Optimal toolpath generation system and method for additively manufactured composite materials
US11084223B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 20, 2018 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2113/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a system for optimizing an additive manufacturing (AM) process. The system may use a printing component for using a material to form a component in a layer-by-layer process. An electronic controller may control movement of one of the printing component or a substrate on which the component is being formed, in a manner to optimize a toolpath for the printing component as each layer of the component is formed. Optimization operations are performed using an optimization subsystem which enables manufacturability constraints, as well as optimized toolpaths for each layer of the component, to be defined using contours of a level-set function. The level-set function may be used to define the optimized toolpaths within a fixed, predetermined grid, and the optimized toolpaths then used to generate suitable code for controlling movement of the printing component relative to the substrate to create the part or structure in a layer-by-layer process, using the optimized toolpaths.
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