Additive manufacturing guide

Abstract

An additive manufacturing guide for variable size additive manufacturing is provided. The additive manufacturing guide includes an actuator movable between a maximum flow position and a minimum flow position. The additive manufacturing guide also includes an adjustable port defining a variable area outlet aperture. The actuator is configured to deform the adjustable port to selectively resize the variable area outlet aperture. The maximum flow position corresponds to a maximum area of the variable area outlet aperture and the minimum flow position corresponds to a minimum area of the variable area outlet aperture. An additive manufacturing system including the additive manufacturing guide is also provided. A method of additive manufacturing with variable bead sizes using the additive manufacturing guide is further provided.

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