Laser Sintering of Intricate Parts

摘要

Additive manufacturing creates, repairs, or upgrades parts. Conventional manufacturing processes are used to prepare a body of the part and additive manufacturing processes are used to prepare intricate geometries of the part. A support structure is used to support the intricate features during the additive manufacturing processes. Particularly, laser sintering is used to create entire parts or to create a repaired or upgraded part by casting the body of the part and integrating the body with a build plate and using laser sintering to develop the intricate features necessary.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
preparing a build plate; integrating a core with a body of a part, wherein the core has a first end and a second end; integrating the part with the build plate; providing a support structure on the first end of the core; and generating, using an additive manufacturing process, a new portion of the body, wherein the new portion comprises an intricate feature supported by the support structure.