US 11,745,425 B2
Enclosed additive manufacturing system
James A. DeMuth, Woburn, MA (US); Erik Toomre, Los Altos, CA (US); Francis L. Leard, Sudbury, MA (US); Kourosh Kamshad, Hudson, NH (US); Heiner Fees, Bietigheim-Bissingen (DE); and Eugene Berdichevsky, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to Seurat Technologies, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US)
Filed by Seurat Technologies, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/76,144.
Application 17/076,144 is a continuation of application No. 15/336,465, filed on Oct. 27, 2016, granted, now 10,843,265.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/248,776, filed on Oct. 30, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/248,765, filed on Oct. 30, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/248,795, filed on Oct. 30, 2015.
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Claims priority of provisional application 62/248,780, filed on Oct. 30, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/248,833, filed on Oct. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0053123 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B29C 64/264 (2017.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 99/00 (2015.01); B23K 26/12 (2014.01); B23K 26/142 (2014.01); B23K 26/144 (2014.01); B23K 26/70 (2014.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B29C 64/268 (2017.01); B22F 3/24 (2006.01); B23K 15/00 (2006.01); B23K 15/06 (2006.01); B23K 26/03 (2006.01); B23K 26/08 (2014.01); B23K 26/16 (2006.01); B23K 26/36 (2014.01); B23K 37/04 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); G02B 7/14 (2021.01); G02B 7/16 (2021.01); G02B 7/182 (2021.01); G02B 15/04 (2006.01); G02B 15/10 (2006.01); G02B 19/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/135 (2006.01); G05B 17/02 (2006.01); H01S 5/40 (2006.01); B22F 10/00 (2021.01); H01S 5/00 (2006.01); B22F 12/33 (2021.01); B22F 12/44 (2021.01); B22F 12/70 (2021.01); B22F 12/00 (2021.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/70 (2021.01); B22F 12/30 (2021.01); B22F 12/88 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01); B22F 10/34 (2021.01); B22F 10/36 (2021.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); B23K 26/082 (2014.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01); B23K 101/24 (2006.01); B23K 103/00 (2006.01); B23K 101/02 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/28 (2006.01); G07C 3/14 (2006.01); B22F 10/73 (2021.01); B22F 12/17 (2021.01); B22F 12/20 (2021.01); B22F 12/41 (2021.01); B22F 12/45 (2021.01); B22F 12/53 (2021.01); B22F 10/47 (2021.01); B22F 10/32 (2021.01); B22F 10/50 (2021.01); B22F 10/64 (2021.01); B22F 10/10 (2021.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B28B 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/09 (2006.01); G02B 27/14 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 64/264 (2017.08) [B22F 3/24 (2013.01); B22F 10/00 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/34 (2021.01); B22F 10/36 (2021.01); B22F 10/70 (2021.01); B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B22F 12/226 (2021.01); B22F 12/30 (2021.01); B22F 12/33 (2021.01); B22F 12/38 (2021.01); B22F 12/44 (2021.01); B22F 12/70 (2021.01); B22F 12/88 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01); B23K 15/002 (2013.01); B23K 15/0006 (2013.01); B23K 15/0013 (2013.01); B23K 15/0026 (2013.01); B23K 15/0093 (2013.01); B23K 15/06 (2013.01); B23K 26/03 (2013.01); B23K 26/032 (2013.01); B23K 26/083 (2013.01); B23K 26/0846 (2013.01); B23K 26/123 (2013.01); B23K 26/127 (2013.01); B23K 26/1224 (2015.10); B23K 26/142 (2015.10); B23K 26/144 (2015.10); B23K 26/16 (2013.01); B23K 26/36 (2013.01); B23K 26/702 (2015.10); B23K 26/703 (2015.10); B23K 26/704 (2015.10); B23K 37/0426 (2013.01); B25J 11/00 (2013.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/268 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B33Y 99/00 (2014.12); G02B 7/14 (2013.01); G02B 7/16 (2013.01); G02B 7/1827 (2013.01); G02B 15/04 (2013.01); G02B 15/10 (2013.01); G02B 19/0028 (2013.01); G02B 19/0047 (2013.01); G02B 26/0816 (2013.01); G02B 27/108 (2013.01); G02F 1/0136 (2013.01); G02F 1/135 (2013.01); G02F 1/133362 (2013.01); G05B 17/02 (2013.01); H01S 5/005 (2013.01); H01S 5/4012 (2013.01); B22F 10/10 (2021.01); B22F 10/32 (2021.01); B22F 10/47 (2021.01); B22F 10/50 (2021.01); B22F 10/64 (2021.01); B22F 10/73 (2021.01); B22F 12/17 (2021.01); B22F 12/20 (2021.01); B22F 12/222 (2021.01); B22F 12/41 (2021.01); B22F 12/45 (2021.01); B22F 12/53 (2021.01); B22F 2003/247 (2013.01); B22F 2003/248 (2013.01); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); B23K 15/0086 (2013.01); B23K 26/0006 (2013.01); B23K 26/082 (2015.10); B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B23K 37/0408 (2013.01); B23K 2101/001 (2018.08); B23K 2101/008 (2018.08); B23K 2101/02 (2018.08); B23K 2101/24 (2018.08); B23K 2103/00 (2018.08); B23K 2103/42 (2018.08); B23K 2103/50 (2018.08); B28B 1/001 (2013.01); B29K 2105/251 (2013.01); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); G02B 27/0068 (2013.01); G02B 27/0905 (2013.01); G02B 27/141 (2013.01); G02B 27/283 (2013.01); G02B 27/286 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49023 (2013.01); G07C 3/146 (2013.01); Y02P 10/25 (2015.11); Y02P 80/40 (2015.11)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An additive manufacturing system comprising:
an enclosure restricting an exchange of gaseous matter between an interior of the enclosure and an exterior of the enclosure;
a plurality of machines located within the enclosure, each machine of the plurality of machines comprising
a separate powder bed,
a material dispenser,
one or more image relays,
a control system programmed to control when the material dispenser distributes one or more layers of granules of a powder over the separate powder bed, and
the control system further programmed to control when the one or more image relays direct radiant energy at selected granules within the one or more layers; and
a gas management system maintaining gaseous oxygen within the enclosure below atmospheric level.