Patent ID: 11865617
Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. An apparatus comprising:
a processor communicatively connected with a memory and configured to:
obtain a characteristic of an output material, the output material being output from a first additive manufacturing process;
obtain an input material parameter of a second additive manufacturing process;
obtain an input material parameter of a third additive manufacturing process;
determine whether the characteristic of the output material satisfies the input material parameter of the second additive manufacturing process;
determine whether the characteristic of the output material satisfies the input material parameter of the third additive manufacturing process;
determine the second additive manufacturing process can accept the output material as input material if the characteristic of the output material is determined to satisfy the input material parameter of the second additive manufacturing process;
determine the third additive manufacturing process can accept the output material as input material if the characteristic of the output material is determined to satisfy the input material parameter of the third additive manufacturing process;
obtain preference information that indicates the second additive manufacturing process is preferred over the third additive manufacturing process; and

select the second additive manufacturing process instead of the third manufacturing process, based on the preference information, if both the second and third additive manufacturing processes are determined to accept the output material as input material.