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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2021
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Arunkumar Natarajan, Mason, OH (US);
Sivaruban Shivanathan, West Chester, OH (US);
Samantha Jo Rowe, West Chester, OH (US);
Carlos H. Bonilla, Lebanon, OH (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A dip-coat binder solution comprises a metal dip-coat powder and a dip-coat binder. The dip-coat binder solution has a viscosity greater than or equal to 1 cP and less than or equal to 40 cP. The metal dip-coat powder may comprise a stainless steel alloy, a nickel alloy, a copper alloy, a copper-nickel alloy, a cobalt-chrome alloy, a titanium alloy, an aluminum alloy, a tungsten alloy, or a combination thereof. A method of forming a part includes providing a green body part comprising a plurality of layers of print powder, dipping the green body part in a dip-coat binder solution to form a dip-coated green body part, and heating the dip-coated green body part. After dipping, the dip-coated green body part has a surface roughness Ra less than or equal to 10 μm.