Patent ID: 11919243
Assignee: CONCEPT LASER GMBH
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. A computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method of classifying an additively manufactured component with respect to quality, the method comprising:
determining sensor values corresponding to melting and/or sintering characteristics detected by a sensor apparatus when selectively melting and/or sintering sequential layers of construction material, the sensor values being spatially localized with respect to coordinates of the component;
determining a localized quality for one or more load bearing areas and/or critical load areas of the component being or having been additively manufactured, the one or more load bearing areas and/or critical load areas defined at least in part by spatially localized load and flux information, the localized quality determined based at least in part on sensor values having a spatial location corresponding to the one or more load bearing areas and/or critical load areas of the component; and
classifying the component with respect to overall quality based at least in part on the localized quality for the one or more load bearing areas and/or critical load areas of the component;
wherein classifying the component with respect to overall quality comprises determining that one or more sensor values indicating an actual or potential negative localized quality are spatially localized to an area having a defined distance from the one or more load bearing areas and/or critical load areas, wherein the defined distance depends on a safety classification of the component.