METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BUILD SURFACE SUPPORT IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM

• Main Authors: Aggarwal, Raghav, Stone, William Curtis
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.06.2024
• 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; CASTING; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POWDER METALLURGY; TRANSPORTING; WORKING METALLIC POWDER

A support for a build table for use with an additive manufacturing system. Two or more actuators may be coupled to the build table and configured to move the build table in a Z direction, e.g., for deposition of multiple precursor material layers, and rotate the build table about axes parallel to a...