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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Raymond J. Kilmer, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Vivek M. Sample, Murrysville, PA (US);
Erin J. Fulton, Irwin, PA (US);
James T. Burg, Verona, PA (US);
Eric G. Bogan, Cabot, PA (US);
Jason C. Brem, New Kensington, PA (US);
Robert J. Speer, Upper Burrell, PA (US);
William B. Leith, Apollo, PA (US);
Michael Cardinale, Apollo, PA (US);
Philip Gacka, Allison Park, PA (US);
ARCONIC INC., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
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.