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US 12,296,533 · App. 18/440,868 · Granted May 13, 2025

Multi-sensor quality inference and control for additive manufacturing processes

Inventors: Vivek R. Dave (Concord, NH); David D. Clark (Santa Fe, NM); Matias Roybal (Santa Fe, NM); Mark J. Cola (Santa Fe, NM); Martin S. Piltch (Los Alamos, NM); R. Bruce Madigan (Butte, MT); Alberto Castro (Santa Fe, NM)
Assignee: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
B29C64/153B22F10/00B22F10/20B22F10/28B22F10/31B22F10/36B22F10/368B22F12/90B29C64/386B33Y50/02G05B19/41875B22F10/10B22F10/30B22F10/366B22F10/38B22F10/85B22F12/41B22F12/44B22F12/49B22F2999/00B29C64/393G05B2219/32194Y02P10/25
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Patent No.
US 12,296,533
App. No.
18/440,868
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention teaches a multi-sensor quality inference system for additive manufacturing. This invention still further teaches a quality system that is capable of discerning and addressing three quality issues: i) process anomalies, or extreme unpredictable events uncorrelated to process inputs; ii) process variations, or difference between desired process parameters and actual operating conditions; and iii) material structure and properties, or the quality of the resultant material created by the Additive Manufacturing process. This invention further teaches experimental observations of the Additive Manufacturing process made only in a Lagrangian frame of reference. This invention even further teaches the use of the gathered sensor data to evaluate and control additive manufacturing operations in real time.

Claims (34)

1. A manufacturing method comprising:

depositing a layer of material on a build plane;

melting a build region of the layer of material using a heat source that scans across the build region, wherein the heat source generates a weld pool at the layer of material;

monitoring an area of the build region with a first sensor;

monitoring the weld pool using a second sensor having a moving field of view that is co-linear with the heat source; and

calibrating, based on a phase change material property of the material, the second sensor with data acquired from the first sensor.

2. The manufacturing method of claim 1 wherein the calibrating is performed when the weld pool is within a field of view of the first sensor.

3. The manufacturing method of claim 1 wherein the layer of material comprises a metal.

4. The manufacturing method of claim 1 wherein the heat source comprises a laser.

5. The manufacturing method of claim 1 wherein the heat source is emitted from a scanning head that also receives optical radiation from the weld pool.

6. The manufacturing method of claim 5 wherein the received optical radiation is reflected to the second sensor via a partially reflective optic.

7. The manufacturing method of claim 1 wherein the first sensor is a pyrometer and the second sensor is a photodiode.

8. A manufacturing system, comprising:

a moving heat source configured to direct energy into a layer of material within a build region, the heat source generating a liquid pool where the heat source impinges the material;

a first sensor configured to acquire first sensor data associated with a portion of the build region;

a second optical sensor having a moving field of view that is co-linear with the heat source and configured to acquire second sensor data associated with the build region; and

a processor configured to receive first optical sensor data and second optical sensor data, and to calibrate, based on a phase change temperature of the material, the second optical sensor using the first sensor data.

9. The manufacturing system of claim 8 wherein the calibrating is performed when the liquid pool is within the portion of the build region.

10. The manufacturing system of claim 8 wherein the layer of material comprises a metal.

11. The manufacturing system of claim 8 wherein the moving heat source comprises a laser.

12. The manufacturing system of claim 8 wherein the heat source is emitted from a scanning head that also receives optical radiation from the liquid pool.

13. The manufacturing system of claim 12 wherein the received optical radiation is reflected to the second optical sensor via a partially reflective optic.

14. The manufacturing system of claim 8 wherein the first sensor is a pyrometer and the second sensor is a photodiode.

15. An additive manufacturing method, the method comprising:

depositing a layer of metal powder on a build plane;

moving a heat source across a processing region of the layer of metal powder, the heat source creating a moving molten region that fuses the layer of metal powder within the processing region;

recording first sensor data from a first sensor configured to receive optical input from a portion of the processing region;

recording second sensor data from a second sensor having a moving field of view that is co-linear with the heat source; and

adjusting the second sensor data based on the first sensor data, wherein the adjusting is based on a phase change temperature of the metal powder.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the adjusting is performed when the molten region is within the portion of the processing region.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the heat source comprises a laser.

18. The method of claim 15 wherein the heat source is emitted from a scanning head that also receives optical radiation from the molten region.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the received optical radiation is reflected to the second sensor via a partially reflective optic.

20. The method of claim 15 wherein the first sensor is a pyrometer and the second sensor is a photodiode.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2025
From: ROCHEFORT MANAGEMENT LLC
To: ACQUIOM AGENCY SERVICES LLC
Reel/Frame 073006/0590 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2025
From: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; CZV, INC.
To: ROCHEFORT MANAGEMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 070074/0290 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNOR NAME FROM SIGMA ADDITIVE SOLUTIONS, INC. TO SIGMA LABS, INC. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 66582 FRAME 766. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ORIGINAL ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 27, 2024
From: SIGMA LABS, INC.
To: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 068079/0865 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2024
From: DAVE, VIVEK R.; COLA, MARK J.; MADIGAN, R. BRUCE; CASTRO, ALBERTO; CLARK, DAVID D.; ROYBAL, MATIAS; PILTCH, MARTIN S.
To: SIGMA LABS, INC.
Reel/Frame 066455/0522 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2024
From: SIGMA ADDITIVE SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 066582/0766 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation 17943651 · Sep 13, 2022
Continuation 16987969 · Aug 7, 2020
Continuation 14945247 · Nov 18, 2015
Provisional Application 62235232 · Sep 30, 2015
Provisional Application 62185910 · Jun 29, 2015
Provisional Application 62081004 · Nov 18, 2014
Related Publication 20240326326A1 · Oct 3, 2024
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