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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2014
Applicant:
+mfg, Llc, Edgewood, KY (US);
Inventors:
Thomas R. Kruer, Edgewood, KY (US);
James Blackwood, Florence, KY (US);
Assignee:
+Mfg, LLC, Erlanger, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/04 (2006.01); B23K 9/173 (2006.01); B23K 9/167 (2006.01); B23K 9/23 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B23K 103/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/044 (2013.01); B23K 9/167 (2013.01); B23K 9/173 (2013.01); B23K 9/1735 (2013.01); B23K 9/23 (2013.01); B23K 2103/10 (2018.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for depositing metals and metal-like substances in two and three dimensional form without a substrate in a safe, rapid and economical fashion using gas shielded arc welding equipment and programmable robotic motion. The method and apparatus includes the use and application of robotic controls, temperature and position feedback, single and multiple material feeds, and semi liquid deposition thereby creating near net shape parts particularly well suited to rapid prototyping and lower volume production.