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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2017
U.s.a. As Represented BY the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (US);
Karen M. Taminger, Yorktown, VA (US);
Robert A. Hafley, Yorktown, VA (US);
Joseph N. Zalameda, Poquoson, VA (US);
Christopher S. Domack, Carrollton, VA (US);
Brian L. Taminger, Yorktown, VA (US);
Eric R. Burke, Yorktown, VA (US);
Richard E. Martin, Yorktown, VA (US);
William J. Seufzer, Yorktown, VA (US);
Theresa A. Butler, Yorktown, VA (US);
United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling operation of an electron beam gun and wire feeder during deposition of pools of molten matter onto a substrate to form beads upon solidification of the molten matter. The method includes providing a substrate and a wire source. A molten pool of liquid phase metal is formed on the substrate by melting the wire utilizing an electron beam generated by an electron beam gun. The liquid metal solidifies into a solid phase. A controller utilizes data from a sensor to adjust a process perimeter based, at least in part, on data generated by the sensor.