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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Technology Gmbh, Baden, CH;
Inventors:
Ronald Francis Konopacki, Suffield, CT (US);
Philip Frederick Gilston, Burlington, CT (US);
Xiaoling Li, Simsbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH, Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 11/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B23K 10/02 (2006.01); F28F 13/18 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B21C 37/15 (2006.01); B23K 25/00 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B23K 9/04 (2006.01); B21D 53/06 (2006.01); B23P 15/26 (2006.01); F28F 1/10 (2006.01); B23K 101/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 13/18 (2013.01); B21C 37/154 (2013.01); B21D 53/06 (2013.01); B23K 9/048 (2013.01); B23K 10/027 (2013.01); B23K 11/0013 (2013.01); B23K 25/005 (2013.01); B23P 15/26 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); F28F 1/10 (2013.01); B23K 2101/06 (2018.08);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a tube is provided. The method includes: selecting a core pipe having a thickness that is initially less than a desired thickness of the tube; and building-up an outer layer over an exterior surface of the core pipe via additive manufacturing so as to increase the thickness of the core pipe such that the thickness of the core pipe is equal to the desired thickness of the tube.