| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2023 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2023)
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| Symposium
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2023 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2023)
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| Presentation Title |
Open Architecture Control Software for Laser Powder Bed Fusion Machines |
| Author(s) |
Justin Patridge, Gabe Guss, Saad Khairallah, Amit Kumar, Steven Hoover, Ibo Matthews |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Justin Patridge |
| Abstract Scope |
The modification of commercial machines and creation of custom systems furthers the development of the laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing process. Adding sensors, changing scanning hardware, or changing how commands are processed and passed to the scanner can be crucial in designing an effective experiment. Commercial machine control software are usually inflexible and machine manufactures are reluctant to make modifications. Our software provides a way for communicating with existing scanner APIs and interfacing with the existing PLCs and other hardware on systems. Furthermore, the software provides a flexible GUI that is setup for a variety of powder bed machine layouts. We will outline our standardized architecture that limits the amount of machine specific code necessary to control a system.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |