Apparatus for layerwise manufacturing of three dimensional objects

• Main Authors: SCHIMITZEK, SIEGFRIED, HALDER, THOMAS, PERRET, HANS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 21.01.2009
• Subjects: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT; DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

The device (1) has support feet (51) fastened to a machine frame (5) and supporting the device on a substrate. The feet are arranged such that a three point-support of the device is provided at the substrate, where two of the support feet are fastened to the machine frame in a height adjustable manner. The machine frame is designed with base carriers (2-4) in three corners. The feet are moved between a position, in which rollers protrude from the machine frame than the feet, to another position in which the feet protrude from the frame than the rollers.