Zyvex Corporation

Southern Methodist University

Zoran Jandric

Rahul Saini

David William Tuggle

Ivan Kmecko

Radovan Kovacevic

Michael E Valant

A microcolumn including an assembly substrate and a plurality of beam modification components. The assembly substrate includes a plurality of sockets, and the beam modification components each include a connector coupled to a corresponding one of the sockets. Assembly of the beam modification components to the assembly substrate may employ automation and/or automated calibration, including automated motion of robotic stages in a substantially automated manner.

Compact microcolumn for automated assembly

A microcolumn including a plurality of beam modification components coupled to an assembly substrate, wherein the plurality of beam modification components includes: (1) an extractor component; (2) a first focusing electrode component; (3) a first anode component; (4) a first deflector component; (5) a second focusing electrode component; (6) a second deflector component; (7) a third focusing electrode component; (8) a third deflector component; (9) a second anode component; (10) a fourth focusing electrode component; and (11) a third anode component. The beam modification components may be ordered on the substrate in this sequence or other sequences.

MEMS based charged particle deflector design

According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for controlling operational weld parameters of a welding-based deposition process includes generating a solid model representing a three-dimensional part on a computer, electronically slicing the solid model into a plurality of electronic two-dimensional layers, identifying a path of material deposition based on the electronic two-dimensional layers, the path comprising a plurality of deposition points, and determining a geometrical factor for each deposition point. The geometrical factor is defined by a ratio of an actual volume of material around each deposition point to a theoretical volume of material around each deposition point. The method further includes automatically adjusting, during material deposition for a respective deposition point, one or more parameters of the welding-based deposition process based on the geometrical factor for the respective deposition point.

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