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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2021
Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;
Matthew James Prentice, Preston, GB;
Steven Robert Barnes, Balderstone, GB;
Austin James Cook, Balderstone, GB;
Stephen Arthur Morgan, Bristol, GB;
BAE Systems plc, London, GB;
Abstract
A method of estimating a property of an article manufactured, at least in part, by additive manufacturing, AM, preferably directed energy deposition, DED, and/or powder bed fusion, PBF, is described. The method implemented, at least in part, by a computer comprising a processor and a memory. The method comprises: obtaining a set of in-process parameters of the AM of the article, wherein respective parameters of the set thereof have positional information associated therewith; inferring a set of attributes of the article corresponding to the set of in-process parameters, wherein respective attributes of the set thereof have the positional information associated therewith; and estimating the property of the article based, at least in part, on the inferred set of attributes.