SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GENERATING FAULT INDICATIONS FOR AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS BASED ON A PROBABILISTIC COMPARISON OF THE OUTPUTS OF MULTIPLE PROCESS MODELS TO MEASURED SENSOR DATA

• Main Authors: Spears, Thomas, Roychowdhury, Subhrajit, Matthews, Harry Kirk, Felix, Sarah, Majumder, Saikat Ray
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 13.09.2023
• Subjects: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

Generating fault indications for an additive manufacturing machine (110) based on a comparison of the outputs of multiple process models (150) to measured sensor data.