Exchangeable additive manufacturing machine system with air curtain isolation mechanism
AssigneeNational Central University
InventorsCHAO-YAUG LIAO, BO-REN CHEN
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an exchangeable additive manufacturing machine system. The system includes a manufacturing spindle; a thermal conducting module configured to include a working well in a center portion, wherein the manufacturing spindle is configured to rotate in the working well and the manufacturing spindle and the working well defines a manufacturing area; and an air curtain isolation mechanism module, configured to attach on a peripheral region in proximity to the thermal conducting module to actively generate an airflow across the working well and the manufacturing area to isolate the manufacturing area from an external environment.
Claims9
An exchangeable additive manufacturing machine system, comprising:
- a thermal conducting module;
- a manufacturing platform and a plurality of flat additive manufacturing assembly components, wherein the plurality of flat additive manufacturing assembly components are selectively attached to a center portion of the thermal conducting module to form a working well, the manufacturing platform is selectively configured in the working well and moves along the working well and the manufacturing platform and the working well define a manufacturing area;
- a manufacturing spindle and a plurality of curve additive manufacturing assembly components, wherein the plurality of curve additive manufacturing assembly components are selectively attached to the center portion of the thermal conducting module to form the working well, the manufacturing spindle is selectively configured to rotate in the working well and the manufacturing spindle and the working well define the manufacturing area;
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- an air curtain isolation mechanism module, configured to attach on a peripheral region in proximity to the thermal conducting module to actively generate an airflow across the working well and the manufacturing area to isolate the manufacturing area from an external environment,
- wherein the exchangeable additive manufacturing machine system is formed as a three-dimensional additive manufacturing machine by selectively configuring with the manufacturing platform and the plurality of flat additive manufacturing assembly components or a rotary additive manufacturing machine by selectively configuring with the manufacturing spindle and the plurality of curve additive manufacturing assembly components.
An exchangeable additive manufacturing machine system, comprising:
- a manufacturing spindle;
- a thermal conducting module configured to include a working well in a center portion, wherein the manufacturing spindle is configured to rotate in the working well and the manufacturing spindle and the working well defines a manufacturing area;
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- an air curtain isolation mechanism module, configured to attach on a peripheral region in proximity to the thermal conducting module to actively generate an airflow across the working well and the manufacturing area to isolate the manufacturing area from an external environment.
An exchangeable additive manufacturing machine system, comprising:
- a manufacturing platform;
- a thermal conducting module configured to include a working well in a center portion, wherein the manufacturing platform is configured in the working well and moves along the working well and the manufacturing platform and the working well define a manufacturing area;
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- an air curtain isolation mechanism module, configured to attach on a peripheral region in proximity to the thermal conducting module to actively generate an airflow across the working well and the manufacturing area to isolate the manufacturing area from an external environment.
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