ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY OF TRANSPORT STRUCTURES USING ON-SITE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Techniques for flexible, on-site additive manufacturing of components or portions thereof for transport structures are disclosed. An automated assembly system for a transport structure may include a plurality of automated constructors to assemble the transport structure. In one aspect, the assembly...

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Hauptverfasser:	HAMADE, Alex James, O'CONNELL, David Charles, CZINGER, Kevin Robert, TENHOUTEN, Broc William, TENHOUTEN, David Brian, GUNNER, John Paul, BUCKNELL, John Russell
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING CALCULATING CASTING CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES COMBINED OPERATIONS COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS COMPUTING CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL CONTROLLING COUNTING FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS HAND TOOLS MACHINE TOOLS MAKING METALLIC POWDER MANIPULATORS MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS OTHER WORKING OF METAL PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS POWDER METALLURGY REGULATING SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS TRANSPORTING UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS WORKING METALLIC POWDER WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	Techniques for flexible, on-site additive manufacturing of components or portions thereof for transport structures are disclosed. An automated assembly system for a transport structure may include a plurality of automated constructors to assemble the transport structure. In one aspect, the assembly system may span the full vertically integrated production process, from powder production to recycling. At least some of the automated constructors are able to move in an automated fashion between the station under the guidance of a control system. A first of the automated constructors may include a 3-D printer to print at least a portion of a component and to transfer the component to a second one of the automated constructors for installation during the assembly of the transport structure. The automated constructors may also be adapted to perform a variety of different tasks utilizing sensors for enabling machine-learning.