wherein the at least one vertical cooling structure cools at least a portion of the component through unfused powdered materials between the at least one vertical cooling structure and the component.

A temperature control system comprising:

• a temperature controlled build plate upon which layers of powdered materials are positioned and selectively fused to create a component, wherein the build plate defines a build surface and the build surface retracts through a work space in a working direction opposite a build direction for the component;
• at least one vertical cooling structure perpendicular to the build plate and protruding from the build plate as the build surface retracts, wherein the at least one vertical cooling structure cools at least a portion of the component through unfused powdered materials between the at least one vertical cooling structure and the component;
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• a computing system executing program code that independently controls a first temperature of the temperature controlled build plate and at least a second temperature of the at least one vertical cooling structure.