Abstract: A method for selectively irradiating a material layer in additive manufacturing of a component includes the following: providing geometric data, having a contour of a component that is to be additively manufactured, computer-based definition of an irradiation pattern for layers of the component, the irradiation pattern having at least one contour irradiation path in a layer, and wherein an irradiation of the contour irradiation path is superimposed by a pulsed irradiation in the layer for forming a predefined surface texture of the component such that melt baths, which result in the course of the production of the component from an irradiation of the contour irradiation path and such, which result from the pulsed irradiation, overlap. A corresponding additive manufacturing method, a correspondingly manufactured component and a corresponding computer program product are provided.

Abstract: A method of additive manufacturing a thin-walled structure out of a powder bed by selective irradiation includes additively establishing a non-continuous support for supporting the thin-walled structure on a build plate, wherein non-continuous melt pools are generated in the powder bed, and additively establishing the thin-walled structure on the support. A component is manufactured according to the method.

Abstract: A component which was manufactured in a powder-bed production process, proceeding from a base plane. The component includes a finished part and a support structure. The finished part can be divided into an easy portion, which can be manufactured from the base plane without a support structure, and a difficult portion, which cannot be manufactured without a support structure. The support structure is connected to the easy portion by a first partial attachment and to the difficult portion by a second partial attachment. In order to simplify the subsequent processing, the first partial attachment has a plurality of connection points having an equivalent diameter of at most 1 mm.

Abstract: A method for providing CAM manufacturing instructions for the powder-bed-based additive manufacturing of a component wherein a geometry of the component, with a solid material region, a transition region, and a porous component region, is defined on the basis of CAD data. Irradiation parameters for the manufacturing of the component, including an irradiation power, a scanning speed, a scanning pitch, and a layer thickness, are varied within the transition region in such a way as to form a porosity gradient of the structure of the component between the solid material region of the component and the porous component region.

Abstract: A method for powder-bed-based additive manufacturing of a component, includes setting irradiation vectors for a layer to be irradiated for the component, wherein, irradiation vectors are irradiated below a length of 1 mm in a pulsed irradiation operation; and a pulse frequency below 3 kHz and a scan speed below 250 mm/a are selected. A correspondingly manufactured component is produced.

Abstract: A method for producing a support structure in the additive manufacturing of a component, includes: a) providing a geometry for the component having a region to be supported, b) providing a support structure for the region of the component, c) defining an irradiation pattern for an irradiation of layers of a raw material for the support structure, wherein surface vectors for an irradiation for a structure of the component extend into a region of the support structure, wherein common surface vectors are defined for the component and for the support structure, and d) selective irradiation of layers of the raw material for the component and the provided support structure according to the defined irradiation pattern.

Abstract: A method of additive manufacturing includes a) providing a component geometry with a hole and, b) selectively irradiating a powder bed with an energy beam according to the geometry in a layerwise manner, wherein in layers of the component including the hole, the respective regions which define the hole are irradiated with the energy beam such that a supporting structure is generated in the hole having a lower rigidity than a structure of the component. The supporting structure is used for counteracting stress or distortion during the additive buildup. A computer program product and apparatus correspond to the method.

Abstract: A method for the computer-aided provision of control instructions for pulsed irradiation in the additive production of a component structure includes establishing process parameters, including a pulse frequency, a pulse width, a scan speed, and an irradiation power; defining the pulse frequency and scan speed as process constants; and determining parameter values of the pulse width and of the irradiation power from the process constants which have been defined. A corresponding computer program product, a method for bed-based additive production, and a corresponding control device are adapted for pulsed irradiation in the additive production of a component structure.

Abstract: A component with a region to be cooled having a cooling channel which is arranged and designed so as to cool the region of the component during operation by a fluid flow, wherein the cooling channel is defined by a first channel side facing the region and by a second channel side facing away from the region. The first channel side forms a larger contact surface for the cooling channel than the second channel side. An additive manufacture process can produce the component.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of calculating a gap distance between a support structure and a component which is to be build up additively by powder bed fusion, includes: a) providing a component design of the component, b) selecting at least on support surface of the component based on the provided component design and a process analysis, wherein the support surface requires support during the buildup, c) providing a support design of a support structure for supporting the component during the buildup, d) recording CAM-data for the buildup of the component, and, e) calculating an optimal gap distance to be hold during the buildup between the support structure and the support surface, wherein the calculation is based on the selected support surface and the recorded CAM-data, wherein the gap distance is further rated to be large enough to avoid a structural connection between the support surface and the support structure.