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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2015
Applicant:

Rolls-royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Inventors:

Eric E. Wilson, Mooresville, IN (US);

Geoffrey L. Gatton, Brownsburg, IN (US);

Robert F. Proctor, Carmel, IN (US);

Assignee:

Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/02 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B22F 2003/1057 (2013.01); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract

In some examples, a technique includes forming, on a surface of a first layer of material, a second layer of material using an additive manufacturing process. The technique also may include imaging the second layer using a laser imaging device to generate a second layer image. Further, the technique may include determining, by a computing device, whether a thickness of the second layer, in a direction substantially normal to the surface of the first layer of material, is within a defined range of thickness for the second layer.


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