Abstract:
Even when shape elements having opposing appropriate manufacturing conditions are mixed in one cross-sectional shape, the entire cross-sectional shape is manufactured under an appropriate manufacturing condition. A build data generating device generating build data for controlling a three-dimensional powder bed fusion additive manufacturing apparatus that manufactures an article by melting a cross-sectional shape of each layer by irradiation of a beam includes: a region segmentation unit that performs processing for segmenting the cross-sectional shape cut out from three-dimensional shape data of the article into a fine region and a coarse region; and a condition application unit that applies different manufacturing conditions to the fine region and the coarse region segmented by the region segmentation unit to generate the build data.
Abstract:
A three-dimensional powder bed fusion additive manufacturing apparatus includes a determination unit that determines presence or absence of powder scattering in a second preheating step using at least a third image that is an image of a powder layer photographed by a camera after the second preheating step among a first image that is an image of the powder layer photographed by the camera after a first preheating step, a second image that is an image of the powder layer photographed by the camera after the powder application step, and the third image.
Abstract:
A method of image processing is offered which can control the degree of application of histogram equalization. The method involves: creating a brightness histogram indicating the frequency values of brightness levels of image data having brightness information (S12); obtaining a parameter value (S14); raising the frequency values of the brightness levels of the brightness histogram to an exponential power of the parameter value (S16); generating a tone curve, based on the frequency values raised to the exponential power of the parameter value (S18); and correcting the image data using the tone curve to thereby produce output image data (S20).
Abstract:
Provided is a build data generating device that generates build data for controlling a three-dimensional powder bed fusion additive manufacturing (PBF-AM) apparatus that manufactures an article by melting a cross-sectional shape of each layer by irradiation of a beam. The build data generating device includes: a display control unit that generates data indicating a distribution of an irradiation energy density accumulated in a target layer by beam scanning for the target layer based on the build data and outputs the data to a display device.
Abstract:
A three-dimensional powder bed fusion additive manufacturing apparatus includes a powder application device that includes a squeegee and applies a powder material to a build plate to form a powder layer, a camera that photographs a manufactured surface of the powder layer, and a determination unit that determines whether powder application failure of the powder material has occurred using an image photographed by the camera while or immediately after the squeegee passes through the manufactured surface.
Abstract:
An information processing apparatus includes: an irradiation point output unit configured to output an irradiation point of a manufacturing beam read from a manufacturing file to a display unit; a position specifying unit configured to specify a position of the irradiation point designated by an input unit; and a melting condition output unit 65 configured to search the manufacturing file for a melting condition of the irradiation point at the specified position and output the searched melting condition to the display unit.
Abstract:
Provided is a technique capable of reducing variation in density of scanning lines when generating the scanning lines for manufacturing an article by three-dimensional powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. A build data generating device generates build data for controlling the three-dimensional powder bed fusion additive manufacturing apparatus that melts the cross-sectional shape of each layer by irradiation of a beam to manufacture the article. The build data generating device includes a build data generating unit that generates a plurality of scanning lines in a region of the cross-sectional shape cut out from three-dimensional shape data of the article by a predetermined beam scanning method, and generates correction scanning lines in a portion where the arrangement of the scanning lines becomes sparse and/or a portion where the arrangement of the scanning lines becomes dense.
Abstract:
A three-dimensional PBF-AM apparatus includes a build plate, a powder supply device, a beam irradiation device, a plurality of detection units, and a control unit. The control unit has a plurality of arithmetic expressions. Then, the control unit selects, according to a build step, a predetermined arithmetic expression from the plurality of arithmetic expressions, uses the selected arithmetic expression to perform arithmetic processing on a plurality of backscattered electron signals, and calculates an arithmetic signal.
Abstract:
A three-dimensional powder bed fusion additive manufacturing apparatus includes a powder application device that includes a squeegee and applies a powder material to a build plate to form a powder layer, a camera that photographs a manufactured surface of the powder layer, and a determination unit that determines whether powder application failure of the powder material has occurred using an image photographed by the camera while or immediately after the squeegee passes through the manufactured surface.