Laser 3d printer
Assignee3D4Mec Srl
InventorsGiuseppe CORSINI, Gabriele CARLONI
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Abstract
A laser 3D printer presents a tubular compartment; a lifting platform engaged in a sliding manner in the tubular compartment; a feeding unit for feeding a powdered material onto the lifting platform; a laser printing head for sintering the powdered material laid on the lifting platform; and a collection chamber, which extends about at least part of the tubular compartment and is connected to the tubular compartment via at least one opening made through a side wall of the tubular compartment itself.
Claims11
A laser 3D printer comprising a tubular compartment (8), which has a substantially vertical longitudinal axis (9) and is limited by a side wall (14), which extends about the longitudinal axis (9) itself;
- a lifting platform (12) engaged in a sliding manner in the tubular compartment (8);
- a feeding unit (19) for feeding a powdered material (3) onto the lifting platform (12);
- a laser printing head (4) for sintering the powdered material (3) laid on the lifting platform (12);
- and a collection chamber (13), which extends about at least part of the tubular compartment (8);
- and being characterized in that the tubular compartment (8) has at least one opening (16) made through the side wall (14) for connecting together the tubular compartment (8) and the collection chamber (13).
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