Methods and systems for repairing powder containment structures

A method for repairing a structure in an additive manufacturing system is provided. The method includes detecting a defect in a structure formed using an additive manufacturing process, the structure including a first surface that faces a powder containing region and a second surface that faces a su...

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Main Authors Deaton, Jr., John Broddus, Adcock, Thomas Charles, Madelone, Jr., John Joseph, Graham, Michael Evans, Monaghan, William
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.06.2019
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
CASTING
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MAKING METALLIC POWDER
MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER
MEASURING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
POWDER METALLURGY
TESTING
TRANSPORTING
WORKING METALLIC POWDER
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Summary:A method for repairing a structure in an additive manufacturing system is provided. The method includes detecting a defect in a structure formed using an additive manufacturing process, the structure including a first surface that faces a powder containing region and a second surface that faces a substantially powder free region, generating a supplemental scan path that covers at least a portion of the structure based on a location of the detected defect, and controlling a consolidation device, based on the supplemental scan path, to remedy the defect.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201715810908