METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240227015A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18561770

    申请日:2022-05-18

    摘要: A method for calibrating an additive manufacturing system for manufacturing a hybrid article is provided. The additive manufacturing system includes at least one measuring device and a build plate. The build plate includes at least one fixture having a base device and at least one calibration feature, wherein the calibration feature is arranged to have its position determined by the at least one measuring device. The method includes measuring a position of the at least one calibration feature using the at least one measuring device and determining a relative position between the measuring device the at least one calibration feature. The method further includes determining the relative position between the measuring device and each corresponding base device, based on the relative position between the measuring device and the calibration feature, and calibrating the additive manufacturing system based on the determined relative positions.

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TOOL PART AND SUCH A TOOL PART

    公开(公告)号:US20230001485A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17772575

    申请日:2020-10-20

    IPC分类号: B22F10/28 B23B29/04 B23P15/30

    摘要: A method for producing a metal cutting tool component and a metal cutting tool component. The method includes the step of producing a front module having a main body and a front module interface at a rear end thereof, providing an intermediate element and building, using an additive manufacturing process, the main body on the build surface of the intermediate element. Further, a rear module including a coupling part at a rear end thereof and a rear module interface at a front end thereof is provided, and mounting the front module on the rear module by immovably connecting the front module and rear module interfaces, after the front module has been mounted on the rear module, machining at least one surface of the main body, and heat treating the intermediate element with the built main body, wherein at least the main body is hardened.

    BINDER JET PRINTER AND METHOD THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220274325A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-01

    申请号:US17625512

    申请日:2020-06-23

    摘要: A binder jet printer for additive manufacturing includes a build chamber and at least one further build chamber, a powder supply source configured to provide powder to both of the build chambers, a leveling assembly for leveling the powder beds in the build chambers to form leveled powder beds in the build chambers, a print head configured for depositing binder on the leveled powder beds, a radiant configured to irradiate the powder beds, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to control the powder supply source to provide powder to the build chamber and the further build chamber, control the leveling assemblies in both build chambers, control the print head to deposit binder on the leveled powder beds, wait a predetermined time for the deposited binder to soak into the powder beds, and control the radiant to irradiate the soaked powder beds in the build chambers.

    MACHINING BASED ON STRATEGIES SELECTED BASED ON PRIORITIZED ASPECTS OF MANUFACTURING

    公开(公告)号:US20210247736A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-12

    申请号:US17251520

    申请日:2019-06-12

    IPC分类号: G05B19/4099

    摘要: A method includes the steps of receiving user input indicative of prioritized aspects of manufacturing of an object, the prioritized aspects including tool life or surface quality or object manufacturing speed; obtaining a model of an object to be manufactured via subtractive manufacturing; identifying, based on the model, a geometric feature to be machined as part of manufacturing the object; obtaining a plurality of strategies for machining the geometric feature, by accessing a database, the plurality of strategies defining alternative ways of machining the geometric feature; selecting at least one strategy from the plurality of strategies by ranking the plurality of strategies using the prioritized aspects of manufacturing and selecting at least one strategy having the highest ranking, providing, based on the at least one selected strategy, instructions for causing the one or more machine tools to manufacture the object via subtractive manufacturing.

    SELECTION OF STRATEGY FOR MACHINING A COMPOSITE GEOMETRIC FEATURE

    公开(公告)号:US20210255601A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-19

    申请号:US17251534

    申请日:2019-06-13

    摘要: A method and a corresponding system and computer program are provided. A model of an object to be manufactured via subtractive manufacturing is obtained. Geometric features to be machined as part of manufacturing the object are identified based on the model. The identified geometric features include a composite geometric feature including a plurality of geometric subfeatures. A database including strategies for machining different geometric features is accessed. The database includes a composite strategy for machining the composite geometric feature and separate strategies for machining the respective geometric subfeatures. Strategies for machining the respective geometric features are selected from the strategies included in the database. Instructions for causing one or more machine tools to manufacture the object in accordance with the selected strategies are provided. Selecting strategies for machining the respective geometric features via subtractive manufacturing includes selecting the composite strategy for machining the composite geometric feature.