Patent ID: 11926100
Assignee: CONTINUOUS COMPOSITES INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 12:
13. A system for additively manufacturing a composite structure, comprising:
an additive manufacturing machine; and
a control system configured to regulate operation of the additive manufacturing machine, the control system including a processor programmed to:
slice a virtual model of the composite structure into a plurality of layers;
apply at least one infill pattern to each of the plurality of layers;
distribute a plurality of points along lines of the at least one infill pattern;
sequentially group the plurality of points into at least one path;
generate a vector normal to the at least one path at each of the plurality of points;
examine a rate of change between at least two of the vectors normal to the at least one path;
compare the rate of change to a threshold rate of change;
selectively filter the points based on the comparison; and
cause the additive manufacturing machine to place a composite material along the at least one path.