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.
Claims20
A method of additive manufacturing of component parts for assembly in at least one product, the method comprising:
- with a processor, receiving a list of parts to be manufactured from a same material;
- with the processor, determining multiple potential batches of the parts, each batch comprising a number, orientation and placement of at least some of the parts to be manufactured;
- with the processor, scoring each potential batch of the parts based on a comparison of support material associated with each batch and an assembly time associated with each batch;
- with the processor, selecting a set of the potential batches that includes all the parts to be manufactured while minimizing support material used and assembly effort for the parts of that batch;
- and
- with the processor, outputting the selected set of potential batches to a manufacturing environment to manufacture the component parts in the batches selected.
A method of additive manufacturing of component parts for assembly in at least one product, the method comprising:
- with a processor, receiving a list of parts to be manufactured from a same material;
- with the processor, determining multiple potential batches of the parts, each batch comprising a number, orientation and placement of at least some of the parts to be manufactured;
- with the processor, scoring each potential batch of the parts based on a comparison of support material associated with each batch and an assembly time associated with each batch;
- with the processor, selecting a set of the potential batches that includes all the parts to be manufactured while minimizing support material used and assembly effort for the parts of that batch;
- and
- with the processor, outputting the selected set of potential batches to a manufacturing environment to manufacture the component parts in the batches selected;
- the method further comprising:
- creating an STL file associated with a first potential batch;
- determining an amount of support material based on surface triangles indicated in the STL file;
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- determining the score for the first potential batch based on the amount of support material.
A method of additive manufacturing of component parts for assembly in at least one product, the method comprising:
- with a processor, receiving a list of parts to be manufactured from a same material for a current product;
- wherein the processor has
- a storage to store information related to manufacturing practices of past products;
- the processor further to:
- determine patterns of component parts associated with different products based on the stored information;
- determine individual components of the current product for manufacturing based on the determined patterns;
- and
- determine a batch of the determined components to be manufactured together;
- and
- with the processor, outputting the batch of determined components to a manufacturing environment to manufacture the component parts in the batches selected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.