Additive manufacturing apparatuses with removable build boxes and build box management systems
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorJacob Mayer
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Abstract
An apparatus for forming a three-dimensional article having successive layers of a powder material, which layers correspond to successive cross-sections of the three-dimensional article includes a process chamber comprising a process chamber floor and a build box management system. The build box management system includes an intake conveyor that receives a build box and an elevated conveyor that engages the build box at a location above a bottom of the build box.
Claims17
An apparatus for forming a three-dimensional article having successive layers of a powder material, which layers correspond to successive cross-sections of the three-dimensional article, the apparatus comprising:
- a process chamber comprising a process chamber floor;
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- a build box management system comprising:
- an intake conveyor that receives a build box;
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- a lift platform assembly that receives the build box and raises the build box toward the process chamber floor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.