MODULE FOR SUPPLYING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING POWDER ALLOWING THE TRANSFER OF POWDER INTO A CONTAINER UNDER AN INERT ATMOSPHERE

    公开(公告)号:US20220410479A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17777863

    申请日:2020-11-17

    Applicant: AddUp

    Abstract: Provision module (2) for providing additive manufacturing powder, comprising a main hopper (29) for storing additive manufacturing powder, the main hopper (29) being designed to be connected to a manufacturing module (4) configured to additively manufacture an object from the powder located in the main hopper (29), an inlet (211) of the provision module (2), which inlet is designed to be connected to the manufacturing module (4) and to receive powder located in the manufacturing module (4), a glovebox (25) designed to receive a container (28), the glovebox (25) being able to be closed in a sealed manner, a supply circuit configured to transfer powder located in the glovebox (25) to the main hopper (29), an extraction circuit that is different from the supply circuit and is configured to transfer additive manufacturing powder from the inlet (211) of the provision module (2) to the container (28), when the container (28) is received in the glovebox (25), the glovebox (25) comprising gloves (251) for closing the container (28) once it has been filled with powder, while the glovebox (25) is closed.

    PARTICLE SEPARATION DEVICE FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20220379347A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17771304

    申请日:2020-10-20

    Applicant: ADDUP

    Inventor: SEBASTIEN DEVROE

    Abstract: A device for separating particles contained in a gas stream for selective additive manufacturing and a selective additive manufacturing apparatus are disclosed. The device comprises at least one dry-type aeraulic separator comprising a separating turbine, a speed of rotation of which is variable. The dry-type aeraulic separator selects the particles contained in the gas stream according to a particle size depending on the speed of rotation of the separating turbine. The device also comprises a device for extracting the particles. The dry-type aeraulic separator and the extraction device are in fluidic communication such that a gas stream exiting the dry-type aeraulic separator circulates through the extraction device and such that the gas stream exiting the extraction device circulates through the dry-type aeraulic separator. The device also comprises a device for circulating the gas stream between the dry-type aeraulic separator and the extraction device.

    ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220324028A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-13

    申请号:US17763951

    申请日:2020-09-25

    Applicant: AddUp

    Abstract: The present invention relates to an additive manufacturing support (1) comprising, on a plate of an additive manufacturing machine, a stack produced by additive manufacturing, having: on the one hand, a breakable zone with a structure suitable for holding, during its manufacture, a part (100) intended to be produced by additive manufacturing, and on the other hand, between the plate and the zone with a breakable structure, an intermediate zone with a porous structure.

    OPTICAL HEAD FOR POWDER SPRAY 3D PRINTING

    公开(公告)号:US20220118523A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17419110

    申请日:2019-12-27

    Applicant: AddUp

    Abstract: A powder dispensing head (1) for an additive manufacturing machine comprises a through-opening designed to allow the passage of a high-energy beam towards the melting point, a body (2) comprising N powder conveying ducts uniformly distributed about the through-opening and converging towards the melting point, a dispensing member (3) comprising a powder dispensing chamber having a powder inlet, and N powder outlets uniformly distributed about the through-opening, the body (2) and the dispensing member (3) being configured to be able to move relative to one another so as to fluidically connect or disconnect the powder outlets with respect to the respective powder conveying ducts according to the relative position of the dispensing member (3) with respect to the body (2).

    ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MACHINE HAVING A COMPACTLY ARRANGED ACTUATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220032543A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-03

    申请号:US17312612

    申请日:2019-12-09

    Applicant: AddUp

    Abstract: An additive manufacturing machine comprises a work surface, a build sleeve (44), and a build platform (46) moving translationally between a raised position and a lowered position under the effect of an actuator (48), the platform being connected to the actuator by a support (50). The build sleeve (44) comprises a slot (66) allowing the support (50) to pass through the build sleeve to connect the platform to the actuator when the build platform translates from its raised position to its lowered position, a closing-off element (68) allowing a slot (66) to be closed off progressively as the platform effects its translational movement inside the sleeve from its raised position to its lowered position, a closing-off element (68) being a tape (70), and the upper end (U70) of a closing-off tape being fixed to the upper edge of the build sleeve or to the work surface.

    INERTABLE CONTAINER FOR TRANSPORTING AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING POWDER

    公开(公告)号:US20210162507A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-03

    申请号:US16770158

    申请日:2018-12-03

    Applicant: AddUp

    Abstract: An inertable container (10) for transporting an additive manufacturing powder comprises an inertable volume (12) and a main opening (14) granting access to the inside of this inertable volume, the inertable volume (12) comprising an upper portion (16) and a lower portion (18), the main opening (14) being located in the lower portion (18) of the inertable volume, and the section (S12) of the inertable volume (12) increasing gradually over at least part of the height (H10) of the container (10) and from the lower portion (18) towards the upper portion (16) of the inertable volume. The main opening is equipped with a passive half-valve (20) allowing this main opening (14) to be closed in such a way as to be sealed in an airtight and humidity-proof manner. The container comprises at least two inerting tappings.

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