Gradient material control and programming of additive manufacturing processes
AssigneeFormAlloy Technologies, Inc.
InventorJeffrey L. Riemann
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to. In one example, a method of controlling an additive manufacturing machine includes: determining a material transition between a first machine control code and a second machine control code in a set of machine control codes; determining a material transition time for the determined material transition between the first machine control code and the second machine control code; determining a motion time from the first machine control code and the second machine control code; comparing the material transition time to the motion time; and manipulating the set of machine control codes based on the comparison.
Claims10
A method of controlling an additive manufacturing system, comprising:
- determining a material transition between a first machine control code and a second machine control code in a set of machine control codes;
- performing processing by the additive manufacturing system according to first machine control code;
- initiating a dynamic delay of processing;
- receiving sensor feedback regarding a first material flow and a second material flow;
- determining that the material transition is complete based on the sensor feedback;
- terminating the dynamic delay of processing;
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- performing processing by the additive manufacturing system according to t second machine control code.
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