Additive manufacturing device and additive manufacturing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12005636-B2
Application number	US-201816759526-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2018
Priority date	Oct 31, 2017
Publication date	Jun 11, 2024
Grant date	Jun 11, 2024

Abstract

An additive manufacturing device performs manufacturing of an additively manufactured article by supplying a powder material to an irradiation region of an electron beam, laying and leveling the powder material, irradiating the powder material with the electron beam, and melting the powder material. The additive manufacturing device determines whether or not the powder material has scattered during manufacturing of the article. When it is determined that the powder material has scattered, an irradiation region R is heated by a heater before a new powder material is supplied to the irradiation region R. Manufacturing of the article is restarted after the new powder material has been supplied to the heated irradiation region.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An additive manufacturing device performing manufacturing of an additively manufactured article by supplying a powder material to an irradiation region of a charged particle beam, laying and leveling the powder material, irradiating the powder material with the charged particle beam, and melting the powder material, the additive manufacturing device comprising:
a beam emitting unit emitting the charged particle beam and irradiating the powder material with the charged particle beam;
a scattering detection unit detecting that the powder material has scattered by irradiating the powder material with the charged particle beam;
a heating unit heating the irradiation region; and
a powder supply unit supplying the powder material to the irradiation region of the charged particle beam; and
a controller determining whether or not scattering of the powder material has occurred based on a detection signal from the scattering detection unit, and outputting at least one control signal to the beam emitting unit, the heating unit, and the powder supply unit, wherein
the controller is configured to cause
in response to receiving the detection signal from the scattering detection unit, an operation to determine whether the powder material has scattered based on the detection signal,
on a condition that the controller detects that the scattering of the powder material has occurred, an operation to stop an irradiation of the charged particle beam by outputting the at least one control signal to the beam emitting unit is performed,
after the operation to stop the irradiation of the charged particle beam, an operation to heat the irradiation region, at which the scattering of the powder material has occurred, by outputting the at least one control signal to the heating unit, and
after the operation to heat the irradiation region, an operation to supply a new powder material to the irradiation region of the charged particle beam and leveling out a surface of the new powder material by outputting the at least one control signal to the powder supply unit.

2. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the heating unit is a heater for heating the irradiation region through conduction or radiation of heat.

3. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 2 ,
wherein when scattering of the powder material is detected by the scattering detection unit during manufacturing of the additively manufactured article, the heating unit starts heating of the irradiation region based on a state in which irradiation with the charged particle beam has stopped.

Assignees

• Ihi Corp

Inventors

• Yamada Masato
• Mouri Masashi
• KOZUE Yuki

Classifications

• B22F10/38

  to achieve specific product aspects, e.g. surface smoothness, density, porosity or hollow structures · CPC title

• B22F10/37

  of powder bed aspects, e.g. density · CPC title

• B22F12/90

  Means for process control, e.g. cameras or sensors · CPC title

• B22F12/13

  to preheat the material · CPC title

• B22F10/28

  Powder bed fusion, e.g. selective laser melting [SLM] or electron beam melting [EBM] · CPC title