Abstract: A system and method of additive manufacturing is disclosed herein which when run or performed form a product with a powder-based additive manufacturing device by adding sequential layers of material on top of one another. As each sequential layer of material is added, the system and method can include monitoring the sequential layer with a defect analysis subsystem to detect whether the sequential layer has any defects. For a detected defect, it can be determined whether defect correction is required. For a required defect correction, one or more correction parameters for the required defect correction can be identified; and a correction command including the one or more correction parameters can be sent to the additive manufacturing device, the correction command causing the additive manufacturing device to help correct the detected defect in the sequential layer according to the correction parameters prior to moving on to a next sequential layer.

Abstract: A system for determining a health state of a component includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a plurality of computer-executable instructions thereon. The processor, in response to executing the plurality of computer-readable instructions, may be configured to perform one or more steps. The steps may include obtaining, from a first data source, usage data for the component; obtaining, from a second data source, a condition indicator for the component; running a usage model to produce usage parameters for the component based on the usage data; running a damage model to produce a damage estimate for the component based on the usage parameters; and running a prediction model to produce a health state estimate of the component based on the damage estimate and the condition indicator.

Abstract: A system and method of additive manufacturing is disclosed herein which when run or performed form a product with a powder-based additive manufacturing device by adding sequential layers of material on top of one another. As each sequential layer of material is added, the system and method can include monitoring the sequential layer with a defect analysis subsystem to detect whether the sequential layer has any defects. For a detected defect, it can be determined whether defect correction is required. For a required defect correction, one or more correction parameters for the required defect correction can be identified; and a correction command including the one or more correction parameters can be sent to the additive manufacturing device, the correction command causing the additive manufacturing device to help correct the detected defect in the sequential layer according to the correction parameters prior to moving on to a next sequential layer.