Disclosed is a fixing bone plate, which comprises a plate body. The plate body is provided with a plate main part and a locking portion passing through the plate body. The plate main part is connected to the locking portion at the corresponding two ends of the plate body. The fixing bone plate also comprises an attachment portion. The attachment portion is provided with a bone attachment surface. The attachment portion is disposed on the other side of the locking portion. The plate body can be manufactured by using a metal laser additive manufacturing technique or a 3D metal printing technique. The fixing bone plate can be accurately positioned and stably combined with a human bone according to morphological characteristics of bones.

Simulation system for selecting an alloy and a production process for a workpiece to be produced having amorphous properties, wherein the system includes : an input unit, for inputting a requirements profile for the workpiece to be produced, at least one memory unit, to store information data, wherein the information data specifies information concerning physical and/or chemical and/or mechanical properties of a number of alloys for manufacturing workpieces having amorphous properties and information concerning production processes, an analysis unit, to simulate a number of workpieces according to the requirements profile and the information data to create simulation data, to assess the simulated workpieces on the basis of the simulation data and the requirements profile, to select an alloy and a production process for the workpiece to be produced from assessment, and an output unit, to output the selected alloy and the selected production process.

A computing system may include an access engine and a toolpath reordering engine. The access engine may be configured to access an original layer toolpath for slice of a 3D CAD object as well as a heat criticality measure for the original layer toolpath. The heat criticality measure may specify a heat impact for different points on the multiple toolpath segments of the original layer toolpath for the 3D printing of the physical part using the original layer toolpath. The toolpath reordering engine may be configured to reorder the multiple toolpath segments into a modified layer toolpath, and the modified layer toolpath may have a heat criticality measure with a lesser heat impact on the physical part than the heat criticality measure for the original layer toolpath.

The invention relates to a cable guide apparatus, wherein the cable guide apparatus comprises: a guide apparatus, a slide which is movably guided in the guide apparatus, a deflection roller which is connected to the slide, a first tension weight, a cable pull apparatus which connects the first tension weight to the slide guided in the guide apparatus, wherein the connection cable has a free end and a fixed end connected to a connection apparatus and extends over the deflection roller, a second tension weight and a second guide apparatus in which the tension weights are each movably guided, such that the connection cable extending over the deflection roller is preloaded in a first displacement region of the free end by a force generated by the weight force of the first tension weight and is preloaded in a second displacement region of the free end by a force generated by a total of the weight forces of the tension weights.

A calibration method serves for calibrating a manufacturing device for additively producing a three-dimensional object by applying layer by layer and selectively solidifying a building material. The manufacturing device comprises at least two scanning units, each of which is capable of directing a beam to different target points in the working plane, which are located within a scanning region assigned to the respective scanning unit, wherein the scanning regions region of the at least two scanning units overlap in an overlap area. At least a first of the at least two scanning units is assigned a first monitoring unit whose monitoring region extends to a target point of the first scanning unit and its proximity, wherein a change of a position of the monitoring region is carried out as a function of a change of a position of the target point.

A method for forming a three-dimensional article through successive fusion of parts of a powder bed comprising: providing a model of the three dimensional article, applying a first powder layer on a work table, directing an energy beam over the work table causing the first powder layer to fuse in selected locations according to the model to form a first cross section of the three-dimensional article, applying a second powder layer on the work table, directing the energy beam over the work table causing the second powder layer to fuse in selected locations according to the model to form a second cross section of the three-dimensional article, wherein the second layer is bonded to the first layer, detecting a local thickness in at least two positions in at least the second powder layer, varying an energy beam parameter depending on the detected local thickness of the second powder layer.

A method and apparatus for the generative manufacture of a three-dimensional component in a processing chamber, in which the steps “providing a metallic starting material in the processing chamber” and “melting the starting material by means of energy input” are repeated multiple times, wherein a process gas is provided in the processing chamber are disclosed. The method is characterized by the steps: 1) the hydrogen content of the process gas or a sample of the process gas is determined; 2) the oxygen content of the process gas or a sample of the process gas is determined by means of an oxygen sensor and/or the dew point of the process gas or a sample of the process gas is determined; and 3) the values for the oxygen content and/or the dew point determined in step 2 are corrected by means of the value for the hydrogen content determined in step 1.

A method and apparatus for the generative manufacture of a three-dimensional component in a processing chamber, in which the steps “providing a metallic starting material in the processing chamber” and “melting the starting material by means of energy input” are repeated multiple times, wherein a process gas is provided in the processing chamber are disclosed. The method is characterized by the steps: 1) the hydrogen content of the process gas or a sample of the process gas is determined; 2) the oxygen content of the process gas or a sample of the process gas is determined by means of an oxygen sensor and/or the dew point of the process gas or a sample of the process gas is determined; and 3) the values for the oxygen content and/or the dew point determined in step 2 are corrected by means of the value for the hydrogen content determined in step 1.

A method and apparatus for the generative manufacture of a three-dimensional component in a processing chamber, in which the steps “providing a metallic starting material in the processing chamber” and “melting the starting material by means of energy input” are repeated multiple times, wherein a process gas is provided in the processing chamber are disclosed. The method is characterized by the steps: 1) the hydrogen content of the process gas or a sample of the process gas is determined; 2) the oxygen content of the process gas or a sample of the process gas is determined by means of an oxygen sensor and/or the dew point of the process gas or a sample of the process gas is determined; and 3) the values for the oxygen content and/or the dew point determined in step 2 are corrected by means of the value for the hydrogen content determined in step 1.

A three-dimensional shaped article production method for producing a three-dimensional shaped article by stacking layers to form a stacked body includes a first layer formation step of forming a first layer on a support by supplying a first composition containing first particles and a binder, a second layer formation step of forming a second layer composed of one layer or a plurality of layers on the first layer by supplying a second composition containing second particles and a binder, and a separation step of separating the second layer from the support through the first layer, wherein after the separation step, a sintering step of sintering the second layer is performed.