SUPPORT STRUCTURES FOR ADDITIVELY-MANUFACTURED COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF SECURING A COMPONENT TO A BUILD PLATFORM DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

摘要

Additively manufactured components (108) include a support structure (126) and a component (108) body integrally formed with the support structure (126) using an additive-manufacturing process. The support structure (126) includes an array of support members (202) and at least some of the support members (202) have a conduction gate (300) such that the array of support members (202) includes conduction gates (300) distributed at a multitude of locations along the vertical axis of the respective support members (202). Methods of securing a body of a component (108) to a build platform (118) during additive manufacturing include forming a support structure (126) and a component (108) body integrally with the support structure (126) using the additive-manufacturing process, in which the support structure (126) includes an array of support members (202) and at least some of the support members (202) have a conduction gate (300) such that the array of support members (202) includes conduction gates (300) distributed at a multitude of locations along the vertical axis of the respective support members (202). The support members (202) that include a conduction gate (300) have a first cross-sectional width and the conduction gate (300) has a second cross-sectional width narrower than the first cross-sectional width.