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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Simone Hövel, Ennetbaden, CH;
Alexander Stankowski, Würenlingen, CH;
Lukas Rickenbacher, Basel, CH;
ANSALDO ENERGIA IP UK LIMITED, London, GB;
Abstract
In a method for manufacturing an article (), particularly a prototype of a product or component, a tool prototype or spare part, by using selected laser melting, for the application onto the article () of a layer () or portion of a second metallic material, which is different from the material of the first metallic powder (), a tape (), sheet (), foil or three-dimensional pre-form () of a second material is applied to the article () and is heated by a focused laser or electron beam () to a specified temperature such that the tape (), sheet (), foil or pre-form, respectively, are made molten by the electron laser beam (), wherein the focused beam () is applied to a given area corresponding to a selected cross-sectional area of the model of the article () under formation of a new layer or part made of second material integral with the article ().