US 11,667,077 B2
Conveying installation and tool head for an additive manufacturing machine, and additive manufacturing machine
Claus Fastert, Hamburg (DE); Johannes Born, Hamburg (DE); and Konstantin Schubert, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed by Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/903,498.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 116 693.4 (DE), filed on Jun. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0398486 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 48/285 (2019.01); B29C 64/321 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B29C 64/232 (2017.01)
CPC B29C 64/232 (2017.08) [B29C 48/2886 (2019.02); B29C 48/2888 (2019.02); B29C 64/209 (2017.08); B29C 64/321 (2017.08); B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conveying installation for an additive manufacturing machine,
wherein the conveying installation is configured to convey a semi-finished product which is composed of a manufacturing material that is to be processed by the additive manufacturing machine and has a semi-finished product longitudinal axis,
wherein the conveying installation comprises a longitudinal conveying mechanism, which for conveying the semi-finished product along a conveying direction which is parallel to the semi-finished product longitudinal axis, is configured such that when moving in the conveying direction, the semi-finished product is able to be acquired by virtue of a periodic movement of at least one conveying plate, and when moving counter to the conveying direction is able to be released from the semi-finished product, so as to move the semi-finished product in the conveying direction,
wherein the conveying installation further comprises at least one of:
the conveying plate has a conveying region which, when moving in the conveying direction, is configured to acquire the semi-finished product to convey the semi-finished product, and/or
the conveying plate has a conveying region which, when moving counter to the conveying direction, is configured to be released from the semi-finished product such that the conveying region does not exert any conveying force in the conveying direction on the semi-finished product;
wherein the conveying plate has a conveying opening for the semi-finished product through which the semi-finished product is able to be conveyed, and the conveying region is disposed on the conveying opening, or the conveying region delimits the conveying opening,
wherein the conveying plate at one end of the conveying plate has a bearing region,
wherein the conveying plate is pivotably mounted on the bearing region and configured to pivot about the bearing region.