Patent ID: 9724876
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B22F,B29C,B33Y,G06T,Y02P

Claim:
1. A method for assessment of operational performance of a 3D manufacturing apparatus, the method comprising: obtaining, in real-time during a 3D polymer printing build process in which at least one structure is built by the 3D manufacturing apparatus, images of an area of a build platform on which the at least one structure is built; evaluating, by a processor, the obtained images; determining, based on the evaluating, whether an operational flaw with the 3D manufacturing apparatus has occurred, further comprising, responsive to determining that the operational flaw has occurred, modifying the build process, wherein the modifying disables building a portion of a structure which is determined to exhibit the operational flaw; and continuing the build process on a remaining portion of the structure that does not exhibit the operational flaw.