United States
US 12,697,660 B2
Method and apparatus for additive manufacturing of a workpiece
US 12,697,660 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-04. Applicant: Pro-Beam GmbH & Co. KGaA. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.
- Applicant
- Pro-Beam GmbH & Co. KGaA
- Inventors
- Thorsten LOWER
- Publication date
- 2026-08-04
- Filing date
- 2023-05-15
- Document type
- B2 Granted patent
- Also written as
- US 12,697,660 B2 · US12697660 · 12697660
Abstract
A method of additively manufacturing a workpiece (22) from a powder material, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a device (15, 17) for receiving a powder bed (20) of the powdery material, in particular in a vacuum process chamber (11), and a beam generator (12) adapted to direct an energy beam (13) to laterally different locations of the powder bed (20); b) layer-by-layer application of the powdery material to the powder bed (20); c) creating the workpiece (22) in the powder bed (20) layer by layer by selectively bonding the powdery material to the energy beam (13); d) during the production…
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