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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Lpw Technology Ltd, Widnes, GB;
Inventor:
Ben Ferrar, Stoke on Trent, GB;
Assignee:
LPW Technology Ltd., Widnes, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B29C 64/171 (2017.01); G05B 19/4099 (2006.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B22F 10/73 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 12/67 (2021.01); B22F 10/39 (2021.01); B22F 10/85 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/4099 (2013.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/171 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/39 (2021.01); B22F 10/73 (2021.01); B22F 10/85 (2021.01); B22F 12/67 (2021.01); B29L 2031/7174 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A method of additive manufacture involves building a containerand a structure by fusing powder, such that the container contains the structure and unfused powder. The containermay be used in a method for predicting powder degradation in an additive manufacturing process. Containers containing different types of structure may be built to measure the effect of building different types of structures on powder degradation. A structure to be built may be characterised by classes of structural features it contains and information obtained used from building containers used to predict how building the structure will degrade powder.