Apparatus and method for making tangible products by layerwise manufacturing

• Main Authors: RIJFERS, ANDRIES, FEENSTRA, FRITS KORNELIS, BROUWERS, LEONARDUS ANTONIUS MARIA, BIEMANS, AUGUSTINUS GERARDUS MARIA, HOUBEN, RENE JOS
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 01.01.2016
• 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; 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 invention relates to a production line and a method for making tangible products by layerwise manufacturing. The production line comprises a deposition head (4) for depositing construction material layerwise on a building platform (2,3). The building platforms can move with a different speed along a conveyor (5). Optionally, the height of the building platforms can be adjusted. The method is characterised in that at least two building platforms are moving with different speed.