CUSTOMIZABLE POWDER BED CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS FOR USE WITH DIRECT METAL LASER MELTING SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20190240773A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-08

    申请号:US15888770

    申请日:2018-02-05

    摘要: A customizable powder bed containment system for use with a direct metal laser melting (DMLM) system includes a plurality of interlinkable containment walls mechanically couplable on a build plate of the DMLM system as well as mechanically coupleable to another interlinkable containment wall of the plurality of interlinkable containment walls, and at least one actuator mechanically coupled to at least one interlinkable containment wall of the plurality of interlinkable containment walls. The at least one actuator is operable to selectively raise the at least one interlinkable containment wall of the plurality of interlinkable containment walls axially relative to a build surface of the build plate.

    DIODE LASER FIBER ARRAY FOR CONTOUR OF POWDER BED FABRICATION OR REPAIR

    公开(公告)号:US20190126413A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-02

    申请号:US15794225

    申请日:2017-10-26

    摘要: A method of forming a build in a powder bed includes providing a first diode laser fiber array and a second diode laser fiber array, emitting a plurality of laser beams from selected fibers of the second diode laser fiber array onto the powder bed, corresponding to a pattern of a layer of the build, simultaneously melting powder in the powder bed corresponding to the pattern of the layer of the build, scanning a first diode laser fiber array along an outer boundary of the powder bed and emitting a plurality of laser beams from selected fibers of the first diode laser fiber array and simultaneously melting powder in the powder bed corresponding to the outer boundary of the layer of the build to contour the layer of the build. An apparatus for forming a build in a powder bed including a first diode laser fiber array and a second diode laser fiber array is also disclosed. The first diode laser fiber array configured to contour the layer of the build.