ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED HEAT TRANSFER DEVICE
FIG14 is a schematic diagram of an illustrative additive manufacturing apparatus as described herein
At step 410, digital information describing an ordered plurality of layers is received. The digital information may be received by a computer controller 512 of an additive manufacturing device 510 as depicted in FIG14. The additive manufacturing device may also be referred to as a printer, or a fabricator. Computer controller 512 may include any data processing system configured to receive digital design information and control functions of printer 510. The illustrative computer controller shown in FIG14 includes a processor 514 for controlling printer functions and memory 516 for storing received data.
schematic diagram
518
build platform
400
method
25
inch
514
processor
516
memory
528
workpiece
510
printer
512
computer controller
520
building environment
524
raw material source
['10. A method (600) of manufacturing a heat transfer device (10,100, 200, 312), comprising: printing (602, 604) a first housing (12, 110, 210, 318) having an external heat transfer face (26, 118, 218, 330), and an internal wall structure (40, 132, 232, 338, 342, 350) defining a first inner channel (14, 128, 228, 334) configured to channel fluid for cooling the heat transfer face.']