METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELEMENT AND ELEMENT
A method for manufacturing an element by an additive manufacturing process is disclosed. The method comprises manufacturing the element such as to comprise a front face extending from the base side and into the buildup direction. The method further comprises manufacturing at least one bump structure on said front face by means of the additive manufacturing process, wherein a delimitation of said bump structure comprises at least one reclining ledge and at least one overhang ledge. The overhang ledges are manufactured such as to form an angle with the buildup direction being smaller than or equal to 70 degrees. Further, elements producible by the method are disclosed.
1 . A method for manufacturing an element by an additive manufacturing process, the additive manufacturing process comprising consecutively adding material to the element along a buildup direction starting from a base side in producing the base side transverse to the buildup direction by the additive manufacturing process and adding material starting at the base side in consecutive steps, the method comprising manufacturing the element such as to comprise a front face extending from the base side and into the buildup direction, the method further comprising manufacturing at least one bump structure on said front face by means of the additive manufacturing process, wherein a delimitation of said bump structure comprises at least one reclining ledge and at least one overhang ledge, further comprising manufacturing all overhang ledges to form an angle with the buildup direction being smaller than or equal to 70 degrees.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising manufacturing at least one concave bump structure as a non-penetrating structure and manufacturing a back wall of the concave bump structure.
3 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the manufacturing at least one bump structure such that a delimitation of said bump structure comprises two adjacent overhang ledges, said overhang ledges including an angle and forming an apex, said apex being arranged at a buildup end of a concave bump structure or on a base end of a convex bump structure.
4 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising manufacturing the at least one bump structure such that a delimitation of said bump structure comprises an overhang ledge and a lateral ledge, said overhang ledge and said lateral ledge including an angle and forming an apex, said apex being arranged at a buildup end of a concave bump structure or on a base end of a convex bump structure, said angle in particular being smaller than 70 degrees and in particular being smaller than or equal to 60 degrees.
5 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising manufacturing at least one through opening extending from the first front face to a second front face by the additive manufacturing process.
6 . The method according to claim 5 , further comprising manufacturing a support structure in at least one through opening and in particular in removing the supporting structure after the additive manufacturing process has finished by a removing manufacturing process.
7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the buildup direction is bottom to top.
8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein that the additive manufacturing process is selected from a selective laser melting process or a selective electron beam melting process.
9 . An element producible by the method of claim 1 , the element comprising a first side, a second side, and a face extending form the first side to the second side, and wherein bump structures are arranged on said face, the bump structures being delimited by a delimitation, the delimitation comprising at least one reclining ledge and one overhang ledge when the element is put down on a horizontal surface with one of the first and second sides, wherein each overhang ledge of a bump structure is tilted against a horizontal line when the element is put down on a horizontal surface with one of the first and second sides, wherein the tilt angle in particular is larger than or equal to 20 degrees.
10 . The element according to claim 9 , whererin each overhang ledge of each bump structure is tilted against a horizontal line when the element is put down on a horizontal surface with one of the first side and second side, and wherein the tilt angle is larger than or equal to 20 degrees.
11 . An element producible by the method of claim 1 , the element comprising a first side, a second side, and a face extending form the first side to the second side, and wherein bump structures are arranged on said face, the bump structures being delimited by a delimitation, the delimitation comprising at least one reclining ledge and at least one overhang ledge when the element is put down on a horizontal surface with one of the first and second sides, wherein each overhang ledge abuts a second ledge forming an apex, said apex pointing towards one of the first and second sides.
12 . The element according to claim 11 , wherein each overhang ledge abuts a second overhang ledge and includes an angle with the second overhead ledge, said angle being smaller than or equal to 120 degrees and larger than or equal to 95 degrees, and wherein the angle is in particular smaller than or equal to 105 degrees.
13 . The element according to claim 12 , wherein each overhang ledge abuts a second ledge and includes an angle with the second ledge being smaller than or equal to 80 degrees and in particular being smaller than or equal to 60 degrees.
14 . The element according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one bump structure is diamond shaped, wherein an angle formed between two overhang ledges is smaller than or equal to 105 degrees and larger than or equal to 95 degrees and is in particular at least approximately 100 degrees.