Additive manufacturing systems and methods for top and side compression of material during material deposition
AssigneeGE Avio S.r.l.
InventorsEdoardo Maria Peradotto, Emanuele Quarona, Alessandro De Grassi
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Abstract
A method of additively manufacturing a component includes depositing melted feedstock material onto a build surface of a rotary build table to form the component; rotating the rotary build table about a vertical axis of the rotary build table; applying a first compressive load onto an interior side surface of the component by an inside roller; applying a second compressive load onto an exterior side surface of the component by an outside roller opposing the inside roller; and applying a third compressive load onto a top surface of the component by a top roller.
Claims16
A method of additively manufacturing a component, the method comprising:
- depositing melted feedstock material onto a build surface of a rotary build table to form the component;
- rotating the rotary build table about a vertical axis of the rotary build table;
- applying a first compressive load onto an interior side surface of the component by an inside roller;
- applying a second compressive load onto an exterior side surface of the component by an outside roller opposing the inside roller;
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- applying a third compressive load onto a top surface of the component by a top roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.