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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2016
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Perry T. Horst, Tacoma, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); C22C 47/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B22F 2003/1057 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); C22C 47/14 (2013.01); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract
A system includes a chamber to receive a powdered material to be used to form an object. The system includes actuators coupled to the chamber. The actuators apply pressure waves to the powdered material in the chamber. The system also includes a controller to activate a plurality of the actuators in a sequence. Activation of the plurality of actuators in the sequence converges pressure waves on a particular volume of powdered material in the chamber to compress the particular volume and to transform at least a portion of the powdered material in the particular volume to solid material of the object.