The invention discloses an annular four-cylinder efficient 
rapid prototyping device and method. The device comprises two 
laser sources, two prototyping cylinders, two transition cylinders, a 
powder laying roller, a rotating base, a cross partition board, two prototyping cylinder lifting supporting plates and two transition cylinder lifting supporting plates; the two prototyping cylinders and the two transition cylinders jointly form an annular four-cylinder body, the four cylinders are the same in size, the four cylinders are isolated to be independent through the cross partition board, the prototyping cylinders are used for loading prototyping parts and the 
powder supporting material, the prototyping cylinder lifting supporting plates are arranged inside, a prototyping part does the lifting motion, the 
laser sources are arranged over the two prototyping cylinders, the 
powder in the prototyping cylinders is scanned, irradiated and sintered, the two transition cylinders are used for recycling and supplying powder materials at the same time, the rotating base is located on the crossing position of the cross partition board, the powder laying roller mounted on the rotating base is driven to rotate, and the powder material is supplemented and recycled. The 
machining efficiency can be improved, the manual labor amount is reduced, and automatic manufacturing is achieved.