Additive manufacturing system and method
AssigneeTurbo 3D LLC
InventorAnton Zavoyskikh
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Abstract
An additive manufacturing system includes a rotating drum defining an inner surface, wherein the additive manufacturing system is configured to build a manufactured object on the inner surface of the rotating drum; a material depositation module configured to deposit a controlled amount of a powder material into the rotating drum, the powder material deposited in a plurality of layers to form the manufactured object; and a light source module comprising a laser, the laser emitting a light capable of solidifying the powder material; wherein the light source module moves within the rotating drum and selectively emits the light to solidify each of the plurality of layers of the powder material onto the manufactured object in the order that the plurality of layers are deposited.
Claims18
An additive manufacturing system comprising:
- a rotating drum defining an inner surface, wherein the additive manufacturing system is configured to build a manufactured object on the inner surface of the rotating drum;
- a material depositation module configured to deposit a controlled amount of a powder material into the rotating drum, the powder material deposited in a plurality of layers to form the manufactured object;
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- a light source module comprising a laser, the laser emitting a light capable of solidifying the powder material;
- wherein the light source module moves within the rotating drum and selectively emits the light to solidify each of the plurality of layers of the powder material onto the manufactured object in the order that the plurality of layers are deposited.
A method of additive manufacturing comprising:
- providing an additive manufacturing system comprising a rotating drum, a material depositation module, and a light source module, the additive manufacturing system configured to build a manufactured object on the inner surface of the rotating drum;
- rotating the rotating drum;
- arranging the material depositation module within the rotating drum and depositing a controlled amount of a powder material into the rotating drum in a plurality of layers;
- moving the light source module within the rotating drum as the plurality of layers are deposited, the light source module comprising a laser, the laser emitting a light capable of solidifying the powder material:
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- selectively emitting the light to solidify each of the plurality of layers of the powder material onto the manufactured object in the order that the plurality of layers are deposited.
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