Generating a Three-Dimensional Component by Selective Laser Melting
AssigneeTrumpf GmbH & Co.
InventorChristian Koerber
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for generating a three-dimensional component by selective laser melting, comprising: generating at least one process-influencing device by selective laser melting during generation of the three-dimensional component and activating the process-influencing device to act on an already completed area of the three-dimensional component prior to completion of the three-dimensional component. The invention also relates to a processing machine for carrying out the method.
Claims16
A method of generating a three-dimensional component by selective laser melting, the method comprising:
- generating at least one electrical conductor, by selective laser melting during generation of the three-dimensional component;
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- activating the at least one electrical conductor by exposing the at least one electrical conductor to a current flow to act on an already completed area of the three-dimensional component prior to completion of the three-dimensional component.
A processing machine for generating a three-dimensional component by selective laser melting comprising:
- a processing chamber,
- at least one functional interface which extends into the processing chamber and is configured to be connected to an electrical conductor for acting on an already completed area of the three-dimensional component during selective laser melting, the at least one functional interface configured to be connected to a supply device for the conductor, which is connected to the at least one functional interface;
- wherein the supply device is configured as a voltage generator configured to be connected via the functional interface to a supply end and a discharge end of the conductor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.