Gradient material control and programming of additive manufacturing processes
AssigneeFormalloy, LLC
InventorJeffrey L. Riemann
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to. In one example, a method of controlling an additive manufacturing machine includes: determining a material transition between a first machine control code and a second machine control code in a set of machine control codes; determining a material transition time for the determined material transition between the first machine control code and the second machine control code; determining a motion time from the first machine control code and the second machine control code; comparing the material transition time to the motion time; and manipulating the set of machine control codes based on the comparison.
Claims20
A method of controlling an additive manufacturing machine, comprising:
- determining a material transition between a first machine control code and a second machine control code in a set of machine control codes;
- determining a material transition time for the determined material transition between the first machine control code and the second machine control code;
- determining a motion time from the first machine control code and the second machine control code;
- comparing the material transition time to the motion time;
- and
- manipulating the set of machine control codes based on the comparison.
An additive manufacturing machine, comprising:
- a memory comprising computer-executable instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the additive manufacturing machine to perform a method of controlling the additive manufacturing machine, the method comprising:
- determining a material transition between a first machine control code and a second machine control code in a set of machine control codes;
- determining a material transition time for the determined material transition between the first machine control code and the second machine control code;
- determining a motion time from the first machine control code and the second machine control code;
- comparing the material transition time to the motion time;
- and
- manipulating the set of machine control codes based on the comparison.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.