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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Scott Alan Gold, Waynesville, OH (US);
James Harding Shealy, Dayton, OH (US);
Jonathan William Ortner, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B23K 26/12 (2014.01); B28B 1/00 (2006.01); B28B 17/00 (2006.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B23K 26/123 (2013.01); B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B28B 1/001 (2013.01); B28B 17/0081 (2013.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B22F 2003/1056 (2013.01); B22F 2003/1057 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract
A method of controlling an additive manufacturing process in which a directed energy source is used to selectively fuse powdered material to form a workpiece, in the presence of a gas flow, the method including: using at least one gas flow sensor to generate at least one gas flow measurement; and controlling at least one aspect of the additive manufacturing process in response to the at least one gas flow measurement.