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US 2019/0291212 A1Published application
Coater Apparatus and Method for Additive Manufacturing
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsShane Matthew Gillespie, Christian Xavier Stevenson, Patrick Michael Kenney, Ping Wang
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Abstract
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes: a coater including: at least one trough including a plurality of side-by-side deposition valves.
Claims19
A additive manufacturing apparatus, comprising:
- a coater comprising:
- at least one trough including a plurality of side-by-side deposition valves.
An additive manufacturing method, comprising:
- positioning a coater adjacent a worksurface, the coater comprising a trough including a plurality of side-by-side deposition valves;
- depositing powder from the trough onto the build platform through at least one of the deposition valves;
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- using radiant energy to fuse the powder.
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