Method and apparatus for controlling a 3D-printing device and 3D-printing device

US10549349B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Victor Balanica · Ingolstadt, DE
• Felix Buggenthin · Munich, DE
• Siegmund Düll · Hersbruck, DE
• Mitchell Joblin · Munich, DE
• Clemens Otte · Munich, DE
• Axel Reitinger · Munich, DE
• Michael Caelers · Norrköping, SE
• Jonas Eriksson · Finspång, SE
• Jerry Fornander · Finspång, SE
• Andreas Graichen · Finspång, SE
• Yi Huang · Shanghai, CN
• Vincent Sidenvall · Finspång, SE
• Sunil Viswanathan · Cypress, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 28, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 4, 2020
• Expiry date: Sep 28, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P10/25
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides an enhanced setup of a 3D-printing device, especially to a laser powder bed fusion 3D-printing device. It is for this purpose, that data relating to previously printed products are stored in a database. When a new product is to be printed, the features of the new product are matched with features of previously printed products stored in the database. Accordingly, a suggestion for setting-up the 3D-printing device based on corresponding previously printed products and their setup parameters can be automatically determined and applied to the 3D-printing device.