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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Inventors:
Gerald J. Bruck, Oviedo, FL (US);
Ahmed Kamel, Orlando, FL (US);
Assignee:
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 35/02 (2006.01); B23K 26/70 (2014.01); B23K 35/30 (2006.01); B23K 35/365 (2006.01); B23K 35/368 (2006.01); B23K 26/06 (2014.01); B23K 26/34 (2014.01); B23K 26/354 (2014.01); B23K 26/073 (2006.01); B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B22F 10/10 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 35/0261 (2013.01); B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B23K 26/0648 (2013.01); B23K 26/0652 (2013.01); B23K 26/0734 (2013.01); B23K 26/34 (2013.01); B23K 26/354 (2015.10); B23K 26/702 (2015.10); B23K 35/0272 (2013.01); B23K 35/0277 (2013.01); B23K 35/3033 (2013.01); B23K 35/365 (2013.01); B23K 35/368 (2013.01); B22F 10/10 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A filler feed wire () including both a laser conductive element () and a filler material () extending along a length of the wire. Laser energy () can be directed into a proximal end () of the laser conductive element for melting a distal end () of the feed wire to form a melt pool () for additive fabrication or repair. The laser conductive element may serve as a flux material. In this manner, laser energy is delivered precisely to the distal end of the feed wire, eliminating the need to separately coordinate laser beam motion with feed wire motion.