FLOW DIRECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220168766A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17675186

    申请日:2022-02-18

    摘要: An additive manufacturing (AM) system includes a housing defining a chamber, a build platform disposed within the chamber, and an upper gas inlet configured to supply an upper gas flow in a first direction parallel to the build platform. The AM system includes a lower gas inlet disposed in the chamber and configured to supply a lower gas flow in a second direction toward a bottom wall of the chamber, and a flow directing system configured to receive the lower gas flow and redirect the lower gas flow in the first direction parallel to the build platform. The AM system includes one or more gas delivery devices fluidly coupled to the upper and lower gas inlets and configured to regulate one or more flow characteristics of the upper and lower gas flows and a gas outlet configured to discharge the upper and lower gas flows from the chamber.

    FLOW DIRECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20200061655A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-27

    申请号:US16107709

    申请日:2018-08-21

    摘要: An additive manufacturing (AM) system includes a housing defining a chamber, a build platform disposed within the chamber, and an upper gas inlet configured to supply an upper gas flow in a first direction parallel to the build platform. The AM system includes a lower gas inlet disposed in the chamber and configured to supply a lower gas flow in a second direction toward a bottom wall of the chamber, and a flow directing system configured to receive the lower gas flow and redirect the lower gas flow in the first direction parallel to the build platform. The AM system includes one or more gas delivery devices fluidly coupled to the upper and lower gas inlets and configured to regulate one or more flow characteristics of the upper and lower gas flows and a gas outlet configured to discharge the upper and lower gas flows from the chamber.

    INTEGRATED MOTOR AND FLUID PUMP
    7.
    发明申请
    INTEGRATED MOTOR AND FLUID PUMP 审中-公开
    集成电机和流体泵

    公开(公告)号:US20160169231A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-16

    申请号:US14729405

    申请日:2015-06-03

    摘要: An electric pump powered by an electric motor having a stator disposed within a hollow rotor is provided. Impellers on the rotor outer surface extend into a fluid flow path defined by the pump. One or more torque-producing rotor sections are driven by a plurality of independently controllable stator sections disposed within the rotor cavity. The relative positions of the rotor and stator are maintained by a plurality of bearings configured to allow rotation of the rotor and defining a bearing span. The pump is configured such that the stator and rotor share the same bearing span. Such an arrangement reduces motor windage losses relative to conventional motors in which the rotor is disposed within the stator, owing to a reduction in the diameter of the air gap between the stator and the rotor. In addition, the peripheral speed of the pump is increased owing to an increase in the rotor diameter.

    摘要翻译: 提供一种由具有设置在中空转子内的定子的电动机驱动的电动泵。 转子外表面上的叶轮延伸到由泵限定的流体流动路径中。 一个或多个扭矩产生转子部分由设置在转子腔内的多个可独立控制的定子部分驱动。 转子和定子的相对位置由构造成允许转子旋转并限定轴承跨度的多个轴承保持。 泵构造成使得定子和转子共享相同的轴承跨度。 由于定子和转子之间的空气间隙的直径减小,这种布置相对于其中转子设置在定子内的常规电动机减少了电机风阻损失。 此外,由于转子直径的增加,泵的圆周速度增加。