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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2020
Applicant:
Baker Hughes Holdings Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Madison S. Burns, Celle, DE;
Luke Alan Boyer, Houston, TX (US);
Christoph Wangenheim, Hemmingen, DE;
James Andy Oxford, Magnolia, TX (US);
Sobieslaw Gacek, Kingwood, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Holdings LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 35/08 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/30 (2017.01); B29C 71/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B29C 64/30 (2017.08); B29C 71/02 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B29C 2035/0811 (2013.01); B29C 2071/022 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0087 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of creating and heat-treating 3D-printed objects may involve creating an object utilizing a 3D printer. The object may be moved from the 3D printer to a heat-treatment apparatus. The object may be exposed to an elevated temperature and pressure may be applied to the object utilizing a pressure-transmission medium of the heat-treatment apparatus. The 3D printer and heat-treatment apparatus may in a unified process flow volume.