IP Library Granted Patent US 10,921,238
Granted Patent B2
US 10,921,238 · App. 16/189,161 · Granted Feb 16, 2021

Device for determining at least one component parameter of a plurality of, particularly additively manufactured, components

Inventor: Florian Pilzweger (Lichtenfels, DE)
Assignee: CONCEPT LASER GMBH
G01N21/01B29C64/153B29C64/268G01N9/00G01N15/088G01N21/5907B29C64/00B33Y30/00B33Y40/00B33Y80/00B33Y99/00G01N2021/0112
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Patent No.
US 10,921,238
App. No.
16/189,161
Granted
Feb 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Device ( 1 ) for determining at least one component parameter, particularly the density and/or a density-related parameter, of a plurality of, particularly additively manufactured, components ( 3 ), the device ( 1 ) comprising:—a supporting unit ( 2 ) configured to support a plurality of components ( 3 ) whose at least one component parameter is to be determined, the supporting unit ( 2 ) comprising a supporting unit base body ( 4 ) comprising a plurality of receiving sections ( 5 ) in a defined spatial relationship, whereby at least one receiving section ( 5 ) is configured to detachably receive a component ( 3 ) whose component parameter is to be determined; one component parameter of components ( 3 ) whose at least one component parameter is to be determined being received in respective receiving sections ( 5 ) of the supporting unit ( 2 ).

Claims (15)

1. A device for determining at least one component parameter of an additively manufactured component, the device comprising:

a supporting unit comprising a supporting unit base body comprising a plurality of receiving sections in a defined spatial relationship, wherein the plurality of receiving sections are each configured to detachably receive one of a plurality of components each having a plurality of component parameters;

a component parameter determining unit configured to determine at least one component parameter of the component when received in a respective receiving section.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the component parameter determining unit comprises at least one image recording unit configured to record images of components being received in respective receiving sections of the supporting unit base body, wherein the image recording unit is moveably supported relative to the supporting unit in at least one degree of freedom of motion.

3. The device according to claim 2 , further comprising a data processing unit configured to process image data provided by the image recording unit to determine the at least one component parameter of the components.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting unit comprises a plate-like supporting unit base body comprising the respective receiving sections and a plurality of openings spatially aligned with the respective receiving sections.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the openings have at least two portions of different cross-sectional geometry, wherein

a first portion comprises a first cross-sectional geometry for supporting a receiving body comprising at least one receiving section configured to receive a component whose at least one component parameter is to be determined; and

a second portion comprising a second cross-sectional geometry serves as a passage allowing for recording images of the component whose at least one component parameter is to be determined.

6. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the first portion comprises a larger cross-sectional area than the second portion.

7. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the supporting unit base body comprises wall elements delimiting respective openings.

8. The device according to claim 4 , wherein at least one receiving section comprises wall elements extending off a surface of the plate-like supporting unit base body.

9. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a setting device configured to set a defined spatial position and/or orientation of the supporting unit base body relative to the component parameter determining unit.

10. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the setting device comprises a number of setting elements configured to co-act with the supporting unit to set the supporting unit in a defined spatial position and/or orientation relative to the component parameter determining unit.

11. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one component parameter is a density of the component.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 28, 2020
From: CL SCHUTZRECHTSVERWALTUNGS GMBH; CONCEPT LASER GMBH
To: CONCEPT LASER GMBH
Reel/Frame 052048/0799 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2018
From: PILZWEGER, FLORIAN
To: CL SCHUTZRECHTSVERWALTUNGS GMBH
Reel/Frame 047491/0670 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 18154952 · Feb 2, 2018 · regional
Continuity (1)
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