Invention Application
- Patent Title: USE OF VARIABLE BEAM PARAMETERS TO CONTROL A MELT POOL
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Application No.: US15885633Application Date: 2018-01-31
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Publication No.: US20180185965A1Publication Date: 2018-07-05
- Inventor: Brian Victor , Robert Martinsen , Lynn Sheehan , Roger Farrow , Dahv A. V. Kliner
- Applicant: nLIGHT, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Vancouver
- Assignee: nLIGHT, Inc.
- Current Assignee: nLIGHT, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Vancouver
- Main IPC: B23K26/354
- IPC: B23K26/354 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y50/02 ; B23K26/34 ; B23K26/064
Abstract:
A method for forming an article includes: forming a melt pool; exposing the melt pool to an optical beam having at least one beam characteristic; forming a keyhole cavity in the melt pool, the keyhole cavity having at least one keyhole cavity property; and modifying the at least one beam characteristic in response to a change in the keyhole cavity property.
Public/Granted literature
- US10646963B2 Use of variable beam parameters to control a melt pool Public/Granted day:2020-05-12
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