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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2012
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventor:
Christopher F. O'Neill, Hebron, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 1/00 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 1/0081 (2013.01); B22F 1/0088 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B22F 2003/1059 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); Y02P 10/24 (2015.11); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract
A metal powder reconditioning apparatus and method recondition contaminated residual powder from an additive manufacturing device. The apparatus and method include a reducing chamber that receives contaminated residual powder resulting from an additive manufacturing process and remove oxygen from the contaminated residual powder to produce reconditioned powder. The reconditioned powder may be reused in the additive manufacturing process, or may be stored in a non-oxidizing atmosphere for later reuse.