DEVICE AND METHOD FOR POWDER DISTRIBUTION AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD USING THE SAME

摘要

The present disclosure provides a device and method for powder distribution and an additive manufacturing method, wherein different size or kind of powders could be chosen to be accommodated within a receptacle. The receptacle can uniformly mix the powder by a rotation movement, pour out the powders by the rotation movement and distribute the powders for forming a layer by a translation movement. In another embodiment, the receptacle further comprises a heating element for preheating the powders. Not only can the present disclosure uniformly mix the powders so as to reduce the thermal deformation and distribute the powder layer compactly, but also can the present disclosure distribute different kinds of powder in different layer so as to increase the diversity in additive manufacturing.

主权项

1. A powder distribution device, comprising:
a feeder, or providing at least one powder; a translation driver, for providing a translational driving force; a rotation driver, for providing a rotational driving force while being coupled to the translation driver; and a receptacle, coupled to the rotation driver for enabling the receptacle to receive the rotational driving force from the rotation driver so as to be driven to perform a rotation movement while being brought along to move with the rotation driver in a linear translation movement by the translational driving force, and the receptacle being provided for receiving at least one powder therein for allowing the at least one powder to be poured out of the receptacle by the rotation of the receptacle.