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US 2024/0173801 A1Published application
Laser control systems for additive manufacturing
AssigneeVulcanForms Inc.
InventorsJan Pawel Komsta, Alexander Dunbar, Matthew Sweetland
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Abstract
Laser control systems and related methods for controlling arrays of lasers are disclosed. A laser control system may include a first controller configured to generate a trigger signal based on a position of a laser array, and a second controller configured to send a firing signal to one or more lasers of the laser array upon receiving the trigger signal. The one or more lasers may be selected based on a desired pattern of laser energy to be formed at a particular position of the laser array.
Claims19
A method of controlling a laser array, the method comprising:
- generating a position signal based on a detection of a position of a laser array, the laser array comprising a plurality of laser energy sources;
- splitting the position signal into a split position signal;
- transmitting the split position signal to a plurality of laser control modules, the plurality of laser control modules configured to provide synchronized, position-based control of the plurality of laser energy sources;
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- selectively controlling operation of one or more laser energy sources of the plurality of laser energy sources using the plurality of laser control modules and based at least in part on the split position signal.
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