Automated Additive Model Customization for Platform Compatibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in efficiently and accurately creating industrial asset items using additive manufacturing, as different platforms have varying capabilities, making it impractical to create item definition files and engineering models for all possible scenarios, especially with a large number of potential customers and platforms.
Innovation Solution
A system where an additive manufacturing platform provides capability data to a model customization platform, which retrieves a primary engineering model from a database and creates a customized version suitable for the specific platform, enabling efficient and accurate creation of industrial asset items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single primary engineering model is used for all additive manufacturing platforms, then the complexity of model management is reduced, but the manufacturing precision and quality may vary across different platforms with different capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the single primary engineering model into multiple customized engineering models, each tailored to specific additive manufacturing platform capabilities. The model customization platform divides the model adaptation task into automated processing steps, generating platform-specific variations without requiring manual intervention for each platform.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter changes by automatically adjusting engineering model parameters based on additive manufacturing platform capability data. The system modifies model parameters such as resolution, tolerances, and geometric features to match the specific capabilities of each target platform, ensuring optimal manufacturing quality.
2Manufacturing precision
If customized engineering models are created for every additive manufacturing platform, then the manufacturing precision is improved, but the device complexity and workload increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service through an automated model customization platform that performs model adaptation without requiring manual intervention. The system automatically retrieves capability data from additive manufacturing platforms, processes this information, and generates customized engineering models autonomously, eliminating the need for manual model creation for each platform.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary model customization platform that mediates between the primary engineering model and multiple additive manufacturing platforms. This intermediary system handles the complexity of model customization by automating the adaptation process, shielding users from the underlying complexity while ensuring platform-specific optimization.
3Adaptability or versatility
If engineering models are manually customized for each platform, then the adaptability to different platforms is improved, but the productivity and efficiency decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-establishing the model customization platform with automated capabilities and capability data repositories. The system performs model adaptation in advance based on platform capabilities, so when a specific manufacturing request arrives, the customized model is already prepared, eliminating delays associated with manual customization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual process of model customization with an automated digital system. The model customization platform uses software-based processing to automatically adapt engineering models, substituting manual human labor with automated computational processes that significantly improve efficiency while maintaining adaptability.
4Stability of the object's composition
If a centralized system manages all engineering models, then the information consistency is improved, but the system complexity and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a centralized model customization platform that serves multiple additive manufacturing platforms simultaneously. The system handles various model types, capability data formats, and customization requirements through a unified architecture, maintaining information consistency across all platforms while avoiding the need for separate management systems.
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AI summary
According to some embodiments, a system may include an additive manufacturing platform that provides additive manufacturing capability data (e.g., a printer model number, a printer resolution, etc.) to a model customization platform. The model customization platform may receive the additive manufacturing printer capability data and retrieve, from an additive manufacturing model data database, a primary engineering model associated with an industrial asset item. The model customization platform may then create a customized version of the primary engineering model in accordance with the additive manufacturing printer capability data and the primary engineering model. The customized engineering model can then be transmitted to the additive manufacturing platform (e.g., to be printed to create the industrial asset item).