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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2014
Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;
Mark Alfred Potter, Preston, GB;
BAE SYSTEMS PLC, London, GB;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for producing an object () comprising providing a digital model () of the object () that is to be produced; using the digital model, identifying one or more parts () of the object () that satisfy certain criteria; for each identified part (), adjusting, in the digital model (), the thickness of that part () to satisfy further criteria, thereby producing an updated model; performing a first production process to produce the part or parts () of the object () that do not satisfy the criteria, thereby producing an initial object (); performing an Additive Manufacturing process to add, to the initial object (), the one or more identified parts (), thereby producing the object (). The initial object () and identified parts () are made of the same material. The first production process is different to the Additive Manufacturing process.