Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Powdered metal as a sacrificial material for ultrasonic additive manufacturing
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Application No.: US15137370Application Date: 2016-04-25
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Publication No.: US10443958B2Publication Date: 2019-10-15
- Inventor: Michael L. Andersen , Travis L. Mayberry , Gregory P. Schaefer
- Applicant: Raytheon Company
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- Main IPC: B23K1/06
- IPC: B23K1/06 ; F28F9/02 ; B23K20/10 ; B23K20/22 ; B23K20/233 ; F28F7/02 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y80/00 ; B23K101/14 ; B23K103/10 ; B23K103/08

Abstract:
A manifold structure and method of forming a structure having at least one enclosed cavity includes using an ultrasonic additive manufacturing (UAM) process to build up a solid component, forming a cavity in the solid component, filling the cavity with a sacrificial material, using a UAM process to build up a finstock layer over the cavity filled with the powder material to enclose the cavity and form the enclosed cavity, and removing the sacrificial material from the enclosed cavity after the finstock layer is ultrasonically welded to the solid component. The sacrificial material has an adequate density to support the UAM process of forming the finstock layer over the cavity and the material may be removed from the enclosed cavity, resulting in an enclosed cavity having smooth surfaces with an optimal fluid flow area therethrough.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170304964A1 POWDERED METAL AS A SACRIFICIAL MATERIAL FOR ULTRASONIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Public/Granted day:2017-10-26
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