Title:
APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESS MONITORING AND CONTROL IN AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/070905
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Apparatuses, systems and methods capable of controlling an additive manufacturing print process on an additive manufacturing printer. The disclosed embodiments may include: a plurality of sensors capable of monitoring at least one of an input of print filament to a print head of the printer, and a temperature of a nozzle of the printer, as indicative of a state of the additive manufacturing print process; at least one processor associated with at least one controller and capable of receiving sensor data regarding the monitoring from the plurality of sensors, and comprising non-transitory computing code for applying to the sensor data at least one correct one of the state of the additive manufacturing print process; a comparator embedded in the non-transitory computing code for assessing a lack of compliance of the print process to the correct one of the state; and at least one modifying output of the at least one controller to revise the compliance of the print process to the correct one of the state.
Inventors:
MACNEISH WILLIAM J (US)
GJOVIK ERIK (US)
GJOVIK ERIK (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2018/054241
Publication Date:
May 16, 2019
Filing Date:
October 03, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
JABIL INC (US)
International Classes:
B29C64/393; B29C64/118; B29C64/209; B33Y10/00; B33Y30/00; B33Y50/02
Foreign References:
| US20160046081A1 | 2016-02-18 | |||
| US20160283833A1 | 2016-09-29 | |||
| KR20160118606A | 2016-10-12 | |||
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Other References:
See also references of EP 3691872A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MCWILLIAMS, Thomas J. (US)
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