US 12,128,617 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. 16/903,494.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 116 694.2 (DE), filed on Jun. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0398487 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. B29C 64/236 (2017.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B29C 64/241 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01)
CPC B29C 64/236 (2017.08) [B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29C 64/241 (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 is configured for conveying the semi-finished product along a conveying direction parallel to the semi-finished product longitudinal axis,
wherein the longitudinal conveying mechanism has at least one running conveying means which extends along the conveying direction and which has a conveying portion that is configured to acquire a semi-finished product portion of the semi-finished product such that the semi-finished product is able to be moved in the conveying direction,
the conveying installation further comprising:
a rotating mechanism which for driving the longitudinal conveying mechanism is configured such that the semi-finished product is able to be rotated about the semi-finished product longitudinal axis thereof,
wherein the rotating mechanism has an upper turntable and a lower turntable in relation to and external to the longitudinal conveying mechanism, such that the longitudinal conveying mechanism is disposed therebetween, at least one of the upper and lower turntables is driven, and the longitudinal conveying mechanism is supported on the upper and lower turntables such that the longitudinal conveying mechanism, when conveying the semi-finished product in the conveying direction, is rotated by the rotating mechanism about the semi-finished product longitudinal axis, and the longitudinal conveying mechanism imparts rotation to the semi-finished product.