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US 12,036,604 B2Granted
Electron beam additive manufacturing system and control components
AssigneeSciaky, Inc.
InventorsScott Stecker, John Daniel O'Hara, Antone Long, Kenn William Lachenberg
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Abstract
A layer manufacturing apparatus comprising: (a) a main chamber; (b) one or more energy emission devices; (c) one or more work piece supports; (d) a plurality of material delivery devices; wherein the plurality of material delivery devices are connected to one or more spools that are located external of the main chamber.
Claims20
A process comprising:
- a) joining a first base substrate to a second base substrate by welding the first base substrate to the second base substrate such that the first base substrate is adjacent to and abuts the second base substrate, and wherein an exposed surface of the first base substrate forms a first side and an opposing exposed surface of the second base substrate forms a second side;
- b) adding a material to the first side of the first base substrate with one or more energy emission devices;
- c) rotating the first base substrate and the second base substrate to the second side of the second base substrate;
- d) adding the material to the second side of the second base substrate with the one or more energy emission devices;
- e) rotating the first base substrate and the second base substrate to the first side;
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- f) repeating steps b)-e) until an article of manufacture is created on the first base substrate and the second base substrate.
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A process comprising:
- a) locating a first base substrate and a second base substrate inside a main chamber of a layer manufacturing apparatus and connecting to a rotation device, wherein the layer manufacturing apparatus includes one or more energy emission devices;
- b) joining the first base substrate to the second base substrate by welding the first base substrate to the second base substrate such that the first base substrate is adjacent to and abuts the second base substrate, wherein the welding is completed by the one or more energy emission devices, and wherein an exposed surface of the first base substrate forms a first side and an opposing exposed surface of the second base substrate forms a second side;
- c) adding a material to the first side of the first base substrate with the one or more energy emission devices;
- d) rotating the first base substrate and the second base substrate to the second side of the second base substrate;
- e) adding the material to the second side of the second base substrate with the one or more energy emission devices;
- f) rotating the first base substrate and the second base substrate to the first side;
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- g) repeating steps c)-f) until an article of manufacture is created on the first base substrate and the second base substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.