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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2018
Applicant:
Nlight, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Victor, Camas, WA (US);
Robert Martinsen, Portland, OR (US);
Lynn Sheehan, Vancouver, WA (US);
Dahv A. V. Kliner, Portland, OR (US);
Roger Farrow, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
NLIGHT, INC., Vancouver, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/036 (2006.01); G02B 6/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); B29C 48/08 (2019.01); B23K 26/21 (2014.01); B23K 26/03 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); G02B 6/028 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/03611 (2013.01); B23K 26/032 (2013.01); B23K 26/034 (2013.01); B23K 26/0342 (2015.10); B23K 26/21 (2015.10); B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B29C 48/08 (2019.02); G02B 6/021 (2013.01); G02B 6/02347 (2013.01); G02B 6/02371 (2013.01); G02B 6/02395 (2013.01); G02B 6/262 (2013.01); G02B 6/4203 (2013.01); G02B 6/0288 (2013.01); G02B 6/03616 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for forming an article includes providing a material having a first material property; forming a melt pool by exposing the material to an optical beam having at least one beam characteristic, wherein the melt pool has at least one melt pool property determinative of a second material property of the material; and modifying the at least one beam characteristic in response to a change in the melt pool property.