Patent ID: 11858180
Assignee: 9T LABS AG
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. A system for consolidating an additively manufactured piece, the system comprising:
a thermally conductive container comprising a cavity, the cavity including an additively manufactured piece and a liquid or semi-liquid material, so that the material completely surrounds or envelops at least a portion of the piece, the material having a maximum operating temperature higher than a matrix melt temperature of the piece and having a positive relative thermal coefficient of expansion,
curing means for curing the material, so that the cured material restricts the movement of the piece in said cavity, and
temperature controlling means configured for heating the cavity, wherein while the temperature is increased by the heating, the cured material expands and then creates a pressure on the piece, and wherein the temperature is increased by the heating until reaching a process temperature equal or higher than the matrix melt temperature of the piece and lower than the maximum operating of the material, the temperature controlling means being configured also for maintaining the process temperature so as to consolidate the piece;
wherein during the heating and during the maintaining, the cured material is an in-situ created monobloc mould for the piece.