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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
May. 29, 2002
Steven C. Low, Mesa, AZ (US);
Bryan E. Ake, Gilbert, AZ (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A temperature control system for use in a selective laser sintering machine is provided that comprises a thermocouple disposed within a part bed of the selective laser sintering machine and a temperature transmitter in communication with the thermocouple. The temperature transmitter is incorporated into existing control circuitry of the selective laser sintering machine, and the control circuitry is in communication with control logic, which controls the part bed temperature, among other process parameters. In operation, the thermocouple senses and communicates the part bed temperature to the temperature transmitter, and the control circuitry communicates the part bed temperature to the control logic to control part bed temperature during a part build.