Patents by Inventor Peter PONTILLER-SCHYMURA
Peter PONTILLER-SCHYMURA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240131596Abstract: A fluid flow apparatus configured to provide a flow of fluid with particular flow profiles to a process chamber of an additive manufacturing apparatus is provided. The fluid flow apparatus includes a plurality of openings forming a first flow region, a second flow region, a third flow region, and a fourth flow region in adjacent arrangement along an axis in the process chamber between the build platform and the laser window. A controller is configured to execute instructions that perform operations that include flowing, via the second flow region, the flow of fluid along a second distance along the axis at a second velocity range between approximately 1.0 meters per second (m/s) and 6.0 m/s, and flowing, via the fourth flow region, another flow of fluid along a fourth distance along the axis at a fourth velocity range between approximately 0.1 m/s and 4.5 m/s.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Benedikt Roidl, Thomas Fauner, Peter Pontiller-Schymura
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Patent number: 11938539Abstract: A build unit for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects may include an energy beam system having one or more irradiation devices respectively configured to direct one or more energy beams onto a region of a powder bed, and an inertization system including an irradiation chamber defining an irradiation plenum, one or more supply manifolds, and a return manifold. The one or more supply manifolds may include a downflow manifold configured to provide a downward flow of a process gas through at least a portion of the irradiation plenum defined by the irradiation chamber, and/or a crossflow manifold configured to provide a lateral flow of the process gas through at least a portion of the irradiation plenum defined by the irradiation chamber. The return manifold may evacuate or otherwise remove process gas from the irradiation plenum defined by the irradiation chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignees: General Electric Company, Concept Laser GmbHInventors: Eric Edward Halla, Ramakrishna Venkata Mallina, Kishore Ramakrishnan, Shashwat Swami Jaiswal, Mohammed Mounir Shalaby, Peter Pontiller-Schymura
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Patent number: 11911959Abstract: A device (1) for the additive production of three-dimensional objects (2) by successive, layered, selective irradiation and accompanying successive, layered, selective solidification of construction material layers of a construction material (3) that can be solidified by means of an energy beam, comprising: a plurality of irradiation devices (6 and 7), which are designed to generate an energy beam, a control device (16), which is designed to generate control information controlling the operation of the irradiation devices (6 and 7) and to control the operation of the irradiation devices (6 and 7) on the basis of generated control information, wherein the control device (16) is designed to generate first control information in order to control the operation of a first irradiation device, on the basis of which the first irradiation device generates a first energy beam (4a) for the successive, layered, selective solidification of a construction material layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Concept Laser GmbHInventors: Peter Pontiller-Schymura, Felix Trutschel, Tim Döhler
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Patent number: 11872627Abstract: A fluid flow apparatus configured to provide a flow of fluid with particular flow profiles to a process chamber of an additive manufacturing apparatus is provided. The fluid flow apparatus includes a plurality of openings forming a first flow region, a second flow region, a third flow region, and a fourth flow region in adjacent arrangement along an axis in the process chamber between the build platform and the laser window. A controller is configured to execute instructions that perform operations that include flowing, via the second flow region, the flow of fluid along a second distance along the axis at a second velocity range between approximately 1.0 meters per second (m/s) and 6.0 m/s, and flowing, via the fourth flow region, another flow of fluid along a fourth distance along the axis at a fourth velocity range between approximately 0.1 m/s and 4.5 m/s.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignees: GE Additive Germany GmbH, Concept laser GmbHInventors: Benedikt Roidl, Thomas Fauner, Peter Pontiller-Schymura
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Patent number: 11858217Abstract: A method of additively manufacturing an object may include defining an interlace path for a plurality of energy beams from an energy beam system based at least in part on a route-finding algorithm. The interlace path may delineate a first contour zone of a build plane assigned to a first one of the plurality of energy beams from a second contour zone of the build plane assigned to a second one of the plurality of energy beams. An exemplary method may additionally or alternatively include outputting a control command based at least in part on the interlace path. The control command may be configured to cause the energy beam system to irradiate a layer of a powder bed with the plurality of energy beams.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Concept Laser GmbHInventors: Tobias Bokkes, Patrick Dueck, Kai Hertel, Peter Pontiller-Schymura, Christian Wacker
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Patent number: 11759861Abstract: A build unit for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects may include an energy beam system having one or more irradiation devices respectively configured to direct one or more energy beams onto a region of a powder bed, and an inertization system including an irradiation chamber defining an irradiation plenum, one or more supply manifolds, and a return manifold. The one or more supply manifolds may include a downflow manifold configured to provide a downward flow of a process gas through at least a portion of the irradiation plenum defined by the irradiation chamber, and/or a crossflow manifold configured to provide a lateral flow of the process gas through at least a portion of the irradiation plenum defined by the irradiation chamber. The return manifold may evacuate or otherwise remove process gas from the irradiation plenum defined by the irradiation chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignees: General Electric Company, Concept Laser GmbHInventors: Eric Edward Halla, Ramakrishna Venkata Mallina, Kishore Ramakrishnan, Shashwat Swami Jaiswal, Mohammed Mounir Shalaby, Adam Garret Susong, Peter Pontiller-Schymura
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Publication number: 20230219298Abstract: A method of additively manufacturing a three-dimensional object may be performed using an irradiation sequence that is based at least in part on a predicted location of one or more fume plumes emitted from the powder material when irradiated by a plurality of energy beams. An exemplary method may include determining, with a computing device, an irradiation sequence for selectively consolidating powder material using an energy beam system of an additive manufacturing machine, and providing control commands, from the computing device to the energy beam system, configured to cause the energy beam system to emit a plurality of energy beams to selectively consolidate the powder material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Benedikt Roidl, Kishore Ramakrishnan, Changjin Yoon, Andrey I. Meshkov, Peter Pontiller-Schymura
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Publication number: 20220379382Abstract: A fluid flow apparatus configured to provide a flow of fluid with particular flow profiles to a process chamber of an additive manufacturing apparatus is provided. The fluid flow apparatus includes a plurality of openings forming a first flow region, a second flow region, a third flow region, and a fourth flow region in adjacent arrangement along an axis in the process chamber between the build platform and the laser window. A controller is configured to execute instructions that perform operations that include flowing, via the second flow region, the flow of fluid along a second distance along the axis at a second velocity range between approximately 1.0 meters per second (m/s) and 6.0 m/s, and flowing, via the fourth flow region, another flow of fluid along a fourth distance along the axis at a fourth velocity range between approximately 0.1 m/s and 4.5 m/s.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Benedikt Roidl, Thomas Fauner, Peter Pontiller-Schymura
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Publication number: 20220331875Abstract: A build unit for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects may include an energy beam system having one or more irradiation devices respectively configured to direct one or more energy beams onto a region of a powder bed, and an inertization system including an irradiation chamber defining an irradiation plenum, one or more supply manifolds, and a return manifold. The one or more supply manifolds may include a downflow manifold configured to provide a downward flow of a process gas through at least a portion of the irradiation plenum defined by the irradiation chamber, and/or a crossflow manifold configured to provide a lateral flow of the process gas through at least a portion of the irradiation plenum defined by the irradiation chamber. The return manifold may evacuate or otherwise remove process gas from the irradiation plenum defined by the irradiation chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Eric Edward Halla, Ramakrishna Venkata Mallina, Kishore Ramakrishnan, Shashwat Swami Jaiswal, Mohammed Mounir Shalaby, Peter Pontiller-Schymura
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Publication number: 20220331869Abstract: A build unit for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects may include an energy beam system having one or more irradiation devices respectively configured to direct one or more energy beams onto a region of a powder bed, and an inertization system including an irradiation chamber defining an irradiation plenum, one or more supply manifolds, and a return manifold. The one or more supply manifolds may include a downflow manifold configured to provide a downward flow of a process gas through at least a portion of the irradiation plenum defined by the irradiation chamber, and/or a crossflow manifold configured to provide a lateral flow of the process gas through at least a portion of the irradiation plenum defined by the irradiation chamber. The return manifold may evacuate or otherwise remove process gas from the irradiation plenum defined by the irradiation chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Eric Edward Halla, Ramakrishna Venkata Mallina, Kishore Ramakrishnan, Shashwat Swami Jaiswal, Mohammed Mounir Shalaby, Adam Garret Susong, Peter Pontiller-Schymura
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Publication number: 20220332049Abstract: A build unit for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects may include an energy beam system having one or more irradiation devices respectively configured to direct one or more energy beams onto a region of a powder bed, and an inertization system including an irradiation chamber defining an irradiation plenum, one or more supply manifolds, and a return manifold. The one or more supply manifolds may include a downflow manifold configured to provide a downward flow of a process gas through at least a portion of the irradiation plenum defined by the irradiation chamber, and/or a crossflow manifold configured to provide a lateral flow of the process gas through at least a portion of the irradiation plenum defined by the irradiation chamber. The return manifold may evacuate or otherwise remove process gas from the irradiation plenum defined by the irradiation chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Eric Edward Halla, Ramakrishna Venkata Mallina, Kishore Ramakrishnan, Shashwat Swami Jaiswal, Mohammed Mounir Shalaby, Peter Pontiller-Schymura
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Publication number: 20220080674Abstract: A method of additively manufacturing an object may include defining an interlace path for a plurality of energy beams from an energy beam system based at least in part on a route-finding algorithm. The interlace path may delineate a first contour zone of a build plane assigned to a first one of the plurality of energy beams from a second contour zone of the build plane assigned to a second one of the plurality of energy beams. An exemplary method may additionally or alternatively include outputting a control command based at least in part on the interlace path. The control command may be configured to cause the energy beam system to irradiate a layer of a powder bed with the plurality of energy beams.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Tobias Bokkes, Patrick Dueck, Kai Hertel, Peter Pontiller-Schymura, Christian Wacker
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Publication number: 20220072782Abstract: An apparatus (1) for additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects (2) by successive, selective layer-by-layer exposure and thus solidification of construction material layers of a construction material (3) that can be solidified by means of an energy beam, comprising at least one temperature control device (11), which is provided for at least partial temperature control of a construction material layer formed in a construction plane, wherein the temperature control device (11) comprises at least one temperature control element (12), which is provided for generating an, especially electromagnetic, temperature control beam, wherein the at least one temperature control element (12) is formed as or comprises a temperature control diode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Frank Herzog, Florian Bechmann, Peter Pontiller-Schymura
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Patent number: 11198251Abstract: An apparatus (1) for additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects (2) by successive, selective layer-by-layer exposure and thus solidification of construction material layers of a construction material (3) that can be solidified by means of an energy beam, comprising at least one temperature control device (11), which is provided for at least partial temperature control of a construction material layer formed in a construction plane, wherein the temperature control device (11) comprises at least one temperature control element (12), which is provided for generating an, especially electromagnetic, temperature control beam, wherein the at least one temperature control element (12) is formed as or comprises a temperature control diode.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: CONCEPT LASER GMBHInventors: Frank Herzog, Florian Bechmann, Peter Pontiller-Schymura
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Patent number: 11169339Abstract: Exposure device (6) for an apparatus (1) for the additive production of three-dimensional objects (2), comprising: —at least one energy beam generating device (7), which is configured in order to generate an energy beam (4), —at least one light-guide fibre (8), which is optically couplable or coupled to the energy beam generating device (7) and is configured in order to guide at least one energy beam (4), introduced into it, between an input region (8a) of the light-guide fibre (8) and an output region (8b) of the light-guide fibre (8), the light-guide fibre (8) comprising a plurality of fibre cores (15), at least one energy beam (4) being introducible or introduced into each fibre core (15).Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: CONCEPT LASER GMBHInventor: Peter Pontiller-Schymura
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Patent number: 10933621Abstract: Apparatus (1, 14) for additively manufacturing of 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 (4), wherein the energy beam (4) is guided onto a build plane (5) via an irradiation device (6), wherein an evaluation unit (11) is provided that is adapted to determine spectral information of radiation (12) emitted in the manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: CONCEPT LASER GMBHInventors: Frank Schödel, Peter Pontiller-Schymura, Boris Eichenberg
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Patent number: 10821670Abstract: A method for additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object (6) by successive, selective layer-by-layer solidification of layers of a construction material (9) by at least one energy beam, wherein the successive, selective solidification of the construction material (9) is carried out due to a data record describing the three-dimensional object to be additively manufactured (6), wherein construction material sections provided for sintering and/or melting on or melting through are heated in a temperature range lying below the solidification temperature of the construction material (9), wherein the heating of the construction material section(s) is carried out by at least one heating beam (17) either surrounding at least one main beam (18) provided for melting on or melting through in sections or going ahead or following the main beam (18), wherein the main beam (18) and the heating beam (17) are together guided synchronously along the surface of the construction material (9).Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Concept Laser GmbHInventors: Tim Döhler, Peter Pontiller-Schymura, Alexandra Popp
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Patent number: 10821673Abstract: Method for operating at least one apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing of 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 source, wherein slice data are provided relating to an application of build material (3) in at least one section (14-18) of an object (2) to be built, wherein the slice data comprise a number of slices relating to corresponding layers of build material (3) to be applied, wherein the slice data comprise a number of first slices corresponding to a first section (14-18) of the object (2) and at least a number of second slices corresponding to at least a second section (14-18) of the object (2), wherein the number of first slices and the number of second slices differ.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Concept Laser GmbHInventors: Peter Pontiller-Schymura, Frank Schödel, Boris Eichenberg
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Patent number: 10780639Abstract: Irradiation device (6) for an apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects (2) by successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material (3) which can be consolidated by means of an energy beam (4), the irradiation device (6) being adapted for a successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material (3) by means of at least one energy beam (4), the irradiation device (6) comprising: —a plurality of beam generating units (7a-7c) each being adapted to generate at least one energy beam (4a-4c) of given beam properties, each beam generating unit (7a-7c) being couplable or coupled a with at least one beam guiding element (8a-8c), —a plurality of beam guiding elements (8a-8c), in particular beam guiding fibers, each beam guiding element being (8a-8c) couplable or coupled with at least one beam generating unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Concept Laser GmbHInventors: Frank Schödel, Peter Pontiller-Schymura, Boris Eichenberg
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Patent number: 10730234Abstract: An apparatus for additive manufacturing of three-dimensional components by successive, selective layer-by-layer exposure.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Concept Laser GmbHInventors: Frank Herzog, Florian Bechmann, Peter Pontiller-Schymura