US 12,449,382 B2
Production of additively manufactured parts in batches adapted for efficient metrology
James Patrick Troise, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to CARBON, INC., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed by Carbon, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/055,538.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/279,728, filed on Nov. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0152246 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 23/046 (2018.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); G01N 23/083 (2018.01)
CPC G01N 23/046 (2013.01) [B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); G01N 23/083 (2013.01); G01N 2223/04 (2013.01); G01N 2223/419 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of additively manufacturing a plurality of parts, the method comprising:
additively manufacturing a construct, the construct comprising: (i) a backing, and (ii) a plurality of parts connected to said backing;
inserting said backing into an imaging apparatus in an orientation in which said plurality of parts are positioned for imaging; then
imaging said plurality of parts in said imaging apparatus to collect image data from each part, and then
removing said construct from said imaging apparatus and separating said parts from said backing;
correlating said image data for each part with a build position for each said part on a build platform; and
comparing said image data for each part and/or compiled or aggregated image data for said plurality of parts, against a standard, as a quality control measure of said method of manufacturing, and/or to identify defective build regions in said apparatus.