US 11,865,617 B2
Methods and apparatuses for wide-spectrum consumption of output of atomization processes across multi-process and multi-scale additive manufacturing modalities
Michael Kenworthy, Los Angeles, CA (US); Prabir Chaudhury, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Michael Hoganson, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Divergent Technologies, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/411,685.
Prior Publication US 2023/0063056 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B22F 10/85 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/34 (2021.01); B22F 12/82 (2021.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01)
CPC B22F 10/85 (2021.01) [B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/34 (2021.01); B22F 12/82 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining a characteristic of an output material, the output material being output from a first additive manufacturing process;
obtaining an input material parameter of a second additive manufacturing process;
obtaining an input material parameter of a third additive manufacturing process;
determining whether the characteristic of the output material satisfies the input material parameter of the second additive manufacturing process;
determining whether the characteristic of the output material satisfies the input material parameter of the third additive manufacturing process;
determining the second additive manufacturing process can accept the output material as input material if the characteristic of the output material is determined to satisfy the input material parameter of the second additive manufacturing process;
determining the third additive manufacturing process can accept the output material as input material if the characteristic of the output material is determined to satisfy the input material parameter of the third additive manufacturing process;
obtaining preference information that indicates the second additive manufacturing process is preferred over the third additive manufacturing process; and
selecting the second additive manufacturing process instead of the third manufacturing process, based on the preference information, if both the second and third additive manufacturing processes are determined to accept the output material as input material.