A method for manufacturing an article requiring support on top of a base device using an additive manufacturing process in an additive manufacturing device having a build plate, is provided. The build plate includes a receptacle arranged for receiving the base device and an insert, provided in proximity to the base device. The insert is arranged for having a support for the article manufactured thereon. The method includes the step of manufacturing the article on top of the base device, and manufacturing the support for the article on top of the insert.
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
B29C 64/153 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only solid materials using layers of powder being selectively joined, e.g. by selective laser sintering or melting
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METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ARTICLE ON TOP OF A BASE DEVICE
A method for manufacturing an article on top of a base device with an additive manufacturing device, having a build plate, using an additive manufacturing process is provided. The method includes positioning the base device on the build plate and providing a cover layer on the build plate, wherein the cover layer has a recess for the base device. The method further include manufacturing the article on top of the base device.
B22F 7/08 - Manufacture of composite layers, workpieces, or articles, comprising metallic powder, by sintering the powder, with or without compacting of composite workpieces or articles from parts, e.g. to form tipped tools with one or more parts not made from powder
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING A MANUFACTURING PROCESS
A method for optimizing manufacturing data in a subtractive manufacturing system includes obtaining a model of and tolerance requirements for an object to be manufactured and performing measurements on the manufacturing system in a static condition. The method further includes simulating a manufacturing process in the manufacturing system using the obtained static information to obtain runtime information, determining which manufacturing data is responsible for producing each feature of the manufactured object, simulating manufacturing of the object, and comparing the simulated finished product of the object with the three-dimensional model of the object, detecting a deviation between the simulated finished product and the obtained tolerance requirements included in the model, and based on the detected deviation and the determination of which manufacturing data is responsible for producing each feature, optimizing the manufacturing data such that an object manufactured based on the optimized manufacturing data complies with the obtained tolerance requirements.
G05B 19/4097 - Numerical control (NC), i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by using design data to control NC machines, e.g. CAD/CAM
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USE OF A THERMOSET BINDER FOR 3D PRINTING OF CEMENTED CARBIDE OR CERMET BODIES
The use of a water-soluble thermoset binder for binder jetting of a cemented carbide or cermet green body is provided. The water-soluble thermoset binder includes a compound A, being at least one organic, non-aromatic substance, including at least two hydroxyl groups and a compound B, being at least one organic, non-aromatic substance, including at least two carboxyl groups, wherein the compound A and compound B are monomers or oligomers. The binder will lead to an increased strength of the printed green body.
B22F 10/14 - Formation of a green body by jetting of binder onto a bed of metal powder
B22F 1/10 - Metallic powder containing lubricating or binding agents; Metallic powder containing organic material
C22C 1/05 - Mixtures of metal powder with non-metallic powder
C22C 29/02 - Alloys based on carbides, oxides, borides, nitrides or silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e. g. oxynitrides, sulfides based on carbides or carbonitrides
C22C 29/06 - Alloys based on carbides, oxides, borides, nitrides or silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e. g. oxynitrides, sulfides based on carbides or carbonitrides based on carbides, but not containing other metal compounds
B29C 64/165 - Processes of additive manufacturing using a combination of solid and fluid materials, e.g. a powder selectively bound by a liquid binder, catalyst, inhibitor or energy absorber
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TOOL PART AND SUCH A TOOL PART
A method for producing a metal cutting tool component and a metal cutting tool component. The method includes the step of producing a front module having a main body and a front module interface at a rear end thereof, providing an intermediate element and building, using an additive manufacturing process, the main body on the build surface of the intermediate element. Further, a rear module including a coupling part at a rear end thereof and a rear module interface at a front end thereof is provided, and mounting the front module on the rear module by immovably connecting the front module and rear module interfaces, after the front module has been mounted on the rear module, machining at least one surface of the main body, and heat treating the intermediate element with the built main body, wherein at least the main body is hardened.
B22F 10/28 - Powder bed fusion, e.g. selective laser melting [SLM] or electron beam melting [EBM]
B23B 29/04 - Tool holders for a single cutting tool
B23P 15/30 - Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass cutting tools lathes or like tools
A binder jet printer for additive manufacturing includes a build chamber and at least one further build chamber, a powder supply source configured to provide powder to both of the build chambers, a leveling assembly for leveling the powder beds in the build chambers to form leveled powder beds in the build chambers, a print head configured for depositing binder on the leveled powder beds, a radiant configured to irradiate the powder beds, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to control the powder supply source to provide powder to the build chamber and the further build chamber, control the leveling assemblies in both build chambers, control the print head to deposit binder on the leveled powder beds, wait a predetermined time for the deposited binder to soak into the powder beds, and control the radiant to irradiate the soaked powder beds in the build chambers.
B29C 64/165 - Processes of additive manufacturing using a combination of solid and fluid materials, e.g. a powder selectively bound by a liquid binder, catalyst, inhibitor or energy absorber
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
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THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING OF CERMET OR CEMENTED CARBIDE
A method of making a 3D printed cermet or cemented carbide body including a hard phase and a metallic binder phase whereby the 3D printed green body is subjected to a sintering process including a holding step prior to a liquid phase sintering step. The sintered bodies have a reduced porosity.
B22F 1/10 - Metallic powder containing lubricating or binding agents; Metallic powder containing organic material
B22F 9/02 - Making metallic powder or suspensions thereof; Apparatus or devices specially adapted therefor using physical processes
B22F 9/04 - Making metallic powder or suspensions thereof; Apparatus or devices specially adapted therefor using physical processes starting from solid material, e.g. by crushing, grinding or milling
A powder dispensing apparatus for an additive manufacturing system includes a container. The container has an upper opening for introducing powder, a bottom formed by an elongated roller rotatable around a central rotation axis that extends in a longitudinal direction, wherein the roller, in a main section thereof, has an outer surface having a single or several cavities distributed therein for receiving and holding powder, and a first and a second side wall extending upwards from the roller along the main section. The apparatus further includes an elongated scraping device extending in the longitudinal direction beside the roller and below a lower edge of the first side wall and arranged to contact the outer surface of the roller along the main section and, when the roller is rotated, to slide into and out of the cavities and thereby scrape the inside of the cavities and remove any powder therefrom.
A method and a corresponding system and computer program are provided. A model of an object to be manufactured via subtractive manufacturing is obtained. Geometric features to be machined as part of manufacturing the object are identified based on the model. The identified geometric features include a composite geometric feature including a plurality of geometric subfeatures. A database including strategies for machining different geometric features is accessed. The database includes a composite strategy for machining the composite geometric feature and separate strategies for machining the respective geometric subfeatures. Strategies for machining the respective geometric features are selected from the strategies included in the database. Instructions for causing one or more machine tools to manufacture the object in accordance with the selected strategies are provided. Selecting strategies for machining the respective geometric features via subtractive manufacturing includes selecting the composite strategy for machining the composite geometric feature.
G05B 19/4097 - Numerical control (NC), i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by using design data to control NC machines, e.g. CAD/CAM
G05B 19/4099 - Surface or curve machining, making 3D objects, e.g. desktop manufacturing
G05B 19/4093 - Numerical control (NC), i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by part programming, e.g. entry of geometrical information as taken from a technical drawing, combining this with machining and material information to obtain control information, named part programme, for the NC machine
G05B 19/4065 - Monitoring tool breakage, life or condition
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MACHINING BASED ON STRATEGIES SELECTED BASED ON PRIORITIZED ASPECTS OF MANUFACTURING
A method includes the steps of receiving user input indicative of prioritized aspects of manufacturing of an object, the prioritized aspects including tool life or surface quality or object manufacturing speed; obtaining a model of an object to be manufactured via subtractive manufacturing; identifying, based on the model, a geometric feature to be machined as part of manufacturing the object; obtaining a plurality of strategies for machining the geometric feature, by accessing a database, the plurality of strategies defining alternative ways of machining the geometric feature; selecting at least one strategy from the plurality of strategies by ranking the plurality of strategies using the prioritized aspects of manufacturing and selecting at least one strategy having the highest ranking, providing, based on the at least one selected strategy, instructions for causing the one or more machine tools to manufacture the object via subtractive manufacturing.
The present invention relates to a method for producing an object of metal, wherein the object is built with an additive manufacturing process on at least one base device having a build surface at one end. The base device is part of a base device system, which includes the base device and a supporting means holding the base device in a fixed position during the additive manufacturing process. The method includes the steps of building the object on at least a part of the base device build surface with the additive manufacturing process, removing the base device from the supporting means, connecting the base device to a CNC machine provided with at least one machining tool, and separating the built object from the base device by means of a machining tool in the CNC machine.
A method and a corresponding system and computer program product are provided. A model of an object to be manufactured is obtained. Information about one or more available machine tools and one or more available cutting tools is obtained. A geometric feature to be machined as part of manufacturing the object is identified. A database including strategies for machining different geometric features is accessed. The database includes a plurality of strategies defining different ways of machining the identified geometric feature. One or more strategies are selected from the plurality of strategies based on the obtained information. A computer simulation is performed for the one or more selected strategies, and user instructions responsive to the computer simulation are received. Instructions for causing one or more machine tools to manufacture the object via subtractive manufacturing are provided based on the user instructions and a strategy of the one or more selected strategies.
G05B 19/4097 - Numerical control (NC), i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by using design data to control NC machines, e.g. CAD/CAM
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