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公开(公告)号:US20240383040A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-21
申请号:US18669455
申请日:2024-05-20
Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
Abstract: Systems and methods for multi modular ring mode fiber optic configuration, laser powder bed fusion, and fine process control during an additive manufacturing (AM) process. A multi-mode ring laser beam with a first power distributed in a first beam is generated, as a spot beam or a first ring beam, and a second power distributed in a second ring beam surrounding the first beam. The multi-mode ring laser beam is applied to one or more materials to transform the material(s) into an AM build piece. An AM method includes depositing a powder first material in a powder bed, exposing the powder first material to a second material, wherein an absorption coefficient of the second material is higher than an absorption coefficient of the first material at the wavelength, and applying a laser beam with a wavelength to the powder first material and the second material to generate a composite material. An AM method includes controlling an optical component to apply a laser beam to a region of material during an AM process, receiving sensor data regarding the region; determining a process characteristic of the region based on the sensor data, obtaining a comparison by comparing the process characteristic to a target characteristic, and modifying a variable corresponding to control of the optical component based on the comparison that modifies a printing output in accordance with a target output.
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公开(公告)号:US12111638B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-08
申请号:US17342926
申请日:2021-06-09
Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Kevin Robert Czinger , Michael Thomas Kenworthy , Lukas Philip Czinger , Jinbo Chen , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Matthew Cooper Keller , Alex James Hamade
IPC: G05B19/418
CPC classification number: G05B19/41805 , G05B19/4183 , G05B19/4188 , G05B19/41885
Abstract: Adaptable manufacturing systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed. An apparatus for manufacturing a product in accordance with the present disclosure may include a design apparatus, an assembly apparatus, and a control apparatus, coupled to the design apparatus and the assembly apparatus. The control apparatus receives input information from the design apparatus and the assembly apparatus. The control apparatus provides output information for altering at least one parameter used by at least one of the design apparatus and the assembly apparatus in the manufacture of the product.
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公开(公告)号:US11845130B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-19
申请号:US17690959
申请日:2022-03-09
Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Michael Thomas Kenworthy , Samuel Noah Miller , Krzysztof Artysiewicz , Chor Yen Yap , Gregory S. Weaver
IPC: B22F12/37 , B22F10/28 , B22F12/45 , B29C64/153 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B29C64/329 , B29C64/295 , B29C64/241 , B29C64/268 , B29C64/371 , B22F12/53 , B22F10/322 , B22F12/13 , B22F12/70 , B33Y50/02 , B29C64/277 , B29C64/245 , B29C64/393 , B33Y40/10 , B22F10/34
CPC classification number: B22F12/37 , B22F10/28 , B22F10/322 , B22F10/34 , B22F12/13 , B22F12/45 , B22F12/53 , B22F12/70 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/241 , B29C64/245 , B29C64/268 , B29C64/277 , B29C64/295 , B29C64/329 , B29C64/371 , B29C64/393 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/10 , B33Y50/02
Abstract: Systems and methods for rotational additive manufacturing are disclosed. An apparatus in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a build floor, a depositor system configured to deposit a layer of powder onto the build floor, a motor system causing a rotational motion between the depositor system and the build floor, wherein the depositor system deposits the layer of powder during the rotational motion, a receptacle wall configured to contain the powder on the build floor, an energy beam source configured to apply an energy beam in an active area of the layer of powder to selectively fuse a portion of the powder in the active area to form a portion of a build piece and a gas flow system configured to provide a gas flow across the active area while the energy beam selectively fuses the portion of the layer of powder in the active area.
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公开(公告)号:US20220297233A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-22
申请号:US17697829
申请日:2022-03-17
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Chor Yen YAP , Michael Thomas Kenworthy
Abstract: Apparatuses for additive manufacturing producing an annular beam are disclosed herein. An apparatus in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure comprises an energy beam source configured to generate an energy beam and a beam shaping applicator configured to shape the energy beam into a geometry and apply the shaped energy beam to an additive manufacturing material, wherein the geometry includes a two-dimensional shape with a perimeter and a hole in the two-dimensional shape within the perimeter.
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公开(公告)号:US20220339707A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-27
申请号:US17728476
申请日:2022-04-25
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Michael Thomas Kenworthy , Taylor Caitlin Doty , Bahram Issari , Narender Shankar Lakshman , Krzysztof Artysiewicz
Abstract: Methods for removing support structures in additively manufactured parts are disclosed. A method in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure comprises inserting a demolition object in a first state into a hollow portion of a 3-D printed part, breaking a support structure within the hollow portion by contact with the demolition object, changing the demolition object into a second state while the demolition object is within the hollow portion of the 3-D printed part, and removing the demolition object from the hollow portion of the 3-D printed part.
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公开(公告)号:US11433557B2
公开(公告)日:2022-09-06
申请号:US16553017
申请日:2019-08-27
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Eahab Nagi El Naga , Keith Allen Fleming , Matthew Cooper Keller , Lukas Philip Czinger , Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli , Michael Thomas Kenworthy , Matthew Coleman Tindall , Justin David Almeleh , Matthew Michael O'Brien , Broc William TenHouten , Oussama Rawas , Juan Cuauhtemoc Munoz , Muhammad Faizan Zafar , Jamison Van Bruch , Thomas Samuel Bowden, Jr. , Alex James Hamade
Abstract: A buffer block apparatus for securing a node may be described. The buffer block apparatus may include a first surface having disposed thereon at least one first zero-point feature configured for a first zero-point interface with a robotic assembly apparatus; and a second surface, different from the first surface, configured to connect with a first surface of a node and form a first rigid connection between the buffer block apparatus and the node, wherein the buffer block apparatus provides at least one reference coordinate system with respect to the node.
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公开(公告)号:US20220193779A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-23
申请号:US17520582
申请日:2021-11-05
Applicant: Divergent Technologies, inc.
Inventor: Michael Thomas Kenworthy
Abstract: Techniques for rapid powder removal in a 3-D printer are disclosed. In various embodiments, the 3-D printer has a build plate for supporting a build piece. The build plate includes first structures for supporting unfused powder on a top of the build plate when the first structures are in a closed configuration. The first structures can transition to an open configuration to expose paths for allowing the unfused powder to pass through the build plate, and a second structure for preventing the build piece from passing through the build plate when the first structures are in the open configuration. In various embodiments, the unfused powder can thereafter be replaced with cool powder to assist in forming a predictable microstructure that makes up the build piece.
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公开(公告)号:US20220193776A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-23
申请号:US17548095
申请日:2021-12-10
Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Narender Shankar Lakshman , Michael Thomas Kenworthy
IPC: B22F10/50 , B22F10/25 , B22F10/85 , B23K26/342
Abstract: Aspects are provided for additively manufacturing a component based on direct energy deposition (DED). An apparatus may include a DED system configured to additively manufacture a part. The apparatus may further include a forging tool configured to forge a region of the part during the additive manufacturing. In various embodiments, a solid body is used opposite to the forging tool during the forgery. For example, the solid body may include a mandrel against which the region of the part is forged.
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公开(公告)号:US20250073780A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-06
申请号:US18818228
申请日:2024-08-28
Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Farzaneh KAJI , Seyedalireza Torbatisarraf , Michael Thomas Kenworthy
IPC: B22F10/37 , B22F10/85 , B22F12/90 , B33Y40/00 , B33Y50/02 , G01N21/01 , G01N21/88 , G01N21/89 , G01N21/892
Abstract: Systems and methods for powder bed additive manufacturing can include sensing a powder bed with an eddy current (EC) sensor to obtain an EC sensor measurement, sensing the powder bed with a secondary sensor to obtain a topographical measurement, and determining a property in the powder bed based on the EC sensor measurement and the topographical measurement.
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公开(公告)号:US20240383020A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-21
申请号:US18668039
申请日:2024-05-17
Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Finley Hugh MARBURY , Michael Thomas Kenworthy
Abstract: An apparatus and a method for attracting and/or repelling byproducts in a build chamber of a powder-bed fusion system by one or more electrostatically charged plates. The method and apparatus may deliver material to the build chamber of the powder-bed fusion system by a material depositor. An energy beam source may generate an energy beam and apply the energy beam to the material such that the energy beam generates byproducts in the build chamber when applied to the material. One or more electrostatically charged plates are associated with one or more walls of the build chamber to attract and/or repel at least a portion of the byproducts in the build chamber such that the byproducts attached to the surface of the electrostatically charged plates and/or exit the build chamber without damaging a build piece or components of the powder-bed fusion system.
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