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US 10,730,280 B2Granted
Determine a manufacturing batch
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJun Zeng, Sunil Kothari, Gary J. Dispoto
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Abstract
Examples disclosed herein relate to determining a manufacturing batch. In one implementation, the manufacturing batch relates to 3D printing. A processor may determine component parts of a product that. In one implementation, a processor determines a batch of the component parts related to different products based on a comparison to other potential batches.
Claims19
A method, comprising:
- determining a first potential batch of parts to be manufactured by 3D printing technology, wherein the parts are associated with multiple products;
- determining part placement of the parts in the first potential batch;
- validating the first potential batch, wherein the validation comprises determining the distance between parts in the part placement;
- determining a score associated with the first potential batch;
- comparing the score of the first potential batch to scores associated with other potential batches;
- and
- selecting the first batch for output to a 3D printer based on the score comparison and outputting the first batch to the 3D printer to manufacture the first batch of parts,
- wherein the score of a batch is based on at least one of:
- the number of parts in the batch,
- the parts of a certain type in the batch,
- the parts associated with a particular service level agreement of products associated with parts in the batch;
- and
- the amount of support material in the batch.
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