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US 2025/0135540 A1Published application
Method and system for operating a metal hybrid manufacturing system to shorten object formation time
AssigneeADDiTEC
InventorsBrian Matthews, Chu-heng Liu, Paul J. McConville, Sriram Manoharan
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Abstract
A metal hybrid manufacturing apparatus includes a melted metal drop ejecting device and a metal deposition device. The melted metal drop ejecting device is operated to form perimeters of layers in a metal object being formed by the system. The metal deposition device is operated to fill interior portions of the layers.
Claims20
A metal hybrid manufacturing system comprising:
- a platform;
- a first melted metal drop ejecting device configured to eject melted metal drops toward the platform;
- a metal deposition device that produces metal at a rate that is greater than a rate at which the first melted metal drop ejecting device produces melted metal;
- and
- a controller operatively connected to the first melted metal drop ejecting device and the metal deposition device, the controller being configured to:
- generate a layer model of a metal object to be formed on the platform;
- using the layer model of the object to identify a perimeter portion of each layer and an interior portion of each layer of the metal object to be formed on the platform;
- operate the first melted metal drop ejecting device to form the identified perimeter portion of each layer with melted metal drops ejected from the first melted metal drop ejecting device;
- and
- operate the metal deposition device to fill the identified interior portion of each layer with metal deposited by the metal deposition device.
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A method for operating a metal hybrid manufacturing system comprising:
- generating a layer model of a metal object to be formed on a platform;
- using the layer model of the object to identify a perimeter portion of each layer and an interior portion of each layer of the metal object to be formed on the platform;
- operating a first melted metal drop ejecting device to form the identified perimeter portion of each layer with melted metal drops ejected from the first melted metal drop ejecting device;
- and
- operating the metal deposition device to fill the identified interior portion of each layer with metal deposited by the metal deposition device.
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