Systems and methods for controlling additive manufacturing
AssigneeContinuous Composites Inc.
InventorsLogan Lalonde, Brock Adam Jahner, Mikel Negugogor, Rachael Kathleen Morris
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite structure. The method may include receiving from a user a sketch of a cross-section of the composite structure and a desired height. The method may also include automatically generating a virtual model of the composite structure having a plurality of layers, each with a thickness related to the height. The method may further include receiving from the user at least one infill pattern for at least one of the plurality of layers, and causing an additive manufacturing machine to deposit a continuous fiber along segments of the at least one infill pattern.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method for additively manufacturing a composite structure, comprising:
- receiving from a user geometry for a layer of the composite structure and a desired number of layers to be included in the composite structure;
- automatically generating a virtual model of the composite structure having a height related to the desired number of layers;
- receiving from the user at least one infill pattern for at least one of the layers;
- and
- causing an additive manufacturing machine to deposit a continuous fiber along segments of the at least one infill pattern.
A method for additively manufacturing a composite structure, comprising:
- receiving from a user geometry for a layer of the composite structure, a propagation boundary for the composite structure, and at least one infill pattern;
- automatically generating a virtual model of the composite structure having a plurality of layers based on the propagation boundary, each having the geometry and the at least one infill pattern;
- and
- causing an additive manufacturing machine to deposit continuous fibers along segments of the at least one infill pattern in each of the plurality of layers.
A method for additively manufacturing a composite structure, comprising:
- receiving from a user a propagation surface for the composite structure, a propagation boundary, and a material property;
- generating a virtual model having a plurality of layers based on the propagation surface and the propagation boundary, each of the plurality of layers having a thickness related to the material property;
- receiving from the user at least one infill pattern;
- and
- causing an additive manufacturing machine to deposit continuous fibers along segments of the at least one infill pattern to form the plurality of layers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.