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Collins Engine Nozzles, Inc.

Sergey Mironets

Alexander Staroselsky

Eric W Karlen

William Louis Wentland

Thomas J Martin

Robert Bianco

Agnes Klucha

Edward F Pietraszkiewicz

Tahany Ibrahim El-Wardany

Wendell V Twelves

Colette Opsahl Fennessy

Kiley James Versluys

Mark F Zelesky

Diana Giulietti

Louis Porretti

Thomas N Slavens

Brooks E Snyder

Matthew Donovan

Mark R Jaworowski

Aaron T Nardi

Joe Ott

Vijay Narayan Jagdale

Lexia Kironn

Gary M Lomasney

Jesse R Boyer

Weilong Zhang

Benjamin T Fisk

Thomas J Ocken

Ranadip Acharya

Christopher F O'Neill

Lyutsia Dautova

Thomas R Davis

Gavin Charles Richards

Noel C Haynes

Shawn Karl Reynolds

Anton I Lavrentyev

Joseph Ott

Robert P Delisle

Christopher W Strock

John M Milton-Benoit

Dmitri Novikov

James M Koonankeil

Gary A Schirtzinger

William K Tredway

Dmytro Mykolayovych Voytovych

Daniel O Ursenbach

Roque Panza-Giosa

Kenneth David Smith

Yan Zhang

Tianli Zhu

Eric D Gray

Alexander Madinger

Richard William Varsell

Pawel Czarnecki

Zbigniew Minta

Luke Borkowski

Yu Long

Youping Gao

Lulues Suhani

Michael C Reiter

Agnes Pu Hang Chau Klucha

Roque Panza Giosa

Callie L Benson

Jr Wendell V Twelves

Wendell V Twelves Jr

Edward F Pietrasziewicz

A metallic part is disclosed. The part may comprise a functionally graded monolithic structure characterized by a variation between a first material composition of a tubular preform and a second material composition of at least one of a secondary structural element wherein each of the first material composition and the second material composition comprises at least one of a titanium metal or an alloy of titanium. The first material composition may comprise an alpha-beta titanium alloy. The second material composition may comprise a beta titanium alloy.

Systems and methods for manufacturing landing gear components using titanium

A method of forming a metallic coating a workpiece is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving a sacrificial deposition rod formed of a first material, receiving a workpiece of a second material, forming a coating of the first material from the sacrificial deposition rod onto the workpiece, the coating having a first thickness, and machining the coating to a second thickness that is less than the first thickness.

Corrosion protection using metallic coating

A method for manufacturing near net shapes of complex configuration components. The method includes mixing a plurality of powdered metals to form a blended powder; gravity sintering a sand mold filled with the blended powder to form a gravity sintered preform; and vacuum hot-pressing the gravity sintered preform to form a near net shape component.

Near net shape manufacturing of complex configuration components

A method of forming a metal workpiece is disclosed herein. The method includes applying an electrical current through a feedstock material, applying a vertical axis force to the feedstock material; applying a rotational force to the feedstock material, and producing a metallic component from the feedstock material based on the electric current, the vertical axis force, and the rotational force.

Field-assisted friction stir additive manufacturing

A method is provided for producing ultra-fine-grained materials using additive manufacturing. The method includes commanding, by a controller, a laser device to produce a plurality of optical pulses to a base material to add an additive material to the base material. The method further includes commanding, by the controller, a vibration mechanism to vibrate the base material as the plurality of optical pulses are being applied to the base material forming fine equiaxed grains with random crystallographic texture in the base material.

Producing ultra-fine-grained materials using additive manufacturing

Methods, systems, and apparatuses for component manufacturing are provided. A component may be manufactured via an extrusion of loose substrate material into a unitary tubing. Features may be added to the tubing via friction stir additive manufacturing to manufacture a component. In this manner, a component may be manufactured from titanium alloys while processing challenges such as iron segregation or material loss through machining are ameliorated. Such a component may replace steel or other high strength components and further exhibits corrosion resistance.

Methods, systems, and apparatus for component manufacturing

A heat exchanger includes a flow channel operatively connecting a channel inlet to a channel outlet to channel fluid to flow therethrough. The flow channel is defined at least partially by a shape change material. The shape change material changes the shape of the flow channel based on the temperature of the shape change material.

Self-regulating heat exchanger

A method of titanium rod additive manufacturing may comprise: mixing a plurality of powdered metals comprising titanium, iron, vanadium, and aluminum to produce a powder blend; isostatic pressing the powder blend to form a billet having a cross-sectional profile; cutting the billet to form a rod feedstock having the first cross-sectional profile; loading the rod feedstock into an additive manufacturing machine configured to deposit the rod feedstock; and producing a metallic component from the rod feedstock.

Systems and methods for high strength titanium rod additive manufacturing

An aluminum alloy comprising greater than 2.00 and less than 4.00 wt. % cerium, 0.25-3.00 wt. % silicon, 0.25-0.75 wt. % magnesium, 0-0.75 wt. % iron, 0-0.05 wt. % other alloying elements, and the balance of aluminum, based on the total weight of the aluminum alloy aluminum alloy.

Aluminum alloy articles

An additive manufactured workpiece includes one or more cavities having an inner surface. A dielectric interface is formed in the cavity, and conforms to the inner surface. The additive manufactured workpiece further includes an in-situ electrode in the cavities. The dielectric interface is interposed between the in-situ electrode and the inner surface of the workpiece.

Electrical discharge machining system including in-situ tool electrode

A method of manufacturing a component includes making a preform from a powdered material, the preform having a density in a range from 70 to 95% of theoretical density of the material, The method also includes sintering the preform using a Field Assisted Sintering Technique (FAST) process to produce a component having a density of greater than 97% of the theoretical density of the material. Components, in particular low aspect components, formed by said method are also described.

Components having low aspect ratio

A method may comprise: placing a probe in a molten metal melt comprising a thixotropic metal alloy; injecting a gas into the molten metal melt to form a saturated slurry, the saturated slurry being at a temperature above a liquidus temperature of the thixotropic metal alloy after injecting the gas; removing the probe from the molten metal melt; and depositing the molten metal melt through an extruder of an additive manufacturing system.

Systems and methods for direct deposition of thixotropic alloys

A method for making an article is disclosed. The method involves inputting a digital model of an article into an additive manufacturing apparatus comprising an energy source. The additive manufacturing apparatus applies energy from the energy source to successively applied incremental quantities of a powder to fuse the powder to form the article corresponding to the digital model. The powder includes an aluminum alloy having 2.00-10.00 wt. % cerium, 0.50-2.50 wt. % titanium, 0-3.00 wt. % nickel, 0-0.75 wt. % nitrogen, 0-0.05 wt. % other alloying elements, and the balance of aluminum, based on the total weight of the aluminum alloy.

Method of manufacturing aluminum alloy articles

An additive manufacturing system includes an ultrasonic inspection system integrated in such a way as to minimize time needed for an inspection process. The inspection system may have an ultrasonic phased array integrated into a build table for detecting defects in each successive slice of a workpiece and such that each slice may be re-melted if and when defects are detected.

Additive manufacturing system with ultrasonic inspection and method of operation

A method of fabricating a near net shape component includes forming a sacrificial shell from a pulverant material using an additive manufacturing process, the shell having an aperture. The method further includes filling the shell with a second pulverant material, subjecting the filled shell to a consolidation process, and removing the shell from the consolidated second pulverant material.

Method for fabricating components using hybrid additive manufacturing and consolidation process

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