Patent · US Active

Imaging devices for use with additive manufacturing systems and methods of monitoring and inspecting additive manufacturing components

US10773336B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Kevin George Harding · Ann Arbor, US
William Robert Ross · Kinderhook, US
Bryon Edward Knight · Charlton, US
Venkata Vijayaraghava Nalladega · Watervliet, US
Clifford Bueno · Clifton Park, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 10, 2018
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 18, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P10/25
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An additive manufacturing system includes at least one imaging device configured to direct electromagnetic radiation towards a build layer of a component positioned within a powder bed of the additive manufacturing system. The additive manufacturing system also includes at least one detector configured to detect the electromagnetic radiation that reflects from the build layer.

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