Patent ID: 11858064
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 11:
12. A method of manufacturing a part, comprising:
receiving a three-dimensional model of a first part to be manufactured by an additive manufacturing system, the additive manufacturing system comprising a plurality of additive manufacturing tools configured to perform a plurality of additive manufacturing processes;
receiving information indicating the plurality of additive manufacturing processes the plurality of additive manufacturing tools are configured to perform;
determining one or more material forms to be added to the part, and a deposition rate required for each of a plurality of features of the first part to be manufactured from the one or more material forms;
determining a sequence to manufacture the part based on the three-dimensional model, the plurality of additive manufacturing processes, the determined one or more material forms, and the deposition rate of the one or more material forms for each of the plurality of features;
determining a size of each of the plurality of features; and
manufacturing the first part according to the sequence, wherein the sequence includes controlling a first additive manufacturing tool of the plurality of additive manufacturing tools to manufacture features greater than a threshold size value, and controlling a second additive manufacturing tool of the plurality of additive manufacturing tools to manufacture features less than the threshold size value.