Patent ID: 11951565
Assignee: VULCANFORMS INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An additive manufacturing system comprising:
a plurality of laser energy sources;
an optics assembly configured to direct laser energy from each laser energy source of the plurality of laser energy sources onto a build surface to form a respective laser energy spot of an array of laser energy spots on the build surface;
an optical fiber connector configured to transmit the laser energy from each laser energy source, the laser energy from each laser energy source to have a power level sufficient to fuse at least a portion of a material on the build surface;
a first plurality of optical fibers extending between the plurality of laser energy sources and the optical fiber connector, wherein each optical fiber of the first plurality of optical fibers is coupled to a respective laser energy source of the plurality of laser energy sources; and
a second plurality of optical fibers extending between the optical fiber connector and the optics assembly, wherein each optical fiber of the second plurality of optical fibers is coupled to a respective optical fiber of the first plurality of optical fibers within the optical fiber connector.