ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,602, issued on April 7, was assigned to Nikon SLM Solutions AG (Luebeck, Germany).
"Systems and methods for simulating process monitoring" was invented by Daniel Alberts (Luebeck, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "We describe a system for simulating process monitoring by a sensor system in an additive layer manufacturing, in particular selective laser melting, process used to solidify material from which a three-dimensional workpiece is to be produced, wherein the system comprises: a data input coupleable to a data output of the sensor system and configured to receive, from the sensor system, sensor data relating to the process ...