The Boeing Company

Jennifer Creamer

Zachary Benjamin Renwick

Joseph Costanzo

A system and method for in-process inspection of a fused-filament fabricated part comprises an extrusion head and an associated laser profilometer for scanning and generating two-dimensional surface scans of additively deposited layers of the fused-filament fabricated part following material deposition of the layer by the extrusion head and prior to the deposition of subsequent layers. The surface scans are used to inspect the fused-filament fabricated part for defects during, or subsequent to, the fabrication of the part, either layer-by-layer or through a reconstruction of the part in three dimensions.

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St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Jennifer Creamer