Device for conveying additive manufacture container/plate assemblies
AssigneeCompagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
InventorsBENOÎT POURCHER, CHRISTOPHE DE LAJUDIE, GILLES WALRAND, FRÉDÉRIC PIALOT, CHRISTIAN GEAY
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Abstract
A device is provided for conveying additive manufacturing container/tray assemblies or additive manufacturing trays, the conveying device including at least two chambers for conveying an additive manufacturing container/tray assembly, each conveying chamber including at least one opening allowing the entry/exit of an additive manufacturing container/tray assembly, and each opening being provided with a door for closing the conveying chamber in a sealed manner.
Claims9
A device for conveying additive manufacturing container/tray assemblies or additive manufacturing trays, the device comprising:
- a plurality of chambers for conveying an additive manufacturing container/tray assembly or an additive manufacturing tray, each conveying chamber comprising an opening allowing the entry and exit of an additive manufacturing container/tray assembly or an additive manufacturing tray,
- wherein the opening is provided with a door for closing the conveying chamber in a sealed manner.
A method for conveying additive manufacturing container/tray assemblies or additive manufacturing trays within an additive manufacturing facility comprising a plurality of additive manufacturing machines, wherein the additive manufacturing container/tray assemblies or additive manufacturing trays are transported in an automated and contained manner within the facility, and wherein clean assemblies or trays are conveyed in a conveying chamber other than a conveying chamber used to convey assemblies or trays that have been used by an additive manufacturing machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.