Heating techniques for additive manufacturing
AssigneeMaterialise N.V.
InventorsFrederik VAN DEN BRUEL, Brecht DAS
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Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to additive manufacturing, and more particularly, to methods and apparatus for heating during additive manufacturing. An example method that may be performed by an additive manufacturing apparatus generally includes dividing a heating area into a plurality of strips, the heating area defined in a layer of build material; randomly assigning indices to the plurality of strips; and applying energy by an energy source to the layer of build material across each of the plurality of strips in order of the randomly assigned indices.
Claims23
A method for heating during additive manufacturing, comprising:
- dividing a heating area into a plurality of strips, the heating area defined in a layer of build material;
- randomly assigning indices to the plurality of strips;
- and
- applying energy by an energy source to the layer of build material across each of the plurality of strips in order of the randomly assigned indices.
A computing device comprising:
- memory;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the memory and the one or more processors are configured to cause the computing device to perform a method for heating during additive manufacturing, comprising:
- dividing a heating area into a plurality of strips, the heating area defined in a layer of build material;
- randomly assigning indices to the plurality of strips;
- and
- causing an energy source to apply energy to the layer of build material across each of the plurality of strips in order of the randomly assigned indices.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that when executed by an apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform a method for heating during additive manufacturing, comprising:
- dividing a heating area into a plurality of strips, the heating area defined in a layer of build material;
- randomly assigning indices to the plurality of strips;
- and
- causing an energy source to apply energy to the layer of build material across each of the plurality of strips in order of the randomly assigned indices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.