Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method of determining support locations for additively manufactured build parts
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Application No.: US16853959Application Date: 2020-04-21
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Publication No.: US11766745B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Eric M. Chapman , Dana A. Henshaw
- Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: THE SMALL PATENT LAW GROUP LLC
- Agent Philip S. Hof
- Main IPC: B23K26/342
- IPC: B23K26/342 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y50/02 ; B23K26/082 ; B23K26/70 ; B23K26/04 ; B23K26/08 ; B23K26/10

Abstract:
An additive manufacturing system includes one or more processors configured to determine one or more geometrical characteristics of each of multiple segments of a build part at a candidate position of the build part relative to an additive manufacturing instrument. The one or more geometrical characteristics include an angle of incidence between a beam line extending from an electromagnetic energy source of the additive manufacturing instrument and a surface normal of a respective skin of the corresponding segment proximate to the beam line. The one or more processors are configured to determine, based on one or more geometrical characteristics of the segments at the candidate position, one or more locations of support material to be formed adjacent the build part during a build process of the build part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210323089A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING SUPPORT LOCATIONS FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED BUILD PARTS Public/Granted day:2021-10-21
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