Proactive Additive Manufacturing System

Abstract

A dynamic manufacturing system such as for the additive manufacture of a fabrication item with multiformative capabilities presents a processor ( 29 ) that can refine movement, instructions, or data to achieve greater manufacturing efficiency and substantially uninterruptive change between formative process elements ( 24 ) or capabilities with simple user input ( 28 ) or indications. Optimization of movements, deposition of material, positioning, variant repositioning for next item layers during fabrication are provided in manners where the functions can be self contained such as in a 3D printer or the like and can be accomplished without significant interruptions to traditional processing times or even in shorter times through the improved transformations.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 - 39 . (canceled) 
     
     
         40 . A proactive additive manufacturing system from which a fabrication item can be formed comprising:
 a fabrication support upon which an item can be formed;   an additive material source;   a formative process element;   a layup movement system configured to effect positioning of said formative process element relative to said fabrication support;   a formative process control that directs item formative processes and to which said layup movement system is responsive;   a fabrication data input from which fabrication data is provided; and   a proactive control processor evaluatively responsive to as yet unaccomplished item formative data.   
     
     
         41 . A proactive additive manufacturing system as in  claim 40  wherein said proactive control processor evaluatively responsive to as yet unaccomplished item formative data comprises a movement transformation processor transformatively responsive to said fabrication movement input. 
     
     
         42 . A proactive additive manufacturing system as in  claim 41  wherein said movement transformation processor transformatively responsive to said fabrication movement input comprises a command transformation processor transformationally responsive to fabrication instructions. 
     
     
         43 . A proactive additive manufacturing system as in  claim 40  wherein said proactive control processor evaluatively responsive to as yet unaccomplished item formative data comprises a dynamically interactive processor. 
     
     
         44 . A proactive additive manufacturing system as in  claim 40  wherein said proactive control processor evaluatively responsive to as yet unaccomplished item formative data comprises a predictively responsive processor. 
     
     
         45 . A proactive additive manufacturing system as in  claim 40  wherein said fabrication data input from which fabrication data is provided comprises initial movement instructions & wherein said proactive control processor evaluatively responsive to as yet unaccomplished item formative data comprises trajectory planned movement instructions. 
     
     
         46 . A proactive additive manufacturing system as in  claim 44  wherein said predictively responsive processor comprises predictive movement instructions. 
     
     
         47 . A proactive additive manufacturing system as in  claim 46  wherein said predictively responsive processor comprises a look ahead analytic. 
     
     
         48 . A proactive additive manufacturing system as in  claim 47  wherein said look ahead analytic comprises velocity configured movement instructions. 
     
     
         49 . A proactive additive manufacturing system as in  claim 40  wherein said fabrication data input from which fabrication data is provided comprises initial movement instructions & wherein said proactive control processor evaluatively responsive to as yet unaccomplished item formative data comprises altered movement instructions to control said movement system. 
     
     
         50 . A proactive additive manufacturing system as in  claim 49  wherein said altered movement instructions to control said movement system comprises approximate movement instructions. 
     
     
         51 . A proactive additive manufacturing system as in  claim 48  wherein said velocity configured movement instructions comprise a velocity optimized movement generator. 
     
     
         52 . A proactive additive manufacturing system as in  claim 51  wherein said velocity optimized movement generator comprises a constant tangential velocity generator. 
     
     
         53 . A proactive additive manufacturing system as in  claim 40  wherein said proactive control processor evaluatively responsive to as yet unaccomplished item formative data comprises a specialized proactive control processor. 
     
     
         54 . A proactive additive manufacturing system as in  claim 53  wherein said specialized proactive control processor comprises a formative system reserved proactive control processor. 
     
     
         55 . A proactive additive manufacturing system as in  claim 40  wherein said processor comprises a fabrication data transformative recalculator. 
     
     
         56 . A proactive additive manufacturing system as in  claim 40  wherein said processor comprises a failsafe activity monitor. 
     
     
         57 . A proactive additive manufacturing system as in  claim 40  wherein said processor comprises a temporal activity monitor. 
     
     
         58 . A proactive additive manufacturing system as in  claim 40  further comprising a localized self-reliant disable. 
     
     
         59 . A proactive manufacturing system from which a fabrication item can be formed comprising:
 a fabrication support upon which an item can be formed;   an additive material source;   a formative process element;   a layup movement system configured to effect positioning of said formative process element relative to said fabrication support;   a fabrication data input from which fabrication data is provided; and   an antecedent activity, postliminary formative control processor responsive to said fabrication data input and to which said layup movement system is responsive.   
     
     
         60 . A proactive manufacturing system as in  claim 59  wherein said antecedent activity, postliminary formative control processor responsive to said fabrication data input and to which said layup movement system is responsive comprises an evaluatively responsive to prior item formative processes processor. 
     
     
         61 . A proactive manufacturing system as in  claim 60  wherein said formative process element comprises a photosolidification formative process element. 
     
     
         62 . A proactive manufacturing system as in  claim 61  wherein said photosolidification formative process element comprises a bottom up photosolidification formative process element. 
     
     
         63 . A proactive manufacturing system as in  claim 62  further comprising a variant item layer reposition system responsive to said antecedent activity, postliminary formative control processor. 
     
     
         64 . A proactive manufacturing system as in  claim 63  wherein said variant item layer reposition system responsive to said antecedent activity, postliminary formative control processor comprises an item structure variant item layer reposition system. 
     
     
         65 . A proactive manufacturing system as in  claim 64  wherein said item structure variant item layer reposition system is responsive to previous fabrication structural characteristics of said item being fabricated. 
     
     
         66 . A proactive manufacturing system as in  claim 65  wherein said variant item layer reposition system responsive to said antecedent activity, postliminary formative control processor comprises a layer surface area responsive variant item layer reposition system. 
     
     
         67 . A proactive manufacturing system as in  claim 65  wherein said variant item layer reposition system responsive to said antecedent activity, postliminary formative control processor comprises a formation speed optimized item layer reposition system. 
     
     
         68 . A proactive manufacturing system as in  claim 65  wherein said variant item layer reposition system responsive to said antecedent activity, postliminary formative control processor comprises a viscosity variant item layer reposition system. 
     
     
         69 . A proactive manufacturing system as in  claim 68  wherein said variant item layer reposition system responsive to said antecedent activity, postliminary formative control processor comprises a variant item layer reposition system selected from a group consisting of: an item layer area responsive item layer reposition system, a fluid resistance responsive item layer reposition system, a fluid viscosity responsive item layer reposition system, an item mechanical support responsive item layer reposition system, and an item structural integrity responsive item layer reposition system. 
     
     
         70 . A proactive manufacturing system as in  claim 59  wherein said antecedent activity, postliminary formative control processor responsive to said fabrication data input and to which said layup movement system is responsive comprises a coded computer processor configured as an antecedent activity, postliminary formative control processor. 
     
     
         71 . A proactive manufacturing system as in  claim 59  wherein said processor transforms data representative of physical movements informative of product formation. 
     
     
         72 . A proactive manufacturing system as in  claim 59  wherein said processor transforms physical movement of product formation. 
     
     
         73 . A proactive manufacturing system as in  claim 59  wherein said processor comprises particularized computer hardware configured to transform fabrication of the item. 
     
     
         74 . A proactive manufacturing system as in  claim 59  wherein said processor is configured to move source material in a different manner than that specified in initial movement instructions. 
     
     
         75 . A proactive manufacturing system as in  claim 59  wherein said processor comprises a computer-readable storage medium containing computer-readable program instructions for antecedent activity, postliminary formative control.