32167results about "Additive manufacturing apparatus" patented technology

A dental attachment placement device comprises a plurality of articulated registration elements shaped for placement on a plurality of teeth, which can facilitate placement, accommodate tooth movement, and improve alignment of the registration elements with the teeth, so as to accurately position an attachment for placement. The plurality of registration elements may comprise one or more attachment supports and one or more retention supports extending from the plurality of registration elements. A dental attachment can be removably coupled to the attachment support. The plurality of registration elements and attachment supports may be located on opposing sides of one or more teeth in order to maintain placement prior to adhering the attachment to the tooth. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of registration elements comprises a tooth registration surface shaped to engage the tooth with a specific position and orientation for accurate positioning of the attachment.

The invention relates to the technical field of 3D printing models, in particular to a 3D printing model slice feature compensation method and system and a medium. The method comprises the following steps that a 3D printing model is collected, a model feature skeleton is split, transverse slice features are generated, then a 3D printing environment is collected, virtual simulation is carried out, environment stress analysis is carried out on the skeleton slice features to obtain environment stress data, then deformation scale deduction and thermal deformation prediction are carried out based on the environment stress data, and a thermal deformation model is obtained. On the basis, reverse deformation simulation is carried out, deformation repair requirements are evaluated, a deformation compensation path is planned, finally, compensation simulation of a model feature skeleton is achieved, non-target deformation is analyzed, a compensation path is adjusted, and therefore the feature compensation method is optimized. According to the 3D printing model slice feature compensation method, the accuracy and quality of the 3D printing model are integrally improved.

A method for performing an automated additive manufacturing (AM) process comprises obtaining a current state that includes a set of first AM factors and a set of first characteristics, which are geometric or physical properties of a first AM output are generated using the first AM factors. The current state is provided to a reinforcement learning (RL) framework designed to adjust welding parameters in real-time based on the current state and reward feedback. The RL framework includes an actor network and a critic network, and safety limits are enforced through a custom loss function. The first AM factors are updated based on the critic network's evaluation, resulting in second AM factors used to perform the second AM process and generate a second AM output.

The invention relates to the technical field of additive manufacturing, and particularly discloses a real-time defect detection and in-situ repair method and device in the additive manufacturing process, and the method comprises the steps that a multi-mode sensing system is integrated on additive manufacturing equipment, the multi-mode sensing system comprises a high-resolution CCD camera, a laser scanner and a thermal infrared imager, and data acquisition is synchronized; a hierarchical scanning strategy is adopted, two-dimensional surface images, three-dimensional point cloud data and thermal field distribution information are collected before and after each layer is machined, and the data synchronization precision is smaller than 0.1 ms; according to the invention, a multi-modal sensing system and an advanced algorithm are integrated, so that real-time detection and accurate repair of defects are successfully realized; a high-resolution CCD camera, a laser scanner, a thermal infrared imager and other sensors are adopted, a cross-scale RANSAC algorithm and a depth feature fusion network are combined, surface and internal defects are accurately detected, and laser remelting parameters are adjusted in real time for in-situ repair.

A component includes a body having a coupon opening defined therein, and an additively manufactured (AM) metal coupon including a dense region, a porous region adjacent the dense region, and a coupon outer surface. The porous region has a first cross-sectional area at a first location at or near the coupon outer surface and a second cross-sectional area less than the first cross-sectional area at a second location distal from the coupon outer surface. A braze material couples the metal coupon in the coupon opening and infiltrates into the porous region, e.g., based at least on a characteristic of the porosity thereof. The dense region may have a third cross-sectional area at the first location and a fourth cross-sectional area greater than the third cross-sectional area at the second location so it can direct the braze material in the porous region toward an inner surface of the coupon opening.

An information technology system for a distributed manufacturing network includes an additive manufacturing management platform configured to manage process and production workflows for a set of distributed manufacturing network entities through design, modeling, printing, and supply chain stages. The information technology system includes an artificial intelligence system configured to learn on a training set of outcomes, parameters, and data collected from the set of distributed manufacturing network entities of the distributed manufacturing network to optimize digital production processes and workflows. The information technology system includes a distributed ledger system integrated with a digital thread configured to provide unified views of workflow and transaction information to entities in the distributed manufacturing network.

The invention relates to a laser arc wire powder simultaneous feeding coaxial deposition head, and belongs to the technical field of additive equipment, the laser arc wire powder simultaneous feeding coaxial deposition head comprises a plurality of coaxial powder feeding nozzles and a mounting seat, the plurality of coaxial powder feeding nozzles are jointly mounted on the mounting seat, the mounting seat is provided with a plurality of lens group modules, and the lens group modules are in one-to-one correspondence with the coaxial powder feeding nozzles; the lens group module is connected with a laser, a wire tube fixing part is mounted on the mounting seat, a wire guide tube is fixed in the wire tube fixing part, a wire feeding assembly is connected to the mounting seat, an electrifying tube is arranged on the wire feeding assembly, and the wire feeding assembly, the electrifying tube and the wire guide tube are jointly provided with an insulating assembly; an annular powder feeding channel is arranged in the coaxial powder feeding nozzle around the central axis of the coaxial powder feeding nozzle. The material adding equipment can carry out various material adding processes such as electric arc fuse wire material adding, laser fuse wire material adding, laser powder feeding material adding, laser electric arc composite wire feeding material adding and laser electric arc composite wire powder simultaneous feeding material adding, has the characteristics of light weight and high integration level, and has the effects of improving the deposition efficiency and reducing the energy consumption.

The invention discloses an airspace engine 3D printing deformation compensation method. The method comprises the following steps that S1, a three-dimensional CAD model is constructed, and a printing layer set is generated; s2, obtaining residual stress tensor fields of the current printing layer and the historical printing layer; s3, constructing a stress shadow mapping tensor; s4, inputting the stress shadow mapping tensor and the current printing layer parameter into the reverse stress propagation neural network model, and outputting a deformation prediction vector field; s5, performing geometric compensation processing on the geometric area of the printing layer according to the deformation prediction vector field; s6, generating a printing code according to the compensated geometric model; and S7, carrying out error comparison on the actual deformation vector field and the overall prediction deformation vector field, if the error is greater than a preset tolerance threshold value, feeding back error information to the step S5, and repeatedly executing the steps S5 to S7 until the error vector field does not exceed the tolerance threshold value. According to the method, residual stress modeling and the reverse stress propagation neural network are fused, and 3D printing deformation compensation of the airspace engine is achieved.

A friction stir additive manufacturing system is provided. In one aspect, the system includes a spindle configured to rotate about a central axis, and a housing configured to receive at least a portion of the spindle, the housing configured to remain stationary relative to the spindle. The housing includes a wire inlet extending between an exterior surface of the housing and an interior surface of the housing, and a track extending from the wire inlet and partially around a circumference of an interior surface of the housing. The system also includes a feeding system configured to receive a wire from a roller and feed the wire through the wire inlet and into the track of the housing.

The invention belongs to the technical field of aerogel materials, and particularly relates to antistatic aerogel for 3D printing as well as a preparation method and application of the antistatic aerogel. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) dispersing inorganic nanoparticles modified by a silane coupling agent containing epoxy groups and an aniline monomer in an acidic solvent to obtain a monomer mixed solution; (2) stirring and dissolving polyamide in the monomer mixed solution; (3) initiating a reaction to obtain a polyaniline modified polyamide solution; and (4) freeze-drying to obtain the antistatic aerogel for 3D printing. By controlling synthesis conditions, a core-shell structure of acid-doped polyaniline coated inorganic nanoparticles is formed, and a good conductive path is formed in polyamide with a small addition amount of polyaniline. The antistatic aerogel for 3D printing can be applied to technologies such as photocuring molding and fused deposition of polyurethane resin in a 3D printing technology, and the antistatic property and the mechanical property of a 3D printed product are improved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of aerogel materials, and particularly relates to high-performance antistatic aerogel for 3D printing as well as a preparation method and application thereof. According to the invention, inorganic hollow nanoparticles are selected as a nucleating modifier for in-situ polymerization of aniline monomers in a polyamide solution, so that polyaniline-coated inorganic hollow nanoparticles are uniformly dispersed in polyamide, and the aerogel composite material with polyamide as a continuous phase and polyaniline-coated inorganic hollow nanoparticles as a conductive and reinforced phase is formed. The use of the hollow inorganic nanoparticles avoids the problem that the solid inorganic nanoparticles lose the characteristics of the inorganic nanoparticles due to high specific gravity and high surface energy, and easy agglomeration or adsorption with other substances in the preparation process of the solid inorganic nanoparticles. The inorganic hollow nanoparticles are adopted as a nucleating modifier, so that the problems of agglomeration of solid nanoparticles and dispersion in a polyamide matrix are well solved.

Systems and methods for designing and implementing patient-specific surgical procedures and / or medical devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a patient data set of a patient. The patient data set is compared to a plurality of reference patient data sets, wherein each of the plurality of reference patient data sets is associated with a corresponding reference patient. A subset of the plurality of reference patient data sets is selected based, at least partly, on similarity to the patient data set and treatment outcome of the corresponding reference patient. Based on the selected subset, at least one surgical procedure or medical device design for treating the patient is generated.

A friction stir additive welding screw is provided. In one aspect, the friction stir additive welding screw includes a first portion configured to be coupled to a friction stir additive welding device, and a second portion configured to penetrate a work-piece. The second portion includes a plurality of large threads, each large thread extending in a generally longitudinal direction. The second portion also includes a plurality of fine threads positioned along an edge of each large thread, and a plurality of teeth at a tip of second portion.

The invention belongs to the technical field of polymer preparation, and particularly relates to a curved-surface polyaniline modified 3D printing polyurethane material and application thereof. According to the preparation method, an ice crystal hard template method and a polyether glycol soft template method are combined, so that the microstructure of polyaniline is adjusted, and the curved polyaniline with regular morphology is prepared. The curved-surface arc-shaped structure has a large specific surface area, can form more contact sites with resin when being directly melt-blended with the resin, is beneficial to construction of a conductive path, and is not easy to agglomerate due to the curved-surface structure. The polyaniline with the arc-shaped structure is of a three-dimensional space structure and is directly blended with the resin to form a randomly arranged conductive network structure, so that the composite material is not easy to break when being impacted, and can be better embedded between the resin to form a stress transfer channel, and a complex three-dimensional network structure is constructed; the mechanical property and the antistatic capability of the product are improved.

A robot fleet management platform includes a job configuration system that determines tasks to be performed by robots of a robot fleet based on a job request and a first fleet objective. A proxy service applies fleet configuration services to the tasks to produce a data structure. An intelligence layer activates intelligence services to produce a robot task and associated contextual information that facilitates robot selection and task ordering. A job workflow system generates a workflow defining a performance order of the tasks. A workflow simulation system simulates performance of the job request based on the workflow to recursively redefine the tasks, the data structure, or the workflow until the simulation result satisfies a second fleet objective. In response to the simulation result satisfying the set of fleet objectives, a plan generator generates a job execution plan based on the set of robot tasks, the data structure, and the workflow.

The invention discloses a 3D printing layered honeycomb sandwich panel and a processing method thereof. The processing method comprises the steps that a digital forming platform is constructed, process parameters are initialized, a functional interface layer is laid on a printing substrate in advance, a three-dimensional model is generated, and the printing substrate is divided into a plurality of gradient areas; collaborative printing of a lower panel structure is executed, and a composite panel base body is formed by adopting a multi-nozzle alternate deposition process; according to the characteristics of the divided gradient areas, honeycomb units are formed layer by layer by dynamically controlling printing rheological parameters, and a gradient honeycomb core layer is constructed; the cooperative growth of the upper panel and the gradient honeycomb core layer is realized by adopting a rotary incongruous printing strategy; the performance of the core layer material is regulated and controlled through a multi-stage heat treatment process, and the functional interface layer is activated to obtain the honeycomb sandwich panel; according to the honeycomb sandwich board, the mechanical property customized distribution of the honeycomb core layer is realized, the surface-core interface bonding strength is improved by combining the directional activation mechanism of the micro interlocking structure and the functional interface layer, and the honeycomb sandwich board with high mechanical property and thermal stability is provided.

A friction stir additive welding device configured to join a first work-piece and second work-piece is provided. In one aspect, the device includes a nosecone including a channel extending along a central axis and configured to receive a rotating screw. The device also includes a slot including a first opening in an outer sidewall of the nosecone, a second opening in a wall of the channel of the nosecone, and a passageway through the nosecone between the first opening and the second opening. The slot is configured to receive a portion of a structure positioned between the first work-piece and the second work-piece.

A metal coupon (200) for repairing a component (202) includes an additively manufactured (AM) metal member (210) having at least two porous regions (300) and a braze material infiltration barrier (304) positioned between the at least two porous regions (300). The braze material infiltration barrier (304) has a lower porosity than the at least two porous regions (300). A component (202) using the metal coupon (200) may also include a braze material (310) coupling the metal coupon (200) in a coupon opening (204) in the body (206). The braze material (310) infiltrates at least one of the two porous regions (300), and the braze material infiltration barrier (304) separates the braze material (310) in the at least one of the two porous regions (300) from at least one other of the at least two porous regions (300). Different braze materials may be used in each porous region.

An additive manufactured (AM) metal coupon for a turbomachine component is provided. The component includes an airfoil body having a pressure side, a suction side, a trailing edge, and a coupon opening. The AM metal coupon has an AM metal member with at least one slanted coupon side wall at an angle of less than 90° with an exterior surface of the AM metal member. The AM metal member also has a first porous region having a first porosity and a second porous region having a second porosity different than the first porosity. A braze material couples the AM metal coupon in the coupon opening in the airfoil body and infiltrates into at least one of the first porous region based at least on a characteristic of the first porosity and the second porous region based at least on a characteristic of the second porosity.

A metal coupon includes an additively manufactured (AM) metal member having a porous region having between 2% to 50% open space volume to total volume. The metal coupon includes a first section of an anchor configured to interact with a second section of the anchor in a coupon opening of a body of a component. A component including the metal coupon may include the body including the coupon opening, and an anchor including a first section in or on one of the AM metal coupon and the body and a second section in or on the other of the AM metal coupon and the body. At least the first and second sections cooperatively hold the AM metal coupon in the coupon opening in the body. Braze material couples the coupon in the coupon opening in the body. The braze material infiltrates into the porous region.

A friction stir additive welding device configured to join a first work-piece and second work-piece is provided. In one aspect, the device includes a nosecone having a sidewall extending from a first end to a second end, a channel extending from the first end to the second end along a longitudinal axis of the nosecone, and a screw positioned within the channel. The first end is configured to couple the nosecone to a robotic arm and the second end has a surface configured to be advanced along a weld line between the first and second work-pieces. A central axis of the screw defines an angle that is less than 90 degrees relative to a plane that is perpendicular to surfaces of the first and second work-pieces as the surface of the nosecone advances along the weld line.

The invention belongs to the technical field of 3D printing, and particularly relates to a 3D printing control method based on multi-material gradient transition, which comprises the steps of model processing, multi-material distribution, path planning, dynamic parameter control, online monitoring and feedback optimization. According to the method, through dynamic mixing of a nonlinear gradient function and multiple materials, limitation of traditional discrete material switching is broken through, continuous smooth transition of material attributes is achieved, printing parameters are dynamically adjusted, and the forming consistency of gradient materials under complex working conditions is remarkably improved; local strengthening is carried out according to the thermodynamic property difference of a multi-material interface, interface embrittlement caused by a traditional single process is avoided, the curing degree is detected in real time through a spectrum sensor, the problem that the curing degree of a traditional light curing process is uncontrollable is solved by combining partitioned UV light intensity adjustment and control, and precise gradient forming of a soft and hard alternate structure is achieved.

A metal coupon for repairing a component includes an additively manufactured (AM) metal member having a conduit in an interior of the AM metal member, and a first porous region around the conduit. The conduit is hollow. The porous metal coupon with conduit allows a braze material to be directed based on characteristics of the first porous region. A second porous region may be provided inside the conduit to increase heat rejection of the conduit.

The present disclosure relates to a method of using a metal specimen block having a porous region for a component. A method of coupling a metal sample block (200) to a component (202) may include additive manufacturing a metal sample block (200) having a first porous region (300A) having a first porosity and a second porous region (300B) having a second porosity different from the first porosity. A metal specimen block (200) is positioned in a specimen block opening (204) in a body (206) of the component (202). The metallic sample block (200) may be infiltrated with a braze material (310) to couple the metallic sample block (200) in a sample block opening (204) in the body (206). The one or more brazing materials (310) are infiltrated into at least one of the first porous region (300A) and the second porous region (300B) based at least on a characteristic of the first porosity and at least on a characteristic of the second porosity. The cured braze material (310) includes different segments having different physical properties based on different porosities and / or different braze materials.

A component includes a dense base region, a dense replacement region and an additively manufactured (AM) porous region between the dense base region and the dense replacement region. The porous region has a porosity between 2% to 50% open space volume to total volume of the AM porous region. The porous region can be printed onto the base region or the replacement region. A braze material couples the base region, the porous region and the replacement region together, and infiltrates into the porous region based at least on a characteristic of the porosity. The porous region reduces stress at a joint between the dense regions and can be customized to create different physical characteristic(s) than just those of the base and replacement regions.

A component (202) is disclosed that includes a body (206) and an additive manufactured (AM) metal mass (200) that includes a first section (292) and a stress relief section (294). The stress relief section (294) includes a porous region (300) having a porosity in which an open spatial volume accounts for 2% to 50% of the total volume of the stress relief section (294). The stress relief section (294) has a smaller at least one of thermal conductivity, tensile strength, ductility, and fatigue strength than the first section (292). A braze material (310) couples the AM metal specimen block (200) to a specimen block opening (204) in the body (206). The stress relief section (294) creates a low stress zone in the metal specimen block (200), which can be located near or adjacent to a high stress zone. The stress relief section (294) reduces residual stress in the metal sample block (200), which reduces related challenges to couple the metal sample block (200) to the body (206) of the component (202), particularly in the case of the use of superalloy materials.

A component includes a body and an additively manufactured (AM) metal coupon that includes at least one first porous region having a first porosity and may include any number of second porous regions having a second porosity different than the first porosity. A braze material couples the metal coupon in a coupon opening in the body. The braze material infiltrates into at least one of the first porous region based at least on a characteristic of the first porosity or any second porous region based at least on a characteristic of the second porosity. The different porosities can be customized to provide the first porous region and the second porous region with the braze material therein with different physical characteristic(s).

A metal coupon for repairing a component includes an additively manufactured (AM) metal member having a low porosity region in an interior of the AM metal member, and a porous region around the low porosity region. The low porosity region may have a porosity in a range of 0% to 5%, so is solid or nearly solid. The porous metal coupon with low porosity region allows braze material to be directed based on characteristics of the porous region.

Disclosed herein is an orthopedic implant device comprising a porous structure, approximating the shape of a bone, and having modulus of elasticity similar to that of said bone. In one embodiment, further disclosed herein is a method of treating injuries or diseases affecting bones or muscles comprising providing an orthopedic implant device, wherein the orthopedic implant device comprising a porous structure, approximating the shape of a bone, and having a modulus of elasticity similar to that of bone, and using the orthopedic implant device to treat injuries and diseases affecting bones and muscles in a mammal. In another embodiment, disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing an orthopedic implant device using an additive manufacturing (AM) method.

A friction stir additive manufacturing system configured to extrude a material is provided. In one aspect, the system includes a spindle configured to rotate about a central axis, the spindle including a conical portion having a plurality of threads at a deposition end of the spindle. The system also includes a housing configured to remain stationary relative to the spindle, the housing including a wire inlet extending through a side wall of the housing, an interior surface of the side wall defining a truncated cone terminating at a material exit, the truncated cone configured to receive the conical portion of the spindle. The system also includes a feeding system configured to feed a wire through the wire inlet and into a gap between the spindle and the truncated cone of the housing.