Quality certification method for an additive manufacturing process
OwnerThomas L. Starrinventor
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Abstract
In a quality certification method, a digital, three-dimensional Quality Certificate (3DQC) is created by the manufacturer and is delivered to the customer along with the manufactured part. The data in the 3DQC can be viewed using a three-dimensional rendering system, such that the customer that review and confirm that certain process monitor values were within specification during the entire manufacturing process.
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A quality certification method for an additive manufacturing process, comprising the steps of:
- receiving layer information for a model of a part;
- creating a template for a three-dimensional quality certificate based on the layer information;
- collecting data using a process monitor during the additive manufacturing process for the part;
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- indexing the collected data to the template, thus creating the three-dimensional quality certificate.
A quality certification method for an additive manufacturing process, comprising the steps of:
- receiving layer information for a model of a part;
- creating a template for a three-dimensional quality certificate based on the layer information;
- receiving data from a continuous process monitor at predetermined time intervals during the additive manufacturing process for the part;
- and
- indexing the received data to the template, thus creating the three-dimensional quality certificate by (i) creating a file with the same data structure as the template, (ii) retrieving data for each discrete layer from the received data, (iii) converting the retrieved data for each discrete layer into a numerical value, and (iv) copying the numerical value into the file.
A quality certification method for an additive manufacturing process, comprising the steps of:
- receiving layer information for a model of a part;
- creating a template for a three-dimensional quality certificate based on the layer information;
- receiving data from a layerwise process monitor during the additive manufacturing process for the part;
- and
- indexing the received data to the template, thus creating the three-dimensional quality certificate by (i) creating a file with the same data structure as the template, (ii) retrieving data for each point in each discrete layer from the received data, (iii) registering the retrieved data to the template, (iv) converting the retrieved data for each point in each discrete layer into a numerical value, and (iv) copying the numerical value into the file.
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