US 11,806,785 B2
3D printing method and tool
Pajazit Avdovic, Norrkoping (SE); Jonas Eriksson, Finspong (SE); and Jerry Fornander, Finspang (SE)
Assigned to Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG, Bayern (DE)
Appl. No. 17/793,394
Filed by Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG, Bayern (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/050829
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/151691, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20154369 (EP), filed on Jan. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0052734 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B22F 10/85 (2021.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B22F 10/30 (2021.01); B22F 5/00 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC B22F 10/85 (2021.01) [B22F 5/009 (2013.01); B22F 10/30 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing manufacturing instructions for manufacturing a component using 3D printing, wherein the manufacturing method comprises:
providing a plurality of layers forming at least a part of the component,
wherein the plurality of layers contains at least one first layer part and at least one second layer part,
wherein the at least one first layer part and the at least one second layer part have been manufactured with different manufacturing speeds;
wherein the method takes into account a predefined manufacturing time threshold value,
wherein the manufacturing time threshold value represents a required reduction of a manufacturing time of the component,
wherein the method further comprises:
a) simulating a manufacturing time taking into account the possibility to split up the component into multiple layer parts containing the at least one first layer part and the at least one second layer part based on different requirements for different parts of the component,
b) comparing the simulated manufacturing time to the manufacturing time threshold limit,
c1) simulating a further manufacturing time based on different at least one first layer part and at least one second layer part in case the first simulated manufacturing time does not fulfill the manufacturing time threshold limit, and
d) providing manufacturing instructions in case the first manufacturing time fulfills the manufacturing time threshold limit.