US Patent Issued to DMG MORI Ultrasonic Lasertec on March 11 for "Method and device for measuring a powder mass flow for powder cladding" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,863, issued on March 11, was assigned to DMG MORI Ultrasonic Lasertec GmbH (Stipshausen, Germany).

"Method and device for measuring a powder mass flow for powder cladding" was invented by Benjamin Bax (Pfronten, Germany) and Christian Kledwig (Kempten, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The innovation relates to a device and a method for measuring a powder mass flow for powder cladding. Before the powder cladding, the powder mass flow is set by means of a powder mass determining device and a powder mass flow sensor is calibrated on the basis of the setting. Then a powder switch is used to begin the powder cladding without interr...