Patent 10130993 was granted and assigned to ARCAM Corporation on November, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention relates to a method for forming a three-dimensional article through successively depositing individual layers of powder material that are fused together so as to form the article, the method comprising the step of heating a first portion of a support surface while depositing a layer of powder material on a second portion of the support surface.