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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
May. 08, 2023
Edison Welding Institute, Inc., Columbus, OH (US);
Jacob C. Hay, Columbus, OH (US);
Ajay Krishnan, Columbus, OH (US);
Ron Aman, Columbus, OH (US);
Stanley L. Ream, Columbus, OH (US);
Abstract
System and methods for evaluating build platform flatness and parallelism relative to a focal plane of a high-speed laser in high-speed laser motion systems, wherein the high-speed laser motion systems include the high-speed laser that generates a laser beam, and the build platform having a work plane, comprising positioning a plurality of pin-hole sensors within the focal plane of the high-speed laser, wherein each of the pin-hole sensors is positioned at a predetermined location; directing the laser beam to the predetermined locations of each pin-hole sensor; measuring a spot size of the laser beam at each pin-hole sensor, wherein the spot size at each pin-hole defining structure has a measureable diameter; comparing the measurable diameters obtained at each pin-hole sensor; and adjusting the work plane of the build platform to a position where the measurable diameters of the spot sizes are equal at each pin-hole sensor.