US 12,134,131 B2
Methods and apparatus for recoating parameter control
Dominic Sittig, Lichtenfels (DE); Dominik Mueller, Renchen (DE); Dominic Graf, Lichtenfels (DE); and Juergen Werner, Lichtenfels (DE)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US)
Filed by GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/349,543.
Prior Publication US 2022/0402041 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B22F 12/67 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/85 (2021.01); B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B22F 12/41 (2021.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B22F 10/37 (2021.01); B29C 64/214 (2017.01)
CPC B22F 12/67 (2021.01) [B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/85 (2021.01); B22F 12/224 (2021.01); B22F 12/41 (2021.01); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B22F 2203/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. An apparatus comprising:
machine readable instructions; and
programmable circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to:
form a layer of a part by joining a portion of substrate material via an additive manufacturing technique;
recoat the substrate material via a blade having a first stiffness;
determine, based on a geometry of the layer of the part, a second stiffness;
modify the blade to have the second stiffness by adjusting a control element within the blade; and
recoat the substrate material via the blade.