David G Rule

US Patent:

20220402039, Dec 22, 2022

Filed:

Jul 30, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/764091

Inventors:

- Munich, Bayern, DE
David Rule - Seattle WA, US
Julius Schurb - Berlin, DE
Fabio Witte - Gävle, SE

Assignee:

Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG - Munich, Bayern

International Classification:

B22F 12/45
B22F 10/366
B22F 10/28
B22F 12/41
B22F 10/85
B33Y 10/00
B33Y 30/00
B33Y 50/02

Abstract:

A method of applying a plurality of energy beams in the additive manufacture of a component includes a) providing a first and a second energy beam, each set up for the irradiation of a layer of a powder bed, wherein the first beam scans over a first irradiation area and the second beam scans over a second irradiation area, wherein the first and second irradiation areas are substantially arranged adjacent to each other and form part of a manufacturing plane, and b) assigning a scan vector to be scanned in the first irradiation area by the second energy beam, when a melt pool generated by the second energy beam during the scan of the vector is expected to cause less overlap with a powder bed outside of the component's geometry than a melt pool generated by the first energy beam would cause during the scan of the vector.