Contact detection in additive manufacturing
AssigneeFormAlloy Technologies, Inc.
InventorJeffrey L. RIEMANN
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Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for setting a working distance of an additive manufacturing system, including: moving a deposition element towards a build surface; detecting, via a contact detection system, a contact between the deposition element and the build surface; stopping the moving of the deposition element in response to detecting the contact between the deposition element and the build surface; and moving the deposition element away from the build surface a determined working distance.
Claims23
A method for setting a working distance of an additive manufacturing system, comprising:
- moving a deposition element towards a build surface;
- detecting, via a contact detection system, a contact between the deposition element and the build surface;
- stopping the moving of the deposition element in response to detecting the contact between the deposition element and the build surface;
- and
- moving the deposition element away from the build surface a determined working distance.
An additive manufacturing system, comprising:
- a memory comprising computer-executable instructions;
- a processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the additive manufacturing system to:
- move a deposition element towards a build surface;
- detect, via a contact detection system, a contact between the deposition element and the build surface;
- stop movement of the deposition element in response to a detection of the contact between the deposition element and the build surface;
- and
- move the deposition element away from the build surface a determined working distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.