General Electric Company

Zhixue Peng

Yanmin Li

Wen Tan

Yong Liang Liu

Abdelaziz Ikhlef

Yuanfeng Luo

Lei Yang

Renwei Yuan

Magdi Naim Azer

Garth M Nelson

Xiaobin Chen

Rui Guo

Yimin Zhan

Yuanyuan Guo

Francescosaverio Chiari

Xiaoping Huang

Hongtao Li

Massimo Arcioni

Guoshuang Cai

Renewi Yuan

Hongyuan Shen

Yong Liu

A method for manufacturing a high melting point metal based object includes providing pure high melting point metal based powder, fabricating a green object from the powder, by way of a laser sintering technique, providing infiltration treatment to the green object, and providing heating pressure treatment to the green object. The temperature to the green object is controlled to the re-sintering point of the green object.

Method for manufacturing high melting point metal based objects

A method for manufacturing a rotary article comprises: providing a cold metal transfer welding apparatus comprising a welding torch; providing a rotary substrate; providing a digital representation of the rotary article having at least one internal flo passage; defining a welding path on the rotary substrate based on the digital representation; rotating the rotary substrate while depositing a filler metal layer by layer on the welding path of the rotary substrate to form the rotary article; and separating the rotary substrate from the rotary article.

Method for manufacturing rotary article by cold metal transfer welding deposition and rotary article as manufactured

A machining system for machining a workpiece is provided. The machining system comprises a machine tool, a plurality of cutting tools, a CNC controller. The plurality of cutting tools comprises an electrode and a conventional cutting tool exchangeably disposed on the machine tool. The machining system further comprises a power supply, a process controller, and an electrolyte supply, wherein the machine tool, the electrode, the CNC controller, the power supply, the process controller and the electrolyte supply are configured to cooperate to function as an electroerosion machining device, wherein the machine tool, the CNC controller, the conventional cutting tool and the electrolyte supply are configured to cooperate to function as a conventional machining device, and wherein the machining system is configured to function alternately as the electroerosion machining device and the conventional machining device.

Machining systems and methods

Methods, apparatuses, devices, and/or systems for laser net shape manufacturing may make use of a nozzle that includes a main body with a thermal channel, a conducting channel and a gas distribution head. The thermal channel is at least partially within the main body and includes an aperture for passing thermal energy therethrough. The conducting channel includes a conducting outlet aperture that is a located adjacent to the thermal outlet aperture, and powder material can be passed through the conducting outlet aperture. The gas distribution head is capable of distributing shielding gas in a distribution path surrounding the conducting outlet aperture.

Nozzle for laser net shape manufacturing

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