# US 12,214,423 B2 · High-energy beam additive manufacturing forming device and forming method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,214,423 B2 - Document ID: US12214423B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/635,442 - Filed: 2020-09-17 - Published: 2022-09-15 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2020-05-25 - Assignees: Shanghai University - Applicants: Shanghai University - Inventors: Zhongming Ren; Jiang Wang; Chaoyue Chen; Sansan Shuai; Tao Hu; Ruixin Zhao; Wei Liu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12214423B2 ## CPC - B22F 10/28: Powder bed fusion, e.g. selective laser melting [SLM] or electron beam melting [EBM] - B22F 10/30: Process control - B22F 12/20: Cooling means - B22F 12/30: Platforms or substrates - B22F 12/40: Radiation means - B22F 12/41: characterised by the type, e.g. laser or electron beam - B22F 12/45: Two or more - B22F 12/50: Means for feeding of material, e.g. heads - B22F 12/60: Planarisation devices; Compression devices - B22F 2998/10: Processes characterised by the sequence of their steps - B22F 2999/00: Aspects linked to processes or compositions used in powder metallurgy - B33Y 10/00: Processes of additive manufacturing - B33Y 30/00: Apparatus for additive manufacturing; Details thereof or accessories therefor - B33Y 50/02: for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes - Y02P 10/25: Process efficiency - B22F: WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER (making alloys by powder metallurgy C22C); APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER - B33Y: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract A high-energy beam additive manufacturing forming device and forming method, comprising a magnetic field unit for assisting additive forming, and further comprising a forming base (6) for placing a material (12) to be processed, and a high-energy beam generation device which emits a high-energy beam, acts on the material (12) to be processed and forms a molten pool (15). The magnetic field unit comprises a first magnetic field generating device (7), and the first magnetic field generating device (7) comprises an induction coil (20) provided below the molten pool (15). The first magnetic field generating device (7) is detachably provided below a surface, used for containing the material (12) to be processed, of the forming base (6); second magnetic field generating devices (16) are provided above the forming base (6). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A high-energy beam additive manufacturing forming method, applying a high-energy beam additive manufacturing forming device, wherein the high-energy beam additive manufacturing forming device comprises: a magnetic field unit comprising: a first magnetic field generating device, wherein the first magnetic field generating device comprises induction coils arranged below a molten pool, and at any time, the molten pool formed by melting a material to be processed is located in an area where clustered magnetic induction lines are emitted from the induction coils; when the number of the induction coils is multiple, the induction coils are evenly arranged in the forming area of the molten pool; and the adjacent induction coils are parallel, and the distances between the induction coils and the molten pool are equal; and second magnetic field generating devices which generate a steady-state magnetic field and/or an alternating magnetic field and act on the molten pool, wherein the second magnetic field generating devices are arranged above the molten pool; a forming base for placing a material to be processed, and a high-energy beam generation device, which emits a high-energy beam, acts on the material to be processed and forms a molten pool, wherein the high-energy beam generation device is arranged above the forming base, the first magnetic field generating device is detachably arranged below a surface of the forming base used for containing the material to be processed, and the second magnetic field generating devices are arranged above the forming base; and the high-energy beam additive manufacturing forming method comprises the following steps: (a) placing a material to be processed on the forming base; (b) generating a high-energy beam by a high-energy beam generation device, wherein the high-energy beam acts on the material to be processed in a set path, so that a molten pool is formed by the material to be processed; (c) loading alternating voltage by a first magnetic field generating device, so that the induction coils generate an alternating magnetic field to act on the molten pool; and (d) stacking a plurality of additive forming layers to obtain a forming part. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The high-energy beam additive manufacturing forming method according to claim 1, wherein the forming base is of a hollow box-shaped structure, the induction coils and a water cooling device used for cooling the induction coils are sequentially arranged in the forming base, the water cooling device is arranged below the induction coils, and an insulating heat dissipation layer is arranged between the induction coils and the water cooling device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The high-energy beam additive manufacturing forming method according to claim 2, further comprising a closed working cavity and a gas protection unit used for filling protection gas into the working cavity; and the high-energy beam generation device, the forming base, the feeding device and the second magnetic field generating devices are all arranged in the working cavity. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The high-energy beam additive manufacturing forming method according to claim 2, wherein in step (c), the induction coils in the first magnetic field generating device, corresponding to a high-energy beam processing area, are used for loading alternating voltage; and in step (c), a steady-state magnetic field and/or an alternating magnetic field generated by second magnetic field generating devices acts on the molten pool. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The high-energy beam additive manufacturing forming method according to claim 1, further comprising a first lifting device used for pushing the forming base to move up and down, wherein the first lifting device is arranged below the forming base, and a lifting part of the first lifting device is fixedly connected with the forming base; the high-energy beam additive manufacturing forming device further comprises a feeding device arranged on one side of the forming base, and the feeding device comprises a powder supply cylinder used for storing a material to be processed and a roller used for evenly laying the material to be processed to the forming base; and a feeding bottom plate used for supporting the material to be processed to move up and down and a second lifting device for pushing the feeding bottom plate to move up and down are arranged in the powder supply cylinder, and a lifting part of the second lifting device is fixedly connected with the feeding bottom plate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The high-energy beam additive manufacturing forming method according to claim 5, wherein in step (c), the induction coils in the first magnetic field generating device, corresponding to a high-energy beam processing area, are used for loading alternating voltage; and in step (c), a steady-state magnetic field and/or an alternating magnetic field generated by second magnetic field generating devices acts on the molten pool. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The high-energy beam additive manufacturing forming method according to claim 1, wherein in step (c), the induction coils in the first magnetic field generating device, corresponding to a high-energy beam processing area, are used for loading alternating voltage; and in step (c), a steady-state magnetic field and/or an alternating magnetic field generated by second magnetic field generating devices acts on the molten pool.