Fabricating a replacement component
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSunil Kothari, Wesley R. Schalk, Francisco Jose Oblea Ramirez, Jun Zeng, Gary J. Dispoto
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Abstract
A system includes an interface to receive data from a number of sensors coupled to components of a device to monitor health of each of those components and a processor and memory to, in response to a determination that a first of the components is to be replaced, locate an additive manufacturing device that is capable of fabrication of a replacement component without interrupting fabrication cycles of that additive manufacturing device before the first component fails and to instruct fabrication of the replacement component.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- an interface to receive data from a number of sensors coupled to components of a device to monitor health of each of those components;
- and
- a processor and memory to, in response to a determination that a first of the components is to be replaced, locate an additive manufacturing device that is capable of fabrication of a replacement component without interrupting fabrication cycles of that additive manufacturing device before the first component fails and to instruct fabrication of the replacement component.
An additive manufacturing device comprising:
- an interface to receive data from a number of sensors coupled to components of the additive manufacturing device to monitor health of each of those components;
- and
- a processor and memory to, in response to a determination that a first of the components is to be replaced, determine an available time slot for the additive manufacturing device to fabricate a replacement component such that fabrication of the replacement component does not interrupt fabrication cycles of the additive manufacturing device before the first component fails and to instruct fabrication of the replacement component.
A method for fabricating a replacement component comprising:
- with an interface, receiving data from a number of sensors coupled to components of a device to monitor health of each of those components;
- and
- with a processor and memory, in response to a determination that a first of the components is to be replaced, locating an additive manufacturing device that is capable of fabrication of a replacement component without interrupting fabrication cycles of that additive manufacturing device before the first component fails and to instruct fabrication of the replacement component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.