Patent ID: 8124192

Claim:
A method for a layer-wise manufacturing of a three-dimensional object having by repeating the steps: applying a powder layer of a building material in powder form onto an application surface of a building platform or a previously solidified layer and selectively solidifying said building material of said powder layer in order to form a cross-section of said object, wherein said building material is solidified at a plurality of positions in said powder layer that correspond to said cross-section of said object, wherein said building material is applied by generating an electric field between a powder container and said building platform, said powder container having an opening and containing said building material in powder form, wherein said building material is applied by positioning said building platform and said powder container such that said building platform faces said opening of said powder container, and wherein said building material is applied by transferring said building material by said electric field against the gravitational force through said opening of said powder container onto said application surface.