Device and method for additive manufacturing of a component

Abstract

A device for additive manufacturing of a component includes a material dispensing unit for depositing a building material and an actuator assembly which is designed to move the material dispensing unit over a work surface in order to deposit the building material layer by layer in predetermined print paths. The device has at least one first guide leg which is designed to shape a first surface of the one or more layers of building material deposited by the material dispensing unit. The at least one first guide leg is displaceable and driven by a first actuator, in at least one translational degree of freedom (x, y, z) relative to the material dispensing unit. The at least one first guide leg is driven by a second actuator so as to be pivotable relative to the material dispensing unit in at least one rotational degree of freedom (dx, dy, dz).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.