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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11498128 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022

Filed:

May. 24, 2017

Manufacturing apparatus comprising collocated reduction apparatus, processor and additive-manufacturing apparatus

Applicant:

Metalysis Limited, Rotherham, GB;

Inventors:

Dion Vaughan, Rotherham, GB;

Melchiorre Conti, Rotherham, GB;

Assignee:

METALYSIS LIMITED, Rotherham, GB;

Attorney:

Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Eisenschenk

Primary Examiner:

Rebecca Janssen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); C23C 4/18 (2006.01); C25C 7/00 (2006.01); C25C 7/08 (2006.01); C25C 7/06 (2006.01); B22F 10/20 (2021.01); B22F 1/065 (2022.01); B22F 9/20 (2006.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); C23C 4/123 (2016.01); B22D 23/00 (2006.01); B22F 3/115 (2006.01); C22B 34/12 (2006.01); C25C 3/28 (2006.01); C25C 5/04 (2006.01); B22F 1/052 (2022.01); B23K 103/14 (2006.01); C22C 1/04 (2006.01); B22F 10/30 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 9/20 (2013.01); B22D 23/003 (2013.01); B22F 1/052 (2022.01); B22F 1/065 (2022.01); B22F 3/115 (2013.01); B22F 10/20 (2021.01); B23K 26/0006 (2013.01); B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); C22B 34/1263 (2013.01); C23C 4/123 (2016.01); C23C 4/185 (2013.01); C25C 3/28 (2013.01); C25C 5/04 (2013.01); C25C 7/007 (2013.01); C25C 7/06 (2013.01); C25C 7/08 (2013.01); B22F 10/30 (2021.01); B22F 2301/205 (2013.01); B23K 2103/14 (2018.08); C22C 1/0458 (2013.01); Y02P 10/25 (2015.11);
Abstract

A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a metallic article involve providing a non-metallic feedstock, for example in the form of an oxide of a desired metal or a mixture of oxides of the components of a desired metal alloy. A manufacturing apparatus has a reduction apparatus for electrochemically reducing the feedstock to a metallic product and a processor for converting the metallic product to a metallic powder. The powder is fed into an additive-manufacturing apparatus for fabricating the metallic article from the metallic powder. At least the reduction apparatus and the processor, and preferably also the additive-manufacturing apparatus, are collocated, or located in the same container, or in the same building, or on the same site.

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