WO2024081658A3 - Additive manufacturing modular end effector assembly - Google Patents

Additive manufacturing modular end effector assembly Download PDF

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WO2024081658A3
WO2024081658A3 PCT/US2023/076486 US2023076486W WO2024081658A3 WO 2024081658 A3 WO2024081658 A3 WO 2024081658A3 US 2023076486 W US2023076486 W US 2023076486W WO 2024081658 A3 WO2024081658 A3 WO 2024081658A3
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end effector
hot wire
effector assembly
modular interface
wire torch
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Jeffrey Campbell
Fritz Gruber
Edward COTTISS
Jasmine MORENO
Jeremy KROL
Justin Gray
Nathaniel HEBERT
Johann Freeberg
Bryan WATSON
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Relativity Space, Inc.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K9/00—Arc welding or cutting
    • B23K9/04—Welding for other purposes than joining, e.g. built-up welding
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K9/00—Arc welding or cutting
    • B23K9/095—Monitoring or automatic control of welding parameters
    • B23K9/0953—Monitoring or automatic control of welding parameters using computing means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K9/00—Arc welding or cutting
    • B23K9/095—Monitoring or automatic control of welding parameters
    • B23K9/0956—Monitoring or automatic control of welding parameters using sensing means, e.g. optical
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K9/00—Arc welding or cutting
    • B23K9/10—Other electric circuits therefor; Protective circuits; Remote controls
    • B23K9/1093—Consumable electrode or filler wire preheat circuits
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K9/00—Arc welding or cutting
    • B23K9/12—Automatic feeding or moving of electrodes or work for spot or seam welding or cutting
    • B23K9/127—Means for tracking lines during arc welding or cutting
    • B23K9/1272—Geometry oriented, e.g. beam optical trading
    • B23K9/1274—Using non-contact, optical means, e.g. laser means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B33—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
    • B33Y—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
    • B33Y30/00—Apparatus for additive manufacturing; Details thereof or accessories therefor

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Abstract

A device may include a robotic actuator. A device may include an end effector assembly mounted to the robotic actuator, the end effector assembly comprising: a modular interface, the modular interface comprising a set of connection points, the set of connection points arranged circumferentially about a modular interface central axis, a hot wire torch, the hot wire torch coupled to the modular interface, the hot wire torch comprising a hot wire torch endpoint; and one or more sensors fixedly attached via the connection points to the modular interface, wherein the one or more sensors are positioned to generate data based on observations of an observation position, the observation position offset relative to the hot wire torch endpoint.
PCT/US2023/076486 2022-10-10 2023-10-10 Additive manufacturing modular end effector assembly WO2024081658A2 (en)

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US202263378975P 2022-10-10 2022-10-10
US63/378,975 2022-10-10
US202363488435P 2023-03-03 2023-03-03
US63/488,435 2023-03-03
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US63/493,683 2023-03-31

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US20170050254A1 (en) * 2015-08-17 2017-02-23 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Additive manufacturing systems and methods
US20190061061A1 (en) * 2015-10-09 2019-02-28 GEFERTEC GmbH Machining Module for a Device for an Additive Manufacturing Process
US20210178507A1 (en) * 2019-12-13 2021-06-17 Norsk Titanium As Volumetric plasma gas flow measurement and control system for metal-based wire-plasma arc additive manufacturing applications

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20170050254A1 (en) * 2015-08-17 2017-02-23 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Additive manufacturing systems and methods
US20190061061A1 (en) * 2015-10-09 2019-02-28 GEFERTEC GmbH Machining Module for a Device for an Additive Manufacturing Process
US20210178507A1 (en) * 2019-12-13 2021-06-17 Norsk Titanium As Volumetric plasma gas flow measurement and control system for metal-based wire-plasma arc additive manufacturing applications

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