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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Inventors:
Gerald J. Bruck, Titusville, FL (US);
Ahmed Kamel, Orlando, FL (US);
Assignee:
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B22F 1/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B22F 5/10 (2006.01); C04B 41/51 (2006.01); C22C 1/10 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B23K 26/70 (2014.01); B23K 103/08 (2006.01); B23K 103/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B22F 1/0003 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B22F 5/10 (2013.01); B23K 26/0006 (2013.01); B23K 26/70 (2015.10); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); C04B 41/51 (2013.01); C22C 1/1015 (2013.01); B22F 2005/103 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); B23K 2103/08 (2018.08); B23K 2103/26 (2018.08);
Abstract
A method including: submerging a ceramic preform () in a layer () of powdered superalloy material (), wherein the preform defines a desired shape of a channel () to be formed in a layer () of superalloy material; melting the powdered superalloy material around the preform without melting the preform; and cooling and re-solidifying the superalloy material around the preform to form the layer of superalloy material with the preform defining the shape of the channel therein.