CPC B22F 3/003 (2013.01) [B22F 3/1007 (2013.01); B22F 3/1017 (2013.01); B22F 3/1021 (2013.01); B22F 3/24 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); F27D 19/00 (2013.01); F27D 21/00 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); B22F 10/14 (2021.01); B22F 2203/11 (2013.01); F27D 2019/0003 (2013.01); F27D 2019/0096 (2013.01); G05B 13/042 (2013.01)] | 6 Claims |
1. A method of generating and employing a user-adjustable thermal processing parameter profile for a sintering furnace, comprising:
receiving, through a user interface, one or more materials properties desired in an additively manufactured part, wherein the material properties include one or more of (i) a hardness, (ii) a ductility, (iii) a microstructure, (iv) a material content, (v) a surface property, and (vi) a transverse rupture strength;
communicating with a sintering furnace to ascertain one or more thermal processes associated with the sintering furnace;
determining a thermal processing parameter profile of at least one thermal processing parameter corresponding to each of the thermal processes according to the desired material properties, the thermal processing parameter profile characterizing a cycle of the one or more thermal processes;
employing the thermal processing parameter profile to conduct the one or more thermal processes with the sintering furnace; and
processing the additively manufactured part according to the one or more thermal processes.
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