ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,859, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to DMG MORI Co. LTD. (Nara, Japan).
"Workpiece processing method and processing machine" was invented by Masaki Kondo (Nara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A workpiece processing method includes performing additive manufacturing for a first region of a workpiece; and performing additive manufacturing for a second region of the workpiece, the second region being smaller in width than the first region. The performing additive manufacturing for the first region includes positioning an additive-manufacturing head and the workpiece relative to each other so as to make a distance between the workp...