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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10786866 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 27, 2017

Inspecting and repairing device of additive manufacturing technology and method thereof

Applicant:

Tongtai Machine & Tool Co., Ltd., Kaohsiung, TW;

Inventors:

Yi-Hsien Chen, Kaohsiung, TW;

Hsin-Pao Chen, Kaohsiung, TW;

Jui-Hsiung Yen, Kaohsiung, TW;

Assignee:

TONGTAI MACHINE & TOOL CO., LTD., Kaohsiung, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Jacob T Minskey

Assistant Examiner:

Virak Nguon

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/03 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/188 (2017.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B29C 64/227 (2017.01); B29C 64/268 (2017.01); B29C 73/24 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/032 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/188 (2017.08); B29C 64/227 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 64/268 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B29C 73/24 (2013.01); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B22F 2003/1057 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0838 (2013.01); B29C 2793/00 (2013.01); B29C 2793/009 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12);
Abstract

An inspecting and repairing device of additive manufacturing technology and a method thereof are provided. The inspecting and repairing device has a powder bed unit, a repairing unit, and an inspection unit. The powder bed unit has a powder platform, a powder spreading mechanism and a laser unit. The repairing unit has a processing mechanism. The inspection unit has a camera and a controller. According to an image of the powder platform captured by the camera, the controller can determine whether spreading powders, whether being overcome a powder spreading defect, or whether driving the processing mechanism to repair a surface of a workpiece.

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