Additive manufacturing with rotatable deposition head
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsScott Nelson, Peter E. Daum, Quinlan Yee Shuck
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Abstract
A method for additive manufacturing, the method including delivering, via one or more delivery nozzles of a deposition head, a feedstock material to a substrate, wherein the delivered material defines a material distribution volume on and/or adjacent the substrate; and rotating the deposition head about an axis to control the material distribution volume, wherein the rotation of the deposition head adjusts a position of the one or more delivery nozzles of the deposition head relative to the substrate
Claims20
A method for additive manufacturing, the method comprising:
- delivering, via one or more delivery nozzles of a deposition head, a feedstock material to a substrate, wherein the delivered material defines a material distribution volume on and/or adjacent the substrate;
- and
- rotating the deposition head about an axis to control the material distribution volume, wherein the rotation of the deposition head adjusts a position of the one or more delivery nozzles of the deposition head relative to the substrate.
An additive manufacturing system comprising:
- an energy delivery device;
- a deposition head including one or more delivery nozzles configured to deliver a feedstock material;
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- a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to:
- control the deposition head to deliver a feedstock material to a substrate via the one or more delivery nozzles, wherein the delivered material defines a material distribution volume on and/or adjacent the substrate;
- and
- control rotation of the deposition head about an axis to control the material distribution volume, wherein the rotation of the deposition head adjusts a position of the one or more delivery nozzles of the deposition head relative to the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.