US 11,599,084 B2Granted

Early notification system of degradation of 3D printed parts

AssigneeKyndryl, Inc.

InventorsCesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo, Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela, David Alonso Campos Batista, Sarbajit K. Rakshit

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Abstract

In an approach for early notification of degradation of 3D printed parts, a processor completes an initial scan of a 3D printed part using backscatter techniques when the 3D printed part is installed and idle in the unit. A processor completes a second scan of the 3D printed part using backscatter techniques when the unit is in operation. A processor determines a baseline delta between the initial scan and the second scan. A processor performs an additional scan after a preset time interval of the 3D printed part using backscatter techniques in operation within the unit. A processor determines whether the additional scan is within the baseline delta.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for early notification of degradation of three dimensional (3D) printed parts, the computer-implemented method comprising:

completing, by one or more processors, an initial scan of a 3D printed part using backscatter techniques at a first time interval, wherein the 3D printed part is installed and idle in a unit at the first time interval;
completing, by the one or more processors, a second scan of the 3D printed part using the backscatter techniques at a second time interval, wherein the unit is in operation at the second time interval;
determining, by the one or more processors, a baseline delta between the initial scan and the second scan;
performing, by the one or more processors, an additional scan after a preset time interval of the 3D printed part using backscatter techniques in operation within the unit;
determining, by the one or more processors, whether the additional scan is within the baseline delta;
and
determining the additional scan is within the baseline delta, and based on determining the additional scan is within the baseline delta:
storing, by the one or more processors, the additional scan;
and
enabling, by the one or more processors, the operation to continue uninterrupted.

7 more elements

A computer program product for early notification of degradation of three dimensional (3D) printed parts, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the stored program instructions comprising:
program instructions to complete an initial scan of a 3D printed part using backscatter techniques at a first time interval, wherein the 3D printed part is installed and idle in a unit at the first time interval;
program instructions to complete a second scan of the 3D printed part using the backscatter techniques at a second time interval, wherein the unit is in operation at the second time interval;
program instructions to determine a baseline delta between the initial scan and the second scan;
program instructions to perform an additional scan after a preset time interval of the 3D printed part using backscatter techniques in operation within the unit;
program instructions to determine whether the additional scan is within the baseline delta;
and
program instructions to determine the additional scan is within the baseline delta, and based on determining the additional scan is within the baseline delta to:
store the additional scan;
and
enable the operation to continue uninterrupted.

8 more elements

A computer system for early notification of degradation of three dimensional (3D) printed parts, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage media;
program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the stored program instructions comprising:
program instructions to complete an initial scan of a 3D printed part using backscatter techniques at a first time interval, wherein the 3D printed part is installed and idle in a unit at the first time interval;
program instructions to complete a second scan of the 3D printed part using the backscatter techniques at a second time interval, wherein the unit is in operation at the second time interval;
program instructions to determine a baseline delta between the initial scan and the second scan;
program instructions to perform an additional scan after a preset time interval of the 3D printed part using backscatter techniques in operation within the unit;
program instructions to determine whether the additional scan is within the baseline delta;
and
program instructions to determine the additional scan is within the baseline delta, and based on determining the additional scan is within the baseline delta to:
store the additional scan;
and
enable the operation to continue uninterrupted.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/351,386Filed 18 Jun 2021
Published: US 2022/0404795 A122 Dec 2022
Granted: 7 Mar 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

G05B 19/4065
Characterised by monitoring or safety: monitoring tool breakage, life or condition
G05B 19/41875
Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible…:…
B22F 10/18
Formation of a green body: by mixing binder with metal in filament form, e.g. fused filament fabrication [FFF]
B22F 10/80
Additive manufacturing of workpieces or articles from metallic powder: data acquisition or data processing