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Title: Method for rapid development of additive manufacturing parameter set

Abstract

An apparatus includes a control system that defines a test part having multiple features of multiple feature types. The control system controls an additive manufacturing (AM) machine to print multiple copies of the test part, with each copy being printed according to a respective set of values used as printing parameters. A measurement system obtains a computed tomography (CT) image of each of the copies of the test part. An analysis system, for each of the plurality of feature types, analyzes the CT images to identify a selected set of values for the printing parameters. The analysis system identifies a portion of the CT image related to a first feature and assesses its density based on an average grayscale value. The AM machine is then controlled to print production parts according to, for each feature type of the production parts, the selected set of values for the printing parameters.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology, LLC, North Maple Grove, MN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1998325
Patent Number(s):
11633790
Application Number:
17/777,598
Assignee:
Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology, LLC (Maple Grove, MN); UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; NFE-19-07705
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 11/18/2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Bhattad, Pradeep, Brackman, Paul, Frederick, Curtis, Bauza, Marcin B., Santos, Edson Costa, Dehoff, Ryan, Plotkowski, Alex, Lisovich, Aleksandr, and Tenboer, Jason James. Method for rapid development of additive manufacturing parameter set. United States: N. p., 2023. Web.
Bhattad, Pradeep, Brackman, Paul, Frederick, Curtis, Bauza, Marcin B., Santos, Edson Costa, Dehoff, Ryan, Plotkowski, Alex, Lisovich, Aleksandr, & Tenboer, Jason James. Method for rapid development of additive manufacturing parameter set. United States.
Bhattad, Pradeep, Brackman, Paul, Frederick, Curtis, Bauza, Marcin B., Santos, Edson Costa, Dehoff, Ryan, Plotkowski, Alex, Lisovich, Aleksandr, and Tenboer, Jason James. Tue . "Method for rapid development of additive manufacturing parameter set". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1998325.
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title = {Method for rapid development of additive manufacturing parameter set},
author = {Bhattad, Pradeep and Brackman, Paul and Frederick, Curtis and Bauza, Marcin B. and Santos, Edson Costa and Dehoff, Ryan and Plotkowski, Alex and Lisovich, Aleksandr and Tenboer, Jason James},
abstractNote = {An apparatus includes a control system that defines a test part having multiple features of multiple feature types. The control system controls an additive manufacturing (AM) machine to print multiple copies of the test part, with each copy being printed according to a respective set of values used as printing parameters. A measurement system obtains a computed tomography (CT) image of each of the copies of the test part. An analysis system, for each of the plurality of feature types, analyzes the CT images to identify a selected set of values for the printing parameters. The analysis system identifies a portion of the CT image related to a first feature and assesses its density based on an average grayscale value. The AM machine is then controlled to print production parts according to, for each feature type of the production parts, the selected set of values for the printing parameters.},
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