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Systems and Methods for Additive Manufacturing Processes that Strategically Buildup ObjectsSystems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement additive manufacturing techniques that employ different sets of deposition characteristics and/or material formation characteristics during the additive manufacture of an object so as to strategically build up the object. In many embodiments, material used to build up an object is deposited at different deposition rates during the additive manufacture of the object, and the object is thereby strategically built up. In one embodiment, a method of additively manufacturing an object includes: depositing material onto a surface at a first deposition rate so as to define a first region of the object to be additively manufactured; and depositing material onto a surface at a second deposition rate so as to define a second region of the object to be additively manufactured; where the second deposition rate is different from the first deposition rate.
Document ID
20180006279
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Hofmann, Douglas C.
Borgonia, John Paul C.
Date Acquired
October 15, 2018
Publication Date
September 25, 2018
Subject Category
Mechanical Engineering
Report/Patent Number
Patent Application Number: US-Patent-Appl-SN-14/332,187
Patent Number: US-Patent-10,081,136
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-Patent-10,081,136
Patent Application
US-Patent-Appl-SN-14/332,187
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