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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2020
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ananda Barua, Glenville, NY (US);
Sathyanarayanan Raghavan, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Ken Salas Nobrega, Schenectady, NY (US);
Vadim Bromberg, Schenectady, NY (US);
Arunkumar Natarajan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method includes assembling a setter assembly onto a binder-jet printed part, wherein the setter assembly includes a base, a top setter, a bottom setter positioned between the base and the top setter, and a support pin extending between the base and the top setter having a terminus that abuts an inward facing surface of the top setter, such that at least portion of the binder-jet printed part is nested between the top setter and the bottom setter. The method includes heating the binder-jet printed part and the setter assembly to debind or sinter the binder-jet printed part, wherein a length of the support pin decreases in response to the heating to move the top setter toward the base.