RAPID PROTOTYPING INSTALLATION COMPRISING A MIXING UNIT

摘要

The invention relates to a rapid prototyping installation 100 for the layered construction of a shaped body, said installation being provided with a coating device 400 and with a mixing unit 300. The coating device 400 can be moved horizontally into a supply station in order to load said coating device 400 with construction material, and across a construction platform in order to apply a layer of the construction material onto the construction platform. The mixing unit 300 has a mixer 310, arranged above the coating device 400 and integrated into the installation, for producing a homogeneous mixture of a first component and a second component. The mixer 310 has a outlet opening 312 that is, when the coating device is in the supply position, arranged over said coating device 400 such that the construction material prepared in the mixer 310 can be fed to the coating device via said outlet opening 312.