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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2016
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Pinghai Yang, Niskayuna, NY (US);

James William Sears, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Steven Charles Woods, Greenville, SC (US);

Michael Evans Graham, Bethlehem, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/386 (2017.01); G05B 19/4099 (2006.01); G01B 21/20 (2006.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); G01B 21/20 (2013.01); G05B 19/4099 (2013.01); G05B 2219/35134 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49023 (2013.01); Y02P 90/02 (2015.11);
Abstract

According to some embodiments, system and methods are provided comprising generating a nominal computer-aided design (CAD) image of a component; producing a physical representation of the component from the nominal CAD image using an additive manufacturing (AM) process; measuring the physical component to obtain measurement data; determining a deviation between geometry associated with the nominal CAD image and the obtained measurement data; determining a compensation field for the deviation, if the deviation is outside of a tolerance threshold; modifying the nominal CAD image by the compensation field; and producing a physical representation of the component from the modified nominal CAD image. Numerous other aspects are provided.


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