Invention Grant
- Patent Title: 3D-printing systems configured for advanced heat treatment and related methods
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Application No.: US15085555Application Date: 2016-03-30
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Publication No.: US10576726B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Madison S. Burns , Luke Alan Boyer , Christoph Wangenheim , James Andy Oxford , Sobieslaw Gacek
- Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC
- Current Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: TraskBritt
- Main IPC: B29C64/30
- IPC: B29C64/30 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y10/00 ; B29C71/02 ; B29C35/08

Abstract:
In some embodiments, systems for creating and heat-treating 3D-printed objects may include a 3D printer configured to create the object. A heat-treatment apparatus may be operatively connected to the 3D printer. The heat-treatment apparatus may be configured to expose the object to an elevated temperature to heat-treat the object. A pressure-transmission medium of the heat-treatment apparatus may be configured to apply pressure to the object during heat treatment. The 3D printer and heat-treatment apparatus may be incorporated into a unified process flow volume. Methods of creating and heat-treating 3D-printed objects may involve creating an object utilizing a 3D printer. The object may be moved from the 3D printer to a heat-treatment apparatus. The object may be exposed to an elevated temperature and pressure may be applied to the object utilizing a pressure-transmission medium of the heat-treatment apparatus. The 3D printer and heat-treatment apparatus may in a unified process flow volume.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170282457A1 3D-PRINTING SYSTEMS CONFIGURED FOR ADVANCED HEAT TREATMENT AND RELATED METHODS Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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