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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2014
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Lexia Kironn, Rocky Hill, CT (US);
Sergey Mironets, Charlotte, NC (US);
Wendell V. Twelves, Jr., Glastonbury, CT (US);
Agnes Klucha, Panton, VT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of forming an object includes installing multiple foil drums within a processing chamber of an ultrasonic consolidation system. The multiple foil drums each include different materials than the other foil drums. The multiple foil drums are positioned so that one of the foils is selected to be placed on top of the build platform. The selected foil is welded onto the build platform or onto a previously processed layer. A portion of the welded foil is then cut. The multiple foil drums are retracted away from the build platform. The portion of the welded foil that was just cut is then consolidated to the object. The build platform is incrementally lowered before the process is repeated to form the next layer of the object.