VulcanForms Inc. (20240408827). FIBER FUSE DETECTION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
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FIBER FUSE DETECTION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
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Peter Colin Reeves-hall of Whitinsville MA (US)
Mark Christopher Mordarski of South Glastonbury CT (US)
FIBER FUSE DETECTION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240408827 titled 'FIBER FUSE DETECTION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Original Abstract Submitted
systems and methods involved in additive manufacturing are disclosed. one or more optical fibers optically couple one or more laser energy sources and an optics assembly. one or more photosensitive detectors are arranged along a length of the one or more optical fibers between an output of the one or more laser energy sources and an input of the optics assembly. each photosensitive detector among the one or more photosensitive detectors is in a contact-less arrangement with one or more of the two or more optical fibers. each photosensitive detector among the one or more photosensitive detectors detects fiber fuse-generated propagation of plasma through the one or more optical fibers. the system also includes one or more processors arranged to receive signals from the one or more photosensitive detectors and to control operation of the one or more laser energy sources based at least in part on the signals.
