AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED PART WITH AN EMBEDDED GAUGE AND AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF

摘要

An additive manufactured part and a method for manufacturing the part are presented. The part includes a base portion, a gauge-cavity portion and a top portion, each of which includes one or more additively manufactured successive layers. Additionally, the gauge-cavity portion includes a gauge integrated therewithin. In the part the gauge-cavity portion is sandwiched between the base portion and the top portion. A gauge connector configured to communicate gauge data projects out from a surface of the part or is accessible from a surface of the part through an opening. The part when being manufactured by additive manufacturing is inserted with the gauge following halting of the additive manufacturing. The manufacturing of remaining portions, i.e. the top portion, of the part is resumed after placing the gauge into a cavity formed in the gauge-cavity portion of the part that was formed on top of the base portion before halting manufacturing.