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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
May. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Richard Martin Hutchison, Iola, WI (US);
Todd Gerald Batzler, Hortonville, WI (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/04 (2006.01); B23K 9/073 (2006.01); B23K 9/095 (2006.01); B23K 9/12 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/042 (2013.01); B23K 9/0732 (2013.01); B23K 9/0953 (2013.01); B23K 9/0956 (2013.01); B23K 9/125 (2013.01); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12);
Abstract
Disclosed is a welding system configured to perform additive manufacturing using a controlled short circuit welding process to apply a plurality of droplets of a wire to create a multilayer part comprised of the droplets. Operational parameters of the additive manufacturing system are dynamically adjusted based on data representing a temperature value and/or a geometric characteristic of the part. Based on the data, the controller can adjust one or more operational parameters to control application of droplets to build up the part.