Build material handling unit for a powder module for an apparatus for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects
AssigneeConcept Laser GmbH
InventorDominik Eideloth
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Abstract
Build material handling unit for a powder module for an apparatus for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects, which apparatus is adapted to successively layerwise selectively irradiate and consolidate layers of a build material which can be consolidated by means of an energy source, wherein the build material handling unit is coupled or can be coupled with a powder module, wherein the build material handling unit is adapted to level and/or compact a volume of build material arranged inside a powder chamber of the powder module by controlling the gas pressure inside the powder chamber.
Claims15
A method for handling a build material for an apparatus for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects, the method comprising:
- coupling a build material handling unit comprising a connection element with a powder module, and
- controlling a gas pressure inside a powder chamber of the powder module for leveling and/or compacting a volume of the build material arranged inside the powder chamber of the powder module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.