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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Andrew J. Martin, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Mackenzie Ryan Redding, Mason, OH (US);
Justin Mamrak, Loveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B23K 26/042 (2014.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B23K 26/70 (2014.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B22F 10/20 (2021.01); B23K 15/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/06 (2014.01); B23K 26/14 (2014.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); B23K 26/03 (2006.01); B23K 26/082 (2014.01); B23K 26/12 (2014.01); B22F 10/30 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 10/20 (2021.01); B23K 15/0086 (2013.01); B23K 15/0093 (2013.01); B23K 26/0006 (2013.01); B23K 26/03 (2013.01); B23K 26/042 (2015.10); B23K 26/0604 (2013.01); B23K 26/0643 (2013.01); B23K 26/082 (2015.10); B23K 26/127 (2013.01); B23K 26/14 (2013.01); B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B23K 26/70 (2015.10); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B22F 10/30 (2021.01); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); Y02P 10/25 (2015.11);
Abstract
A method of controlling an additive manufacturing process in which one or more energy beams are used to selectively fuse a powder to form a workpiece, in the presence of one or more plumes generated by interaction of the one or more energy beams with the powder. The method includes controlling at least one of: a trajectory of the one or more plumes, and the one or more energy beams, so as to prevent the one or more energy beams from intersecting the one or more plumes.