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US 12,583,057 B2Granted
Path planning systems and methods for additive manufacturing
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorSteven B. Massey, Jr.
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Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods to plan a path to form a part using an additive manufacturing system. The additive manufacturing system may include one or more additive manufacturing tools. The additive manufacturing tools may include arc welding tools and non-arc welding tools. The system may also manufacture the part based on the planned path.
Claims19
An additive manufacturing system, comprising:
- a plurality of additive manufacturing tools configured to perform a plurality of additive manufacturing processes with one or more material forms;
- a processing circuit configured to:
- determine the one or more material forms to be added to a part to be manufactured based on determining respective sizes of a plurality of features of the part from a model of the part, wherein the one or more material forms is a wire or a powder;
- determine a sequence to manufacture the part based on the model of the part and the determined one or more material forms for each of the plurality of features to be formed via the sequence the plurality of additive manufacturing processes;
- for each of the plurality of features, select one of the one or more material forms based on a size of the feature;
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- control the plurality of additive manufacturing tools to manufacture the plurality of features of the part according to the sequence and the selected material form for each of the plurality of features.
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A method of manufacturing a part, comprising:
- receiving a three-dimensional model of a part to be manufactured by an additive manufacturing system;
- determining one or more material forms to be added to a part to be manufactured based on determining respective sizes of a plurality of features of the part from the model of the part, wherein the one or more material forms is a wire or a powder;
- determining a sequence to manufacture the part based on the three-dimensional model and the determined one or more material forms for each of the plurality of features to be formed via the sequence;
- for each of the plurality of features, select one of the one or more material forms based on a size of the feature;
- and
- manufacturing the plurality of features of the part according to the sequence and the selected material form for each of the plurality of features.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.