Title:
AM DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/157393
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a technology for uniformly supplying powder as a material to a DED nozzle. An embodiment provides an AM device for manufacturing a molded product, the AM device comprising a DED nozzle. The DED nozzle includes: a powder opening for injecting a powder material, provided in a fore end of a DED nozzle body; and a powder channel for letting the powder material through the DED nozzle body, communicatively connected to the powder opening. The AM device further comprises: a first pipe; a separator wall extending from an end of the first pipe to an upstream side inside the first pipe; and a plurality of second pipes coupled to the end of the first pipe. The separator wall partitions the end of the first pipe into a plurality of regions. The plurality of second pipes are coupled respectively to the plurality of regions of the first pipe. The second pipes are coupled to the powder channel of the DED nozzle.
Inventors:
SHINOZAKI HIROYUKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2022/041286
Publication Date:
August 24, 2023
Filing Date:
November 07, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
EBARA CORP (JP)
International Classes:
B22F12/53; B22F10/25; B33Y30/00
Foreign References:
| JP2020535558A | 2020-12-03 | |||
| JP2012125772A | 2012-07-05 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MIYAMAE, Toru et al. (JP)
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