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US 2025/0144712 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for de-powdering additively manufactured components
AssigneeRösler Holding GmbH
InventorsTill MERKEL, Florian MÜLLER, Domenik BRAUNROTH, Moritz BECK
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Abstract
To de-powder additively manufactured components located in a powder cake, the powder cake is first transferred into an enclosure and is then set into vertical vibration within the enclosure in a de-powdering station.
Claims25
A method for de-powdering additively manufactured components located in a powder cake, wherein
- the powder cake is first transferred into an enclosure and is set into vibration solely in a vertical direction within the enclosure in a de-powdering station by a vibration generator.
An apparatus, comprising a transfer station, a de-powdering station and a transport device between the transfer station and the de-powdering station, wherein
- the transfer station is provided with a lifting device that is configured and adapted to transfer a powder cake with additively manufactured components located therein from a build job container into an enclosure,
- the enclosure is mounted at the transport device to transfer a powder cake located in said enclosure to the de-powdering station, and
- the de-powdering station is provided with a vibration generator that sets a powder cake located in the enclosure into vibration solely in the vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.