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US 10,871,471 B1Granted
Systems and methods for inspecting additively manufactured components
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsDaniel G. Sanders, John R. Hull, Gary E. Georgeson
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Abstract
A system and method for inspecting an additively manufactured component include an additive manufacturing head configured to form a component layer-by-layer, and an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) configured to inspect one or more layers of the component.
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A system for inspecting an additively manufactured component, the system comprising:
- an additive manufacturing head configured to form a component layer-by-layer, wherein the additive manufacturing head moves as the additive manufacturing head forms the component layer-by-layer;
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- an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) configured to inspect one or more layers of the component, wherein the EMAT follows behind the additive manufacturing head as the additive manufacturing head moves as the additive manufacturing head forms the component layer-by-layer, and wherein the EMAT inspects the component as the EMAT follows behind the additive manufacturing head.
A method for inspecting an additively manufactured component, the method comprising:
- forming, by an additive manufacturing head, a component layer-by-layer, wherein the forming comprises moving the additive manufacturing head;
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- inspecting, by an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT), one or more layers of the component, wherein the inspecting comprises:
- following behind the additive manufacturing head, by the EMAT, as the additive manufacturing head forms the component layer-by-layer;
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- inspecting the component, by the EMAT, during the following.
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A method for inspecting an additively manufactured component, the method comprising:
- disposing one or both of an additive manufacturing head or an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) within a chamber of a container;
- moving both the additive manufacturing head and the EMAT relative to the chamber;
- forming, by the additive manufacturing head, a component layer-by-layer within the chamber;
- inspecting, by an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT), during said forming one or more layers of the component;
- generating, by the EMAT, inspection data regarding the one or more layers;
- analyzing, by an inspection control unit in communication with the EMAT, the inspection data regarding the one or more layers;
- determining, through said analyzing, existence of one or more anomalies within or between the one or more layers;
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- outputting, by the inspection control unit, an alert to a user interface in response to detection of the existence of the one or more anomalies.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.