Apparatus for Producing Components by Way of Additive Manufacturing Processes
AssigneeKYOCERA Fineceramics Precision GmbH
InventorsNikolaos Katsikis, Sarah Diener, Carsten Russner, Pedro Henrique Da Silva Lima
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for applying slurries, comprising a doctor blade body with at least one separation element that subdivides the doctor blade body into different compartments, and to a method for producing a three-dimensional object using the apparatus according to the invention.
Claims20
A device for applying slips, wherein said device includes a doctor blade body with a working edge, in which the doctor blade body has at least one discharge slot for discharging a slip, arranged in parallel to the working edge, characterized in that said doctor blade body is divided into chambers by at least one moveable dividing element arranged vertically to its longitudinal direction, wherein a gap having a width of at least 100 μm is formed between lateral walls of said at least one dividing element and an adjacent surface of the doctor blade body.
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