Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for optimization of powder removal features in additively manufactured components
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Application No.: US15702543Application Date: 2017-09-12
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Publication No.: US11292058B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Narender Shankar Lakshman , Thomas Samuel Bowden, Jr. , John Russell Bucknell , Ross Harrison Byers , Broc William TenHouten , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Muhammad Faizan Zafar , Richard Winston Hoyle , Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli
- Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Main IPC: B33Y50/00
- IPC: B33Y50/00 ; B22F10/20 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y50/02 ; B23K26/342 ; B23K26/142 ; B23K26/14 ; B22F3/24 ; B33Y40/00 ; G06F30/00 ; B22F10/30
Abstract:
Techniques for optimizing powder hole removal are disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus for inserting powder removal features may identify what powder removal features are optimal for a given AM component, as well as the optimal location and physical characteristics of these features. The features are automatedly added to the component, and an FEA test is run. In the event of failure, the offending feature is removed and the process is repeated. If successful then the loose powder may be removed in a post-processing step following AM.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190076925A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF POWDER REMOVAL FEATURES IN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPONENTS Public/Granted day:2019-03-14
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