System and method for maintaining build quality in additive manufacturing by compensation of environmental effects
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsScott Ziv, Michael Ziv
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Abstract
Example embodiments provide an additive manufacturing (AM) compensation system comprising a sensor suite, a controller unit, and an AM device. The sensor suite may be configured to measure ambient conditions through the use of at least one sensing element. The controller unit may be configured to receive the measured ambient conditions and generate adjusted AM data corresponding to a build in response to the measured ambient conditions, the controller comprising a ruleset comparison unit, a machine instruction buffer, and machine instructions for the build. The AM device may be configured to receive the adjusted AM data and manufacturing the build based on the adjusted AM data.
Claims19
An additive manufacturing compensation system comprising:
- a sensor suite configured to measure ambient conditions through the use of at least one sensing element;
- a controller unit configured to receive the measured ambient conditions and generate adjusted additive manufacturing data corresponding to a build in response to the measured ambient conditions, the controller comprising a ruleset comparison unit, a machine instruction buffer, and machine instructions for the build;
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- an additive manufacturing device configured to receive the adjusted additive manufacturing data and manufacturing the build based on the adjusted additive manufacturing data,
- wherein the ambient conditions correspond to ambient conditions of a mobile unit.
An additive manufacturing compensation system comprising:
- a sensor suite configured to measure ambient conditions through the use of at least one sensing element;
- a controller unit configured to receive the measured ambient conditions and generate adjusted additive manufacturing data corresponding to a build in response to the measured ambient conditions, the controller comprising a ruleset comparison unit, a machine instruction buffer, and machine instructions for the build;
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- an additive manufacturing device configured to receive the adjusted additive manufacturing data and manufacturing the build based on the adjusted additive manufacturing data,
- wherein the additive manufacturing device comprises a controller configured to receive the adjusted additive manufacturing data and adjust elements of the additive manufacturing device,
- wherein the controller is further configured to communicate with at least one external system in response to receiving the adjusted additive manufacturing data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.