US Patent Issued to Sciaky on Sept. 15 for "Electron beam additive manufacturing system and control components" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,582, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Sciaky Inc. (Chicago).

"Electron beam additive manufacturing system and control components" was invented by Scott Stecker (Willow Springs, Ill.), John Daniel O'Hara (Wheaton, Ill.) and Kenn William Lachenberg (St. John, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A layer manufacturing apparatus comprising: (a) a main chamber; (b) one or more energy emission devices; (c) one or more work piece supports; (d) a plurality of material delivery devices; wherein the plurality of material delivery devices are connected to one or more spools that are located external of the main chamber."

The patent was file...