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US 12,115,565 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for treating parts
AssigneeRösler Holding GmbH
InventorsManuel Laux, Denise Hiemann, Moritz Beck, Christoph Bätz
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Abstract
To treat parts printed by means of 3D printing from the powder bed, they are inserted into a trough belt conveyor which transports and circulates the parts and in which the parts are acted on by a fluid jet during the transport.
Claims7
An apparatus comprising a trough belt conveyor having a revolving trough belt that extends in a longitudinal direction, which extends between an inlet and an outlet of the trough belt,
- wherein the trough belt has transport devices to transport parts in the longitudinal direction from the inlet to the outlet through the trough belt conveyor and to circulate them, and a blasting device for applying at least one fluid jet to the parts during the transport,
- wherein the blasting device has a plurality of nozzles, said nozzles being fastened to a longitudinal support that is suspended in an oscillating manner and that can be lifted in a vertical direction, and that can be moved to and fro in the longitudinal direction, and wherein movement of the support results in movement of the nozzles fastened to the support,
- wherein an image capture apparatus is provided, wherein the image capture apparatus controls a movement of the nozzles and/or of the support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.