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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Dmg Mori Seiki Usa, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Nitin Chaphalkar, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Gregory A. Hyatt, South Barrington, IL (US);
DMG MORI SEIKI USA, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Abstract
A system is provided for manufacturing a part. The system includes a manufacturing machine that includes at least one additive manufacturing tool. The system further includes a computer numerical control (CNC) controller operatively associated with the manufacturing machine and configured to control the at least one additive manufacturing tool based on computer aided manufacturing (CAM) instructions. The system further includes a CAM controller operatively associated with the CNC controller and configured to determine the CAM instructions based on computer aided drafting (CAD) instructions, the CAM instructions including a plurality of CAM operation control functions, each of the plurality of CAM operation control functions correlated with at least one of a plurality of CAD operation control functions of the CAD instructions.