Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for manufacturing component
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Application No.: US15282031Application Date: 2016-09-30
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Publication No.: US10232469B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Curtis J. Graham , Daniel T. Cavanaugh
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Deerfield
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Deerfield
- Main IPC: B23K26/34
- IPC: B23K26/34 ; B23K26/342 ; B23K35/02 ; B23K9/04 ; B23K9/173 ; B23K26/00 ; B23K101/00 ; B23K103/18

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a component is disclosed. The method includes depositing a material on a removable form structure having geometry corresponding to an internal space of the component. The material is deposited on the removable form structure by an additive manufacturing technique. The method includes removing the removable form structure to obtain a pre-machined component, and then machining the pre-machined component to manufacture the component having the internal space.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180093349A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPONENT Public/Granted day:2018-04-05
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