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Patent No.:

US 12466134 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2024

Methods and apparatus for optimally positioning objects for automated machining

Applicant:

Fisher Controls International Llc, Marshalltown, IA (US);

Inventor:

Adam Boyle, Singapore, SG;

Assignee:

Fisher Controls International LLC, Marshalltown, IA (US);

Attorney:

Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Xiao S Zhao

Assistant Examiner:

Nicholas J Chidiac

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B22F 3/24 (2006.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/66 (2021.01); B22F 10/80 (2021.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B29C 64/40 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); G05B 19/4099 (2006.01); B22F 10/47 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B22F 3/24 (2013.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/66 (2021.01); B22F 10/80 (2021.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/40 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); G05B 19/4099 (2013.01); B22F 2003/247 (2013.01); B22F 10/47 (2021.01); G05B 2219/35123 (2013.01); G05B 2219/35162 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49023 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for optimally positioning objects for automated machining are described herein. An example build file generator described herein includes an object file manager to identify a first toolpath volume associated with a first object to be formed via an additive manufacturing (AM) process. The first toolpath volume is based on a first toolpath of a first post-manufacturing process to be used on the first object. The object file manager is also to identify a second toolpath volume associated with a second object to be formed via the AM process. The second toolpath volume is based on a second toolpath of a second post-manufacturing process to be used on the second object. The example build file generator also includes a layout determiner to determine a layout of the first and second objects to be formed on a substrate by the AM process based on the first and second toolpath volumes.

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