Porous object manufacturing with acoustic levitation

A computer system, the computer system comprising:

• one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer-readable memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
• receiving real-time and historical data from one or more sources in a 3D printing environment;
• identifying one or more characteristics of a plurality of powder particles based on the real-time and the historical data;
• identifying a pre-determined level of porosity of an object to be assembled with at least a portion of the plurality of powder particles;
• computing one or more parameters for a plurality of hardware devices based on the pre-determined level of porosity and the one or more characteristics;
• and
• causing at least one hardware device of the plurality of hardware devices to create a floating arrangement of the portion of the plurality of powder particles consistent with the computed one or more parameters.

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, the program instructions executable by a processor capable of performing a method, the method comprising:
• receiving real-time and historical data from one or more sources in a 3D printing environment;
• identifying one or more characteristics of a plurality of powder particles based on the real-time and the historical data;
• identifying a pre-determined level of porosity of an object to be assembled with at least a portion of the plurality of powder particles;
• computing one or more parameters for a plurality of hardware devices based on the pre-determined level of porosity and the one or more characteristics;
• and
• causing at least one hardware device of the plurality of hardware devices to create a floating arrangement of the portion of the plurality of powder particles consistent with the computed one or more parameters.