Continuous toolpaths for additive manufacturing
Abstract
Toolpath generation for additive manufacturing systems involves operations on polygonal contours derived from a model for additively manufacturing a structure. One aspect involves modifying or creating a model to allow parts to be printed without starting and stopping the printing equipment by generating continuous toolpaths or toolpaths having a reduced number of isolated paths. Another aspect involves modifying a slicing engine to generate a continuous toolpath or toolpath having a reduced number of isolated paths based on a representation of an object to be additively manufactured. Another aspect involves selectively placing the gaps at alternating positions among the sliced layers to create a zippering effect.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1998295
- Patent Number(s):
- 11630439
- Application Number:
- 16/842,274
- Assignee:
- UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 04/07/2020
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Borish, Michael C., Roschli, Alex C., Post, Brian K., Chesser, Phillip C., and Kim, Seokpum. Continuous toolpaths for additive manufacturing. United States: N. p., 2023.
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Borish, Michael C., Roschli, Alex C., Post, Brian K., Chesser, Phillip C., & Kim, Seokpum. Continuous toolpaths for additive manufacturing. United States.
Borish, Michael C., Roschli, Alex C., Post, Brian K., Chesser, Phillip C., and Kim, Seokpum. Tue .
"Continuous toolpaths for additive manufacturing". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1998295.
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abstractNote = {Toolpath generation for additive manufacturing systems involves operations on polygonal contours derived from a model for additively manufacturing a structure. One aspect involves modifying or creating a model to allow parts to be printed without starting and stopping the printing equipment by generating continuous toolpaths or toolpaths having a reduced number of isolated paths. Another aspect involves modifying a slicing engine to generate a continuous toolpath or toolpath having a reduced number of isolated paths based on a representation of an object to be additively manufactured. Another aspect involves selectively placing the gaps at alternating positions among the sliced layers to create a zippering effect.},
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