FLUID FLOW DEVICES FOR PRINTERS

Examples of a fluid flow device for an additive manufacturing printer are disclosed. In an implementation, the fluid flow device includes a body including an inlet, an outlet, a first wall, a second wall opposite the first wall, and a fluid flow passage in fluid communication with the inlet and outl...

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Hauptverfasser: Conley, Theodore J, Winburne, Robert Lawrence
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Examples of a fluid flow device for an additive manufacturing printer are disclosed. In an implementation, the fluid flow device includes a body including an inlet, an outlet, a first wall, a second wall opposite the first wall, and a fluid flow passage in fluid communication with the inlet and outlet. In addition, the fluid flow device includes a port into the fluid flow passage, through the first wall along an axis, the port to communicate with a chamber that receives powder during a printing operation. Further, the fluid flow device includes a plate within the fluid flow passage and axially spaced between the port and the second wall such that the fluid flow passage is divided into a first passage between the port and the plate and a second passage between the plate and the second wall, the first passage to receive powder from the chamber through the port.