Abstract: Methods of additively manufacturing a three-dimensional object by one or more energy beams include selectively directing a first energy beam across a powder bed along a plurality of first hatching paths and a first contour path that defines a first outer contour portion and a first stitching portion, wherein the first outer contour portion at least partially defines a first edge portion of an outer edge of the three-dimensional object, and wherein the first edge portion is non-linear, and selectively directing a second energy beam across the powder bed along a plurality of second hatching paths and a second contour path that at least partially defines a second edge portion of the outer edge of the three-dimensional object, wherein the second edge portion is adjacent the first edge portion, and wherein the first stitching portion extends into the plurality of second hatching paths along a non-linear stitching path.

Abstract: Methods of simulating additively manufacturing an object may include generating a simulated additively manufactured object based at least in part on a plurality of approximate consolidation domains that respectively correspond to a plurality of consolidation tracks determined from one or more digital representations of an additively manufactured object, and determining a predictive inference with respect to one or more material properties of the object to be additively manufactured based at least in part on the simulated additively manufactured object. Methods may include generating, for an object to be additively manufactured, a CAD file and/or a build file based at least in part on a simulated additively manufactured object and/or based at least in part on one or more predictive inferences with respect to one or more material properties of the object to be additively manufactured.

Abstract: Build material application device (5) for an apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing at least one three-dimensional object (2) by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of build material (3) which can be consolidated by means of at least one energy beam (4), the build material application device (5) comprising: —at least one build material application element (8) configured to apply an amount of build material (3) in a build plane (E) of a respective apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing at least one three-dimensional object (2); —at least one spatter removal element (9) configured to remove spatters (10) present in a layer of build material (3) of a respective apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing a three-dimensional object (2), particularly to remove spatters (10) originating from a selective irradiation of the respective layer of build material (3).

Abstract: Method for operating an apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects (2) by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material (3) which can be consolidated by means of an energy beam (5), wherein at least one region in a build plane (6) is irradiated in the additive manufacturing process, wherein an interrupted state of the additive manufacturing process is determined and a defined amount of energy is deposited in at least one previously irradiated region (7, 8) of the build plane (6) in an interrupted state of the additive manufacturing process.

Abstract: Apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects (2, 2?) by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material (3) which can be consolidated by means of an energy source, which apparatus (1) comprises a stream generating device (6) that is adapted to generate a gas stream (7, 7?) inside a process chamber (5) of the apparatus (1), wherein the stream generating device (6) is adapted to control at least one parameter relating to a composition of the gas stream (7, 7?).

Abstract: Build material application device (5) for an apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing at least one three-dimensional object (2) by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of build material (3) which can be consolidated by means of at least one energy beam (4), the build material application device (5) comprising: —at least one build material application element (8) configured to apply an amount of build material (3) in a build plane (E) of a respective apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing at least one three-dimensional object (2); —at least one spatter removal element (9) configured to remove spatters (10) present in a layer of build material (3) of a respective apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing a three-dimensional object (2), particularly to remove spatters (10) originating from a selective irradiation of the respective layer of build material (3).