System and method for additive manufacturing with toolpath bridges and resultant structure
Abstract
A system and method for improving additive manufacturing, including additive manufacturing toolpaths, is provided. The system and method includes a toolpath generator that obtains initial toolpaths of an object, identifies isolated paths in the toolpaths, and adds bridge connections between neighboring isolated paths in each layer to improve the toolpaths. The bridge connections facilitate the continuous and non-stop deposition of each layer according to improved toolpaths during additive manufacture, which can reduce total deposition time and improve the resultant additive manufacture.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1986976
- Patent Number(s):
- 11534977
- Application Number:
- 16/750,631
- Assignee:
- UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 01/23/2020
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Kim, Seokpum, Kune, Vlastimil, Hassen, Ahmed A., Lindahl, John M., Post, Brian K., Roschli, Alex C., Chesser, Phillip C., Borish, Michael C., Dreifus, Gregory D., Love, Lonnie J., Blue, Craig A., and Beard, II, Bentley T. System and method for additive manufacturing with toolpath bridges and resultant structure. United States: N. p., 2022.
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Kim, Seokpum, Kune, Vlastimil, Hassen, Ahmed A., Lindahl, John M., Post, Brian K., Roschli, Alex C., Chesser, Phillip C., Borish, Michael C., Dreifus, Gregory D., Love, Lonnie J., Blue, Craig A., & Beard, II, Bentley T. System and method for additive manufacturing with toolpath bridges and resultant structure. United States.
Kim, Seokpum, Kune, Vlastimil, Hassen, Ahmed A., Lindahl, John M., Post, Brian K., Roschli, Alex C., Chesser, Phillip C., Borish, Michael C., Dreifus, Gregory D., Love, Lonnie J., Blue, Craig A., and Beard, II, Bentley T. Tue .
"System and method for additive manufacturing with toolpath bridges and resultant structure". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1986976.
@article{osti_1986976,
title = {System and method for additive manufacturing with toolpath bridges and resultant structure},
author = {Kim, Seokpum and Kune, Vlastimil and Hassen, Ahmed A. and Lindahl, John M. and Post, Brian K. and Roschli, Alex C. and Chesser, Phillip C. and Borish, Michael C. and Dreifus, Gregory D. and Love, Lonnie J. and Blue, Craig A. and Beard, II, Bentley T.},
abstractNote = {A system and method for improving additive manufacturing, including additive manufacturing toolpaths, is provided. The system and method includes a toolpath generator that obtains initial toolpaths of an object, identifies isolated paths in the toolpaths, and adds bridge connections between neighboring isolated paths in each layer to improve the toolpaths. The bridge connections facilitate the continuous and non-stop deposition of each layer according to improved toolpaths during additive manufacture, which can reduce total deposition time and improve the resultant additive manufacture.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2022},
month = {12}
}
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