US 12,485,619 B2
Apparatus, methods and systems for automatic, configurable manufacturing workflow for additive manufacturing systems
Mitchell Oliver Debora, Thornhill (CA); Derek Alan Vogt, Calgary (CA); Christopher Patrick Labelle, Canmore (CA); Alireza Olia, Mississauga (CA); and Robert Douglas Vincent Wood, Guelph (CA)
Assigned to Mosaic Manufacturing Ltd., Toronto (CA)
Filed by Mosaic Manufacturing Ltd., Toronto (CA)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/705,578.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/167,601, filed on Mar. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324177 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B29C 64/307 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01)
CPC B29C 64/393 (2017.08) [B29C 64/209 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 64/307 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for configuring an additive manufacturing system for automated 3D printing, the system comprising two or more 3D printers configurable to sequentially print parts on the same or a combination of the two or more 3D printers, and two or more non-uniform modules for use in or with the two or more 3D printers, the method comprising, with a controller:
a) determining a 3D printing workflow according to a production objective; and
b) driving a workflow configuration device to configure at least two of the 3D printers and the non-uniform modules, wherein at least one of the non-uniform modules is physically added to or removed from at least one of the 3D printers, to achieve the 3D printing workflow, wherein the non-uniform modules are shared among the two or more 3D printers.