Patent 9346116 was granted and assigned to Norsk Titanium on May, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method and reactor of manufacturing an object by solid freeform fabrication, especially an object made of titanium or titanium alloys. An objective is to provide a method for rapid layered manufacture of objects in titanium or titanium alloys. A further objective is to provide a deposition chamber which allows prosecution of the method according to the invention.