Patent ID: 7927091

Claim:
A system comprising at least one mold and a device for filling the at least one mold with at least one powder, the mold having an internal volume divided into an array of several sections and the device comprising: means for adding the at least one powder into the filling device; at least one means for ejecting the powder added into the filling device in a form of a layer; and a plurality of deflectors placed above the mold, each of the deflectors being placed above at least one, but not all, of the sections of the internal volume of the mold, the deflectors being configured to locally intercept at least part of the powder ejected in the form of a layer and redirect locally intercepted powder towards the section of the internal volume of the mold above which each of the respective deflectors is placed, wherein the at least one means for ejecting the powder is a rotating device, and wherein at least one of the deflectors is coupled to the rotating device.