ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LARGE COMPONENTS

An additive manufacturing apparatus (10) includes: first and second spaced apart side walls (28, 30) extending along a pre-defined path and defining a build chamber (14) therebetween; one or more build units (20) mounted for movement along the pre-defined path, the one or more build units including...

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Hauptverfasser: MORRIS, Gregory Muster, WILFERT, Guenter Helmut, ROCKSTROH, Todd Jay
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Zusammenfassung:An additive manufacturing apparatus (10) includes: first and second spaced apart side walls (28, 30) extending along a pre-defined path and defining a build chamber (14) therebetween; one or more build units (20) mounted for movement along the pre-defined path, the one or more build units including at least one of: a powder dispenser positioned above the build chamber; an applicator configured to scrape powder dispensed into the build chamber; and a directed energy source configured to fuse the scraped powder.