Method for the additive construction of a structure and computer program product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11583956-B2
Application number	US-201816766721-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2018
Priority date	Dec 19, 2017
Publication date	Feb 21, 2023
Grant date	Feb 21, 2023

Abstract

A method for the additive construction of a structure for a component includes the following steps: providing a prefabricated component for the component on a building board, wherein the component has a separating plane, providing a powder bed from a base material for the structure, moving the building board closer to a coating device, aligning a processing surface and the separating plane of the component for preventing adhesion between the component and the coating device, and optically measuring a surface of the powder bed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for the additive construction of a structure for a component, the method comprising:
providing a prefabricated part for the component on a construction plate, the part comprising a separating plane,
providing a powder bed consisting of a base material for the structure,
approaching the construction plate to a coating device,
orientating a processing face and the separating plane of the part in order to prevent a collision between the part and the coating device, and
optically measuring a surface of the powder bed,
wherein the surface is measured during the coating of the processing face with the base material by the coating device.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the surface is optically measured layer-by-layer during the additive construction of the structure.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an angle (α) between the processing face and the separating plane is determined for the orientation.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the angle is determined by the optical measurement of a portion, protruding from the processing face, of the part.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the approaching of the construction plate is carried out by a photoelectric barrier, and the construction plate is raised stepwise until the photoelectric barrier is broken.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a code in the separating plane of the part is optically identified during the measurement, and wherein the code contains information about a geometry and/or an orientation of the part.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the construction plate is nonplanar and the processing face is defined as a result of a best-fit calculation.

8. A method for the additive construction of a structure for a component, the method comprising:
fixing a prefabricated part for the component in a fixing device in such a way that a separating plane of the part is orientated parallel to a reference surface of a carrier guided in the fixing device,
recording an angle (α) between a processing face and the separating plane, and
providing a powder bed consisting of a base material for the structure,
additively constructing the structure on the processing face, in order to orientate the processing face, relative to the separating plane of the part, the angle (α) being recorded either by a measurement or by reading a code and being taken into account for the additive construction,
wherein the carrier is standardized and is provided with a machine-readable code, and wherein the code is readable by the device.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the fixing device is transparent on the side facing away from the carrier.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the part is fixed in the fixing device by a filler material.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the angle (α) is measured by a camera, by the carrier being rotated through 360° and the smallest angle (α) between the part and the camera furthermore being stored.

Assignees

• Siemens Energy Global Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Geisen Ole

Classifications

• Y02P10/25

  Process efficiency · CPC title

• B22F10/38

  to achieve specific product aspects, e.g. surface smoothness, density, porosity or hollow structures · CPC title

• B33Y10/00

  Processes of additive manufacturing · CPC title

• B22F2999/00

  Aspects linked to processes or compositions used in powder metallurgy · CPC title

• B22F2998/10

  Processes characterised by the sequence of their steps · CPC title