US 11,945,133 B2
Apparatus for producing components by way of additive manufacturing processes
Nikolaos Katsikis, Waldsassen (DE); Sarah Diener, Selb (DE); Carsten Russner, Lauf a.d. Pegnitz (DE); and Pedro Henrique Da Silva Lima, Rehau (DE)
Assigned to KYOCERA Fineceramics Precision GmbH, Selb (DE)
Appl. No. 17/426,229
Filed by KYOCERA Fineceramics Precision GmbH, Selb (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/052746
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/161132, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19155205 (EP), filed on Feb. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0105657 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B22F 12/50 (2021.01); B22F 12/57 (2021.01); B22F 12/58 (2021.01); B22F 12/67 (2021.01); B28B 1/00 (2006.01); B28B 13/02 (2006.01); B29C 64/214 (2017.01); B29C 64/336 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/10 (2020.01); B22F 10/14 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01)
CPC B28B 1/001 (2013.01) [B22F 12/50 (2021.01); B22F 12/67 (2021.01); B28B 13/0275 (2013.01); B29C 64/214 (2017.08); B29C 64/336 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/10 (2020.01); B22F 10/14 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 12/57 (2021.01); B22F 12/58 (2021.01); B28B 2013/0265 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for applying slips, wherein said device includes a doctor blade body with a working edge, in which the doctor blade body has at least one discharge slot for discharging a slip, arranged in parallel to the working edge, characterized in that said doctor blade body is divided into chambers by at least one moveable dividing element, the moveable dividing element being arranged vertically to the longitudinal direction of the doctor blade body, wherein a gap having a width of at least 100 μm is formed between lateral walls of said at least one dividing element and an adjacent surface of the doctor blade body.