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US 12,734,582 B2Granted
Electron beam additive manufacturing system and control components
AssigneeSciaky, Inc.
InventorsScott Stecker, John Daniel O'Hara, 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 layer manufacturing apparatus comprising:
- a) a main chamber;
- b) one or more energy emission devices within the main chamber and configured to emit one or more electron beams;
- c) one or more work piece supports located within the main chamber;
- d) a plurality of material delivery devices located within the main chamber, wherein each of the plurality of material delivery devices includes a wire guide tube and a wire guide which are configured to feed a raw material into the one or more electron beams, and wherein the plurality of material delivery devices are movable relative to one another;
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- wherein the plurality of material delivery devices are connected to one or more spools that are located external of the main chamber.
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A layer manufacturing apparatus comprising:
- a) a main chamber;
- b) one or more energy emission devices within the main chamber and configured to emit one of more electron beams;
- c) one or more work piece supports which are located within the main chamber and rotatable;
- d) a plurality of material delivery devices located within the main chamber, wherein each of the plurality of material delivery devices includes a wire quide tube and a wire quide which are configured to feed a raw material into the one or more electron beams, and wherein the plurality of material delivery devices are movable relative to one another;
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- wherein the plurality of material delivery devices are connected to one or more spools that are located external of the main chamber.
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A layer manufacturing apparatus comprising:
- a) a main chamber;
- b) one or more energy emission devices within the main chamber and which emits one or more electron beams;
- c) one or more work piece supports which are located within the main chamber and rotatable;
- d) a plurality of material delivery devices located within the main chamber, wherein each of the plurality of material delivery devices includes a wire guide tube and a wire guide which are configured to feed a raw material into the one or more electron beams, and wherein the plurality of material delivery devices are movable relative to one another;
- wherein the plurality of material delivery devices are connected to one or more spools that are located external of the main chamber;
- wherein the each of the plurality of material delivery devices are movable relative to the one or more energy emission devices the one or more work piece supports;
- wherein one of the plurality of material delivery devices is on a leading side of the one or more energy emission devices and another of the plurality of material delivery devices is on a trailing side of the one or more energy emission devices;
- and
- wherein each of the plurality of material delivery devices deliver the raw material to one or more of the one or more energy emission devices, a melt pool, or both at a different angle relative to another of the plurality of material delivery devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.