Powder build material handling
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJuan Manuel ZAMORANO ALVEAR, Sergio DE SANTIAGO DOMINGUEZ, Vicente GRANADOS ASENSIO
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Abstract
Disclosed is a powder build material handling system for a three-dimensional printer. The system comprises a delivery system. The delivery system is to carry powder build material in a flow of gas from a powder build material supply. The delivery system is to filter the flow of gas to separate the powder build material from the flow of gas. The delivery system is to direct the filtered flow of gas to the powder build material supply to form a closed system.
Claims15
A powder build material handling system for a three-dimensional printer, the system comprising:
- a delivery system to carry powder build material in a flow of gas from a powder build material supply, to filter the flow of gas to separate the powder build material from the flow of gas, and to direct the filtered flow of gas to the powder build material supply to form a closed system.
A method, comprising:
- transporting, in a flow of gas, powder build material from a powder build material supply of a three-dimensional printer;
- filtering the flow of gas to deposit the powder build material from the flow of gas;
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- returning the flow of gas to the powder build material supply after the filtering.
A powder build material handling system for a three-dimensional printer, the powder handling system comprising:
- a delivery system to carry powder build material in a flow of gas from a powder build material supply to a powder deposition zone, wherein the delivery system comprises a heater to heat the flow of gas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.