SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS CONTROL

A method of process control for an additive manufacturing system includes monitoring a spark plume created during manufacturing of an article, capturing at least one image of the spark plume, deriving image data from the at least one image, feeding the image data into a statistical process control m...

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Main Authors BEACHAM JR., Jimmie Autrey, ABITZ, Steven Adam
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 17.02.2021
Subjects
CASTING
MAKING METALLIC POWDER
MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
POWDER METALLURGY
TRANSPORTING
WORKING METALLIC POWDER
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Summary:A method of process control for an additive manufacturing system includes monitoring a spark plume created during manufacturing of an article, capturing at least one image of the spark plume, deriving image data from the at least one image, feeding the image data into a statistical process control module, and generating an alert if the image data exceeds pre-determined control limits
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20160756824