ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,369, issued on July 7, was assigned to TRUMPF LASER- UND SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH (Ditzingen, Germany) and TRUMPF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING ITALIA S.R.L. (Schio VI, Italy).
"Calibrating multiple laser beams for additive manufacturing" was invented by Guglielmo Cavalcabo (Milan), Valentin Blickle (Stuttgart, Germany), Christof Sailer (Ditzingen, Germany), Johann Krauter (Stuttgart, Germany) and Elia Mantoan (Valli del Pasubio, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of automated alignment of scanning optics includes the steps of irradiating an object area of a layer of a powdered material provided on a building platform with at least one ...