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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2019
Applicant:
Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;
Inventor:
Howard James Price, Blackburn, GB;
Assignee:
BAE Systems plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/15 (2006.01); B22F 10/20 (2021.01); B22F 3/16 (2006.01); B22F 3/24 (2006.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/15 (2013.01); B22F 3/16 (2013.01); B22F 3/24 (2013.01); B22F 10/20 (2021.01); B22F 2003/248 (2013.01); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a metal component from metal powder which includes exposing the metal powder to an inert gas; consolidating the metal powder into a solid metal; followed by exposing the solid metal to a hot isostatic pressing process to form a metal component, wherein the hot isostatic pressing process has one initial compression cycle followed by at least one decompression and recompression cycle.