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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Eric Peter Goodwin, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Assignee:
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 10/368 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/80 (2021.01); B22F 12/30 (2021.01); B22F 12/41 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); B22F 10/85 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 10/368 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/80 (2021.01); B22F 12/30 (2021.01); B22F 12/41 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
The problem of measuring the temperature of a 3D printing process is addressed by systems and methods that apply imaging spectrometry to measure blackbody radiation emitted before, during, or after a 3D printing process. The systems and methods utilize a pair of lenses, a field stop, and a wavelength separator to direct a plurality of wavelengths corresponding to the blackbody radiation to pixels of an optical detector. The plurality of wavelengths are analyzed by a controller to determine the temperature of the 3D printed component.