Jabil Inc.
APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR BLOCKCHAIN TRACKING OF SPOOLED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PRINT MATERIAL

Abstract:

Apparatuses, systems and methods to track use of print filament wound on a print spool on a printer in an additive manufacturing print. Included are: a readable identifier associated with the print spool; a network connection between the at least one printer and at least one network ledger, the network ledger comprising the readable identifier and a corresponding verification of the readable identifier and, solely for verified ones of the readable identifier, an in-ledger link to a data store comprising a plurality of parameters for the 3D print filament, records of prior ones of the plurality of additive manufacturing prints using the 3D print filament, and enhanced print algorithms for the 3D print filament; a confirmation data block at the data store of a sufficient amount of the print filament on the print spool to execute a plan for a current one of the plurality of manufacturing prints; a controller for executing the current one of the plurality of manufacturing prints, including sufficient ones of the plurality of parameters for the current print and ones of the enhanced print algorithms for the current print, in accordance with the confirmation data block; and an update block generator for generating an update block to the ledger confirming at least execution of the current one of the plurality of manufacturing prints by the at least one printer, and an update to the confirmation data block of the enhanced print algorithms and the amount of the print filament used in correspondence to the readable identifier.