Methods and apparatus for recoating parameter control
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsDominic Sittig, Dominik Mueller, Dominic Graf, Juergen Werner
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for recoating parameter control are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a blade holder, a blade, and a control element disposed within the blade holder, the control element to move the blade between a first position and a second position, the apparatus having a first stiffness when the blade is in the first position, the apparatus having a second stiffness when the blade is in the second position, the first stiffness greater than the second stiffness.
Claims20
An apparatus for recoating a printer bed of an additive manufacturing machine, comprising:
- a blade;
- and
- a control element to move the blade between a first position and a second position, the apparatus having a first stiffness when the blade is in the first position, the apparatus having a second stiffness when the blade is in the second position, the first stiffness greater than the second stiffness.
An apparatus for manufacturing an object via additive manufacturing, the apparatus comprising:
- a bed including a material substrate;
- a beam emitter;
- and
- a recoater to coat material across the bed, the recoater including:
- a blade;
- and
- a control element to move the blade between a first position and a second position, the apparatus having a first stiffness when the blade is in the first position, the apparatus having a second stiffness when the blade is in the second position, the first stiffness greater than the second stiffness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.