Identifying and distributing optimal machine parameters within a fleet of additive manufacturing machines

A system comprising:

• a storage configured to store reference data values for a part to be manufactured;
• and
• a processor configured to perform:
• receiving sensor data captured of a plurality of machines within a fleet performing a manufacturing process;
• receiving tool position data of the plurality of machines performing the manufacturing process;
• correlating sensor data values and tool positions of a part being manufactured to render correlated sensor data, the sensor data values and the tool positions being correlated based on respective timing information included in the received sensor data and the received tool position data;
• generating, for each of the plurality of machines performing the manufacturing process, a set of comparison measures by comparing the correlated sensor data to reference data values for a plurality of layers of the part;
• determining an optimum-performing machine from among the plurality of machines based on the set of comparison measures generated for each of the plurality of machines, wherein the optimum-performing machine is determined as a machine from among the plurality of machines having a generated set of comparison measures that is closest to a defined goal for the sets of comparison measures;
• distributing manufacturing process parameters of the optimum-performing machine to at least one other machine from among the plurality of machines of the fleet;
• and
• cause, by the at least one other machine of the fleet, a second part to be manufactured using the process parameters of the optimum-performing machine.

A method comprising:

• receiving manufacturing data of a plurality of machines performing a manufacturing process, the manufacturing data for each machine comprising sensor information measuring an attribute of the manufacturing process performed by a respective machine, and tool position information of the respective machine during the manufacturing process;
• correlating the sensor information and the tool position information of a part being manufactured to render correlated sensor data,
• generating, for each of the plurality of machines performing the manufacturing process, a set of comparison measures by comparing the correlated sensor data to reference data values for a plurality of layers of the part;
• determining an optimum-performing machine from among the plurality of machines based on the received manufacturing data with respect to reference data values, wherein the optimum-performing machine is determined as a machine from among the plurality of machines having a generated set of comparison measures that is closest to a defined goal for the sets of comparison measures;
• modifying manufacturing parameters of at least one other machine among the plurality of machines based on process parameters of the optimum-performing machine;
• and
• manufacturing, by the at least one other machine of the fleet, a second part using the process parameters of the optimum-performing machine.