General Electric Company

Gregory Keith Bouse

Jon Conrad Schaeffer

Michael F Henry

Jason Robert Parolini

Ganjiang Feng

Junyoung Park

Shan Liu

Andrew John Elliott

Kenneth Burrell Potter

Timothy Channel

Timothy Eden Channel

A process of producing an article and an article made are provided. The process includes producing a near-net shape component. The process includes forming a consolidation shell by additive manufacturing. The consolidation shell defines an interior space having a geometry corresponding to a component. A metallic powder is provided to the interior space. Gas is removed from the interior space. The metallic powder is consolidated in the consolidation shell under sufficient heat and pressure to form the near-net shape component.

Process for producing a near net shape component with consolidation of a metallic powder

A single-crystal seed, apparatus and process for producing a casting having a single-crystal (SX) microstructure. The seed has a geometry that includes a vertex capable of destabilizing an oxide film that forms at the interface between the seed and a molten metal during the casting process, and thereby promotes a continuous single-crystal grain growth and reduces grain misorientation defects that can initiate from the seed/metal interface.

Unidirectional solidification process and apparatus and single-crystal seed therefor

A nickel base superalloy suitable for the production of a large, crack-free nickel-base superalloy gas turbine bucket suitable for use in a large land-based utility gas turbine engine, comprising, by weight percents:

Nickel base superalloys and turbine components fabricated therefrom

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Gregory Keith Bouse