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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2018
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Kevin George Harding, Niskayuna, NY (US);
William Robert Ross, Rotterdam, NY (US);
Bryon Edward Knight, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Venkata Vijayaraghava Nalladega, Watervliet, NY (US);
Clifford Bueno, Halfmoon, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/03 (2006.01); G01N 23/04 (2018.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); G01N 23/203 (2006.01); G05B 19/4099 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/032 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); G01N 23/04 (2013.01); G01N 23/203 (2013.01); G05B 19/4099 (2013.01); B22F 2003/1056 (2013.01); B22F 2003/1057 (2013.01); B22F 2203/11 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
An additive manufacturing system includes at least one imaging device configured to direct electromagnetic radiation towards a build layer of a component positioned within a powder bed of the additive manufacturing system. The additive manufacturing system also includes at least one detector configured to detect the electromagnetic radiation that reflects from the build layer.