Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Additive manufactured interpenetrating phase composite
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Application No.: US16389280Application Date: 2019-04-19
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Publication No.: US11325206B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- Inventor: Alex E. Pawlowski , Amit Shyam , Derek A. Splitter , Amelia M. Elliott , Zachary C. Cordero
- Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TN Oak Ridge
- Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
- Current Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Oak Ridge
- Agency: Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
- Main IPC: B23K26/34
- IPC: B23K26/34 ; B23K26/354 ; B33Y70/00 ; B33Y10/00 ; C22C33/02 ; C22C1/04 ; B22F3/11 ; B22F3/26 ; B22F3/24 ; B22D19/00 ; B22F7/00 ; B22F7/04 ; B22F5/10 ; C22C21/00 ; C22C33/00

Abstract:
A method for preparing metal/metal interpenetrating phase composites is provided. The method includes forming a preform using additive manufacturing. The preform defines a materially continuous three-dimensional open-cell mesh structure. The preform includes a first metal having a melting point. The method further includes pre-heating the preform to a first temperature less than the melting point of the first metal. The method includes infiltrating the preform with a second metal in liquid form. The second metal has a melting point lower than the melting point of the first metal. The method also includes allowing the second metal to cool and form a solid matrix. The solid matrix defines a continuous material network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190321915A1 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED INTERPENETRATING PHASE COMPOSITE Public/Granted day:2019-10-24
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