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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Kassy Moy Hart, Greenville, SC (US);
Benjamin Paul Lacy, Greer, SC (US);
Archie Lee Swanner, Jr., Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 7/08 (2006.01); B22F 5/04 (2006.01); B22F 3/10 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 7/08 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B22F 2003/1056 (2013.01); B23K 2101/001 (2018.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12);
Abstract
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and tooling for additive manufacturing on a build surface of a pre-existing component. An additive manufacturing tool successively positions layers of powdered materials and selectively fuses the layers of powdered materials to create an additive component on the build surface of the pre-existing component. The pre-existing component is secured in a build plate by a thermal expansion fit during the additive manufacturing process.