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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
May. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lane D Harwell, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Michelle L Griffith, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Donald L Greene, Corrales, NM (US);
Gary A Pressly, Sandia Park, NM (US);
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427597 ; 427264 ; 427271 ; 427287 ; 427307 ; 427318 ; 427327 ; 427537 ; 427540 ; 427552 ; 427555 ; 427576 ; 427580 ; 427595 ; 427596 ;
Abstract
A process for additive manufacture by energetic wire deposition is described. A source wire is fed into a energy beam generated melt-pool on a growth surface as the melt-pool moves over the growth surface. This process enables the rapid prototyping and manufacture of fully dense, near-net shape components, as well as cladding and welding processes. Alloys, graded materials, and other inhomogeneous materials can be grown using this process.