Systems and Methods for Automated Deposition Additive Manufacturing

1 . A process of additive manufacturing comprising:

providing a geometry of a component to be printed;

providing a substrate;

acquiring a surface geometry of the substrate;

determining a series of individual deposition layers;

printing the component according to the series of individual deposition layers;

pausing the printing of the component with remaining unprinted individual deposition layers in the series;

evaluating a physical characteristics of the component; and

adjusting the remaining unprinted individual deposition layers based on the evaluated physical characteristics.

2 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the step of evaluating the physical characteristics comprises comparing the physical characteristics with the geometry of the component.

3 . The process of claim 1 , further comprising saving adjustments to the individual deposition layers.

4 . The process of claim 3 , wherein the step of saving is performed after the step of pausing.

5 . The process of claim 3 , wherein the step of determining the series of individual deposition layers comprises adjusting the geometry of the component based on a previous step of saving adjustments to the individual deposition layers.

6 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining the series of individual deposition layers comprises adjusting the geometry of the component based on the surface geometry of the substrate.

7 . A process of additive manufacturing comprising:

providing one or more component geometries;

printing one or more articles based on the one or more component geometries;

adjusting one or more print parameters;

recording the adjusted one or more print parameters; and

incorporating the recorded adjusted one or more print parameters into the one or more component geometries.

8 . The process of claim 7 , wherein the step of adjusting one or more print parameters occurs during the step of printing.

9 . The process of claim 8 , wherein adjusting one or more print parameters comprises evaluating a physical characteristic of the one or more articles.

10 . The process of claim 9 , further comprising pausing printing one or more articles to evaluate the physical characteristic of the one or more articles.

11 . The process of claim 7 , further comprising saving the recorded adjusted one or more print parameters.

12 . A process of additive manufacturing comprising:

providing a part;

providing one or more component geometries to be incorporated on the part;

determining a series of individual deposition patterns for each component geometry;

determine a plurality of depositions, wherein each deposition comprises the series of the deposition patterns, wherein the plurality of depositions incorporates a coordinated movement between a weld torch and the part; and

printing one or more components on the part by switching between components according to the plurality of depositions.

13 . The process of claim 12 , further comprising pausing the printing of one or more components to evaluate a physical characteristic of each component.

14 . The process of claim 13 , further comprising evaluating the physical characteristic each component to adjust one or more print parameters for each component.

15 . The process of claim 13 , wherein the physical characteristic of each component is saved.

16 . The process of claim 15 , wherein the saved physical characteristic of each component is compiled to form a print file for each component.

17 . The process of claim 16 , wherein the print file is incorporated into the component geometry.

18 . The process of claim 16 , wherein the print file is appended alongside the component geometry.

19 . The process of claim 12 , wherein the coordinated movement comprises tilting the substrate.

20 . The process of claim 12 , wherein the coordinated movement comprises tilting the weld torch.