Arconic Corporation

Howmet Aerospace Inc.

William B Leith

Michael Cardinale

James T Burg

Raymond J Kilmer

Robert J Speer

Vivek M Sample

Erin J Fulton

Eric G Bogan

Philip Gacka

Jason C Brem

Vivek Sample

Various methods are disclosed for additively manufacturing a feedstock material to create an AM preform, wherein the AM preform is configured with a body having an internal passage defined therein, wherein the internal passage further includes at least one of a void and a channel; inserting a filler material into the internal passage of the AM preform; closing the AM preform with an enclosure component such that the filler material is retained within the internal passage of the AM preform; and deforming the AM preform to a sufficient amount to create a product having an internal passage therein, wherein the product is configured with wrought properties for that material via the deforming step.

Methods of producing wrought products with internal passages

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Apollo, PA, United States of America

William B Leith