PRE-FUSION LASER SINTERING FOR METAL POWDER STABILIZATION DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

    公开(公告)号:US20190022752A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-24

    申请号:US15658127

    申请日:2017-07-24

    Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus for forming a metal component from alloy powder includes a powder-based layer-by-layer directed energy beam additive manufacturing system, a primary directed high energy beam, configured to raise a temperature of the alloy powder to or above the melting point of the alloy powder. A secondary directed low energy beam configured to raise the temperature of the alloy powder to or above a sintering point of the alloy powder without reaching the melting point of the alloy powder. The apparatus further includes a sintered region on the surface of an alloy powder layer previously produced by the secondary directed low energy beam and a solid region forming a portion of the metal component that was solidified from a molten pool on the surface of the alloy powder layer adjacent to the first sintered region having been produced by the primary directed high energy beam.

    Pressure modulated coating
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09885110B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-06

    申请号:US14810767

    申请日:2015-07-28

    CPC classification number: C23C14/54 C23C14/228 C23C14/243 F01D25/005

    Abstract: A method or control strategy in a coating apparatus for use in a coating process can include controlling differential gas pressures among multiple selected localized zones in a coating chamber with respect to each other. The controlled differential gas pressure of the multiple selected localized zones is used to influence how a coating deposits on at least one component. The localized zones can be selected from a first localized zone around the component, a second localized zone adjacent the source of coating material, a third localized zone that diverges from the second localized zone toward the first localized zone, and a fourth localized zone that circumscribes at least the third localized zone.

    Systems and methods for materials analysis

    公开(公告)号:US10458929B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-29

    申请号:US16184068

    申请日:2018-11-08

    Abstract: A system for the x-ray topography analysis of a sample, comprising in combination, a goniometer having a base, a tube arm rotatably associated with the base, a detector arm rotatably associated with the base, and a sample stage operatively associated with the base. The system also includes an x-ray source operatively coupled with the tube arm and is capable of emitting a non-collimated beam of x-rays. A collimator is operatively associated with the x-ray source and converts the non-collimated beam of x-rays into a collimated beam of x-rays having a quasi-rectangular shape with a divergence less than three degrees in all directions. A detector operatively coupled to the detector arm.

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