Patent ID: 11945158
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 19:
20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program configured to cause a computer to execute an additive manufacturing method, the additive manufacturing method comprising:
dividing a layer of a build to define a first scan region and a second scan region;
solidifying a first solidification stripe defining a border of the first scan region;
solidifying a second solidification stripe defining a border of the second scan region, the first and second solidification stripes spaced with respect to each other thereby defining an offset region between the first scan region and the second scan region;
irradiating a first portion of build material within the first scan region along a first irradiation path to form a first solidification line;
irradiating a second portion of build material within the second scan region along a second irradiation path to form a second solidification line; and
irradiating a third portion of build material in the offset region along the first and second irradiation paths wherein the first and second solidification lines extend beyond the respective first and second scan regions along the respective first and second irradiation paths into the offset region, and wherein the first and second solidification lines at least partially interlock within the offset region.