SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID AUTONOMOUS MANUFACTURING

• Main Authors: THURSTON, Brian Patrick, NIEZGODA, Steven, CAO, Jian, DEAN, Howard David, AMES, Nathan D, GROEBER, Michael Anthony, SCHMITZ, Tony LaVaun, LEWANDOWSKI, John Joseph Francis, DAEHN, Glenn Steven, CHEN, Wei
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 15.02.2024
• 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; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; POWDER METALLURGY; REGULATING; TRANSPORTING; WORKING METALLIC POWDER

A component manufacturing device called Auto-Fab (100) is disclosed. Each Auto-Fab system is a self-contained device including a housing (150), tools (120), robotics (110), sensors (113), and computing functionality (115) that is configured to manufacture a variety of components (160) using various...