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Patent No.:

US 12485607 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2023

Tooling assembly for decreasing powder usage in a powder bed additive manufacturing process

Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Hongqing Sun, Rexford, NY (US);

Jinjie Shi, Mason, OH (US);

Andrew Ezekiel Wessman, Walton, KY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);

Attorney:

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Primary Examiner:

Rebecca Janssen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B22F 3/10 (2006.01); B22F 5/04 (2006.01); B22F 7/06 (2006.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 12/30 (2021.01); B23K 26/34 (2014.01); B23K 26/354 (2014.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B22F 10/25 (2021.01); B22F 10/32 (2021.01); B22F 10/73 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B22F 5/04 (2013.01); B22F 7/062 (2013.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 12/30 (2021.01); B23K 26/34 (2013.01); B23K 26/354 (2015.10); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B22F 2003/1042 (2013.01); B22F 2007/068 (2013.01); B22F 10/25 (2021.01); B22F 10/32 (2021.01); B22F 10/73 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01);
Abstract

A tooling assembly for mounting a plurality of components, such as compressor blades, in a powder bed additive manufacturing machine to facilitate a repair process is provided. The tooling assembly includes component fixtures configured for receiving each of the compressor blades, a mounting plate for receiving the component fixtures, and a complementary fixture defining a plurality of voids within which the compressor blades are received when the complementary fixture is mounted to the mounting plate such that less powder is required to fill the powder bed.

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