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Patent No.:

US 9364888 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 17, 2014

Regenerating an additively manufactured component to cure defects and alter microstructure

Applicant:

United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);

Inventors:

John McBrien, South Glastonbury, CT (US);

Lea Kennard Castle, Vernon, CT (US);

Brandon W. Spangler, Vernon, CT (US);

JinQuan Xu, East Greenwich, RI (US);

Assignee:

United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);

Attorney:

Kinney & Lange, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Kevin E Yoon

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22C 7/02 (2006.01); B22D 23/06 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01); F01D 5/18 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B22F 5/04 (2006.01); C30B 11/00 (2006.01); C30B 29/52 (2006.01); B22C 9/04 (2006.01); B22C 9/02 (2006.01); B22C 9/10 (2006.01); B22C 9/22 (2006.01); B23K 15/00 (2006.01); B32B 1/08 (2006.01); B32B 3/08 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B32B 5/16 (2006.01); B32B 9/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22C 7/02 (2013.01); B22C 9/02 (2013.01); B22C 9/043 (2013.01); B22C 9/10 (2013.01); B22C 9/22 (2013.01); B22D 23/06 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B22F 5/04 (2013.01); B23K 15/0006 (2013.01); B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B32B 1/08 (2013.01); B32B 3/08 (2013.01); B32B 3/26 (2013.01); B32B 5/16 (2013.01); B32B 9/005 (2013.01); C30B 11/00 (2013.01); C30B 29/52 (2013.01); F01D 5/18 (2013.01); F01D 5/28 (2013.01); B32B 2250/03 (2013.01); B32B 2264/105 (2013.01); B32B 2603/00 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); F05D 2230/31 (2013.01); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract

One embodiment includes a method to regenerate a component. The method includes additively manufacturing the component with at least a portion of the component in a near finished shape. The component is encased in a shell mold, the shell mold is cured, the encased component is placed in a furnace and the component is melted, the component is solidified in the shell mold, and the shell mold is removed from the solidified component.

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McBrien, John. (2016). Regenerating an additively manufactured component to cure defects and alter microstructure (U.S. Patent No. 9364888). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9364888

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