RTX Corporation (20250001683). POWDER BED FUSION ADDITIVE PRINTER BUILD HEAD
POWDER BED FUSION ADDITIVE PRINTER BUILD HEAD
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Inventor(s)
Lawrence Binek of East Hartford CT US
Jesse Boyer of Middletown CT US
POWDER BED FUSION ADDITIVE PRINTER BUILD HEAD
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250001683 titled 'POWDER BED FUSION ADDITIVE PRINTER BUILD HEAD
Original Abstract Submitted
a build head for a powder bed fusion (pbf) additive manufacturing system includes a powder delivery mechanism configured to deliver build powder to a build area of an annular build plate to form a build powder bed while the annular build plate rotates when the pbf additive manufacturing system is in operation. a recoater is configured to provide even distribution of the build powder in the build powder bed and an optical array is positioned over the build area on the build plate to project energy onto the build powder bed to form a melt pool in the build powder bed.
