Manufacturing device and method for additive manufacturing with movable gas outlet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021362238-A1
Application number	US-201917047199-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 2, 2019
Priority date	Apr 13, 2018
Publication date	Nov 25, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed is a manufacturing device for the additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object, wherein the object is manufactured by applying a building material layer by layer and selective solidification of the building material, at points in each layer which are assigned in this layer to the cross-section of the object. The points are scanned with at least one exposure area. The movable gas outlet is assigned during operation to a reference process point and/or a target flow supply zone of the movable gas outlet assigned to the reference process point for the flow supply with the process gas and/or the target ventilation zone of the movable gas outlet.

First claim

1 . A manufacturing device for the additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object, wherein the object is manufactured by applying a building material layer by layer and selective solidification of the building material at points in each layer which are assigned in this layer to the cross-section of the object, whereby the points are scanned with at least one exposure area,
with a building container for receiving the building material, with a process chamber above the building container, with a building field between the building container and the process chamber, with at least one gas inlet for introducing process gas into the process chamber, with at least one gas outlet for discharging the process gas from the process chamber, wherein the at least one gas outlet can be moved solely outside the building field.

2 . The manufacturing device according to claim 1 , wherein the outlet opening of the at least one gas outlet can be moved in at most one degree of freedom in translation and/or in at most one degree of freedom in rotation relative to the building field.

3 . The manufacturing device according to claim 1 , characterised in that the outlet opening is arranged in a wall of the process chamber and/or adjacent to or close to an edge of the building field.

4 . The manufacturing device according to claim 1 , characterised in that the outlet opening is arranged essentially horizontally displaceable.

5 . The manufacturing device according to claim 1 , characterised in that the outlet opening is constituted on a movable nozzle.

6 . The manufacturing device according to claim 1 , characterised in that the outlet opening is implemented by a slider in the wall.

7 . The manufacturing device according to any one of the above claims 1 , characterised in that the outlet opening has a variable opening cross-section.

8 . The manufacturing device according to claim 1 , characterised in that at least two outlet openings are arranged one above the other on the same side of the process chamber and/or that at least two outlet openings are arranged on the adjacent and/or opposite sides of the process chamber.

9 . The manufacturing device according to claim 1 , characterised in that the travel path or the opening of the gas outlet has at least the length of a building field side, along which it acts.

10 . The manufacturing device according to claim 1 , characterised by at least one outlet opening per activatable radiation beam bundle of the manufacturing device.

11 . The manufacturing device according to claim 1 , characterised in that the outlet opening is movable in a lower half of a clear height of the process chamber.

12 . A method for producing a three-dimensional object by means of an additive manufacturing device with a gas inlet and a movable gas outlet for the process gas in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the object is manufactured by the application of a building material layer upon layer and selective solidification of the building material at points in each layer which are assigned in this layer to the cross-section of the object, in that the points are scanned with at least one exposure area, wherein the movable gas outlet is assigned during operation to a reference process point and/or a target ventilation zone of the movable gas outlet assigned to the reference process point.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , characterised in that the control of the movement of an outlet opening of the gas outlet takes place dependent on a detected local impurity concentration in the process chamber above the building field.

14 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the gas inlet is movable, characterised in that the orientation of an opening of the gas inlet is selected/adjusted dependent on a position or orientation of the outlet opening of the gas outlet.

15 . The method according to claim 14 , characterised in that an angle, which the opening planes of the gas inlet and of the gas outlet enclose with one another, does not exceed a predefined angle threshold value.

Assignees

• Eos Gmbh Electro Optical Systems

Inventors

• Zeilinger Stefan
• Untergehrer Wolfgang

Classifications

• B22F12/49 Primary

  Scanners · CPC title

• B22F10/322 Primary

  of the gas flow, e.g. rate or direction · CPC title

• B22F10/85

  for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes · CPC title

• B22F10/73

  of powder · CPC title

• B22F10/20

  Direct sintering or melting · CPC title