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Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 21, 2017
Applicant:

U.s. Government As Represented BY the Secretary of the Army, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Victor Champagne, Dudley, MA (US);

Adam Jacob, Broadheadsville, PA (US);

Frank Dindl, Newton, NJ (US);

Aaron Nardi, East Granby, CT (US);

Michael Klecka, Coventry, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 21/04 (2006.01); C23C 24/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 21/04 (2013.01); C23C 24/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a gun barrel with a cold spray process. The method includes the use of a mandrel having a tubular body and being made of a material with properties suited to use with gun barrel manufacture and materials and cold spray processes. The gun barrel includes a liner, one or more structural layers and an outer jacket. The mandrel is dissolved in a chemical process during manufacture of the gun barrel.


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