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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Alfonso Alexander Perez, West Palm Beach, FL (US);
Christopher Michael Haid, Bolton, MA (US);
Mateo Pena Doll, Elk, CA (US);
Forrest W. Pieper, Nederland, CO (US);
Assignee:
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); B29C 47/10 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); B29C 47/00 (2006.01); B29C 47/08 (2006.01); B29C 47/86 (2006.01); B29C 47/92 (2006.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B29C 64/112 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 47/1045 (2013.01); B29C 47/0002 (2013.01); B29C 47/0014 (2013.01); B29C 47/0806 (2013.01); B29C 47/0866 (2013.01); B29C 47/862 (2013.01); B29C 47/92 (2013.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B29C 64/112 (2017.08); G05B 19/41875 (2013.01); B29C 2947/926 (2013.01); B29C 2947/9258 (2013.01); B29C 2947/92571 (2013.01); B29C 2947/92904 (2013.01); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); G05B 2219/32222 (2013.01); Y02P 90/14 (2015.11); Y02P 90/18 (2015.11); Y02P 90/265 (2015.11);
Abstract
Automatic process control of additive manufacturing. The system includes an additive manufacturing device for making an object and a local network computer controlling the device. At least one camera is provided with a view of a manufacturing volume of the device to generate network accessible images of the object. The computer is programmed to stop the manufacturing process when the object is defective based en the images of the object.