Product and quality traceability for Additive Manufacturing and Documentation to safeguard intellectual property

摘要

The invention relates to a system with which it is possible to document information, data and documents that arise in the context of manufacturing additive component in a way that they are inseparable and tamper-proof with the component or component versions. The method combines three different Elements of a system that meets all known requirements for product and quality traceability for additive manufacturing and intellectual property protection documentation. The first element is a cryptographic system for the allocation and prosecution of one-to-one, forgery-proof identification and generation of inheritance elements Illustration of the life cycle history from the production to the end of the component lifetime. The second element contains the concept of the data preparation and storage of all relevant data that arises within the lifespan. The data is stored on the basis of file systems or databases in such a way that a process-related relationship is mapped and access to descriptive metadata for further applications is possible. The third element comprises a software application that is self-contained or "plug-in" capable and allows access to the component information, history, data and documents for authorized users.