US Patent 11999107 Controlled molten metal deposition

An additive manufacturing system includes an apparatus to facilitate production at the microscale using metal sheet as feedstock. The additive manufacturing system uses energy from a pulsed laser beam for ejection of metallic droplets to consolidate a part in a layer-by-layer manner. The system may include an enclosure, a stage, a substrate, a feedstock advancement device, an optically transparent support, and a controller.