Patent ID: 11890817
Assignee: POSTPROCESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. A system for modifying a manufacturing plan for an additively manufactured object, wherein the manufacturing plan has desired steps which when carried out should produce the desired object via an additive manufacturing process, comprising:
a build machine for carrying out an additive manufacturing part-making process to produce an interim object;
a finishing machine operative to perform a finishing operation on the interim object; and
a coordinating computer including a microprocessor programmed to: (a) receive manufacturing information from the build machine and the finishing machine; (b) compare the manufacturing information to desired characteristics of the additively manufactured object and the desired steps to identify differences between the manufacturing information and the desired characteristics of the additively manufactured object or the manufacturing plan; and (c) use the manufacturing information captured at the finishing machine to modify the instructions in the manufacturing plan for building the object to produce a modified manufacturing plan.