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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2001
Jeffrey Alan Kinane, Birmingham, MI (US);
David Robert Collins, Southgate, MI (US);
Matthew John Zaluzec, Canton, MI (US);
Paul Earl Pergande, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Grigoriy Grinberg, Sylvania, OH (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of spray forming a weldable metal deposit. The method comprises (a) providing a ceramic spray forming pattern, (b) heating the spray forming pattern to a sustained temperature sufficient to prevent internal stress formation in deposited carbon steel having a carbon content of less than about 0.3 weight percent when deposited on the heated spray forming pattern, (c) spraying metallic particles onto the spray forming pattern heated to the sustained temperature, and (d) allowing the sprayed metallic particles to cool to form a metal deposit. The metallic particles have a carbon content which is sufficient to result in metal particles having a carbon content of less than about 0.3 weight percent when deposited on the heated spray forming pattern. The resulting deposit has a carbon content of less than about 0.3 weight percent.