摘要 |
Additive manufacturing arrangement comprising at least a first (211) and a second (212) additive manufacturing apparatus, each additive manufacturing apparatus comprising: a container for holding a radiation-curable liquid, a build platform having a build surface for holding a product to be manufactured during a manufacturing process, the build platform being movable relative to the container in a predetermined direction, a local radiation source configured to provide hardening radiation for selectively hardening radiation-curable liquid in the container to form the product; wherein the arrangement comprises a first central radiation source (240) configured to provide hardening radiation for selectively hardening radiation-curable liquid in the first and second container of the respective first and second additive manufacturing apparatus, and each local radiation source comprises a radiation input configured to receive hardening radiation from the first central radiation source and to emit at least part of said hardening radiation to selectively harden radiation-curable liquid in the corresponding container, and there is a first radiation splitter (230) for splitting radiation from the first central radiation source into at least a first part and a second part, wherein the additive manufacturing arrangement is arranged to provide the first part to the radiation input of the first additive manufacturing apparatus and arranged to provide the second part to the radiation input of the second additive manufacturing apparatus. |