Patent ID: 11904547
Assignee: SEURAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. A system for performing additive manufacturing, the system comprising:
a powder bed;
one or more light sources configured to emit a laser beam;
a mirror configured to direct a first portion of the laser beam toward a test area on the powder bed and permit a second portion of the laser beam to pass through the mirror;
a flux sensor positioned to detect the second portion;
a vision system targeted at the test area; and
a computerized controller configured to:
cause the one or more light sources to direct the laser beam at the test area;
receive a laser flux measurement from the flux sensor and receive an image from the vision system; and
modulate at least one of laser beam energy, pulse width, and beam area of the one or more light sources based on the laser flux measurement and the image.