US 12,109,758 B2
Device for influencing the volumetric flow of extruded plastically deformable material
Christopher John, Chemnitz (DE); Tobias Sauerstein, Zittau (DE); Martin Kausch, Chemnitz (DE); Johannes Blase, Chemnitz (DE); and Stefan Uhlmann, Chemnitz (DE)
Assigned to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/274,490
Filed by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V., Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/073643
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/057983, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 216 149.6 (DE), filed on Sep. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0347117 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 48/25 (2019.01); B29C 48/255 (2019.01); B29C 48/395 (2019.01); B29C 48/72 (2019.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01)
CPC B29C 64/209 (2017.08) [B29C 48/2556 (2019.02); B29C 48/2694 (2019.02); B29C 48/397 (2019.02); B29C 48/725 (2019.02); B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B29C 2948/926 (2019.02); B29C 2948/92904 (2019.02); B29C 2948/92961 (2019.02)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for influencing the volume flow of extruded plastically deformable material, which is fed to an outlet die during the additive manufacturing of components, comprising a flange, which is arranged between an extrusion unit and an outlet die and connected to the extrusion unit and the outlet die, wherein a channel connects the extrusion unit to the outlet die a piston is mounted in the flange so as to rotate perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the channel a borehole is formed in the piston in the region of the channel, the borehole connects to a bypass channel that runs through the piston to a bypass die; at least one groove is formed in a region of the channel on an outer lateral face of the piston, and the at least one groove is arranged in a different angular area than the borehole or is located around the borehole, so that the extruded plastically deformable material can be fed, depending on angular positions of the piston, through the at least one groove to the outlet die and simultaneously through the borehole and the bypass channel to the bypass die to influence the volume flow of the extruded plastically deformable material, or the extruded plastically deformable material solely is fed through the borehole and bypass channel to the bypass die and the expanded plastically deformable material which exits the bypass die is returned to the extrusion unit is stored.