Abstract: The present disclosure presents various additive manufacturing systems and methods. One such method comprises obtaining a build file containing instructions to additively manufacture a component; generating at least one point field; computing a spatter exposure metric from the at least one point field to quantify a risk of spatter induced porosity throughout a build; and updating the at least one point field with the spatter exposure metric computed. Computing the spatter exposure metric may include selecting at least one principal point from the at least one point field; determining at least one neighborhood using an additive manufacturing model search algorithm for the at least one principal point; and integrating a pyriform kernel function for the at least one principal point and the at least one neighborhood. Other systems and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of generating a model for additive manufacturing. The method includes obtaining a build file containing instructions to additively manufacture a component and generating at least one point field. The method also includes computing at least one process metric from the at least one point field by selecting at least one principal point from the point field, determining at least one neighborhood using an additive manufacturing model search algorithm for the at least one principal point, and integrating at least one additive manufacturing model kernel function for the at least one principal point and the at least one neighborhood. The method can then update the at least one point field with the at least one process metric computed.

Abstract: A combined PV panel assembly jig and forklift transport pallet is used to assemble PV panels for transport to a field array from a protected manufacturing environment. The panels are assembled to have adhesively applied rails for transport by a robotic drone on a ground-support rack and are pre-wired. The PV panel assembly jig holds, protects, and aligns the PV panels in an upside down position, opposite to their operational position, for ease of wiring in order to decrease the manual labor required in the field. Once the pallet is transported to the load station at the end of a row of solar panel racks in the field array, a robotic loader lifts the upside down PV panels from the combined PV panel assembly jig and forklift transport pallet in an arcing overhead motion that lifts, tilts, and deposits the PV panels in an upright position at the loading station of a railed rack support as ground-mounted in a solar panel field array.

Abstract: A combined PV panel assembly jig and forklift transport pallet is used to assemble PV panels for transport to a field array from a protected manufacturing environment. The panels are assembled to have adhesively applied rails for transport by a robotic drone on a ground-support rack and are pre-wired. The PV panel assembly jig holds, protects, and aligns the PV panels in an upside down position, opposite to their operational position, for ease of wiring in order to decrease the manual labor required in the field. Once the pallet is transported to the load station at the end of a row of solar panel racks in the field array, a robotic loader lifts the upside down PV panels from the combined PV panel assembly jig and forklift transport pallet in an arcing overhead motion that lifts, tilts, and deposits the PV panels in an upright position at the loading station of a railed rack support as ground-mounted in a solar panel field array.

Abstract: A combined PV panel assembly jig and forklift transport pallet is used to assemble PV panels for transport to a field array from a protected manufacturing environment. The panels are assembled to have adhesively applied rails for transport by a robotic drone on a ground-support rack and are pre-wired. The PV panel assembly jig holds, protects, and aligns the PV panels in an upside down position, opposite to their operational position, for ease of wiring in order to decrease the manual labor required in the field. Once the pallet is transported to the load station at the end of a row of solar panel racks in the field array, a robotic loader lifts the upside down PV panels from the combined PV panel assembly jig and forklift transport pallet in an arcing overhead motion that lifts, tilts, and deposits the PV panels in an upright position at the loading station of a railed rack support as ground-mounted in a solar panel field array.