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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2000
Raymond D. Dixon, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Gary K. Lewis, Los Alamos, NM (US);
John O. Milewski, Santa Fe, NM (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Abstract
It has been discovered that wires and small diameter rods can be produced using laser deposition technology in a novel way. An elongated article such as a wire or rod is constructed by melting and depositing particulate material into a deposition zone which has been designed to yield the desired article shape and dimensions. The article is withdrawn from the deposition zone as it is formed, thus enabling formation of the article in a continuous process. Alternatively, the deposition zone is moved along any of numerous deposition paths away from the article being formed.