US 2022/0171366 A1 · THERMAL MODELING FOR COMPUTER NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED FABRICATION

Abstract

A method for computer numerically controlled processing may include receiving configurations for a fabrication in which a computer numerically controlled machine processes a material to achieve one or more designs. An analysis may be performed to determine whether a thermal event occurs during the fabrication. The analysis may include performing one or more of a time-variant simulation and a time-invariant simulation of the fabrication. The thermal event may include one or more regions of the material exhibiting an undesirable response to the electromagnetic energy delivered to the material. One or more outputs may be generated based on the result of the thermal verification. The outputs may include a visualization of the quantity of energy exposure across the material, an alert if a thermal event is determined to occur during the fabrication, and corrective actions for resolving potential thermal events.

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Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

at least one data processor;
and
at least one memory storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one data processor, result in operations comprising:
receiving one or more configurations for a fabrication in which a computer numerically controlled machine processes a material to achieve one or more designs, the processing of the material includes delivering an electromagnetic energy configured to effect, in the material, one or more changes corresponding to the one or more designs, the one or more configurations including a design file corresponding to the one or more designs, one or more characteristics of the material, and one or more settings of the computer numerically controlled machine;
performing an analysis of the one or more configurations to determine a likelihood of a thermal event occurring during the fabrication, the thermal event including one or more regions of the material exhibiting an undesirable response to the electromagnetic energy delivered to the material;
and
generating, based at least on a result of the analysis, one or more outputs.

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A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving one or more configurations for a fabrication in which a computer numerically controlled machine processes a material to achieve one or more designs, the processing of the material includes delivering an electromagnetic energy configured to effect, in the material, one or more changes corresponding to the one or more designs, the one or more configurations including a design file corresponding to the one or more designs, one or more characteristics of the material, and one or more settings of the computer numerically controlled machine;
performing an analysis of the one or more configurations to determine a likelihood of a thermal event occurring during the fabrication, the thermal event including one or more regions of the material exhibiting an undesirable response to the electromagnetic energy delivered to the material;
and
generating, based at least on a result of the analysis, one or more outputs.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Thermal modeling for computer numerically controlled fabrication

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Thermal modeling for computer numerically controlled fabrication

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Abstract

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