公开(公告)号：US20170282457A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-05

申请号：US15085555

申请日：2016-03-30

申请人： Baker Hughes Incorporated

发明人： Madison S. Burns ,  Luke Alan Boyer ,  Christoph Wangenheim ,  James Andy Oxford ,  Sobieslaw Gacek

IPC分类号： B29C67/00 ,  B29C35/02

摘要： In some embodiments, systems for creating and heat-treating 3D-printed objects may include a 3D printer configured to create the object. A heat-treatment apparatus may be operatively connected to the 3D printer. The heat-treatment apparatus may be configured to expose the object to an elevated temperature to heat-treat the object. A pressure-transmission medium of the heat-treatment apparatus may be configured to apply pressure to the object during heat treatment. The 3D printer and heat-treatment apparatus may be incorporated into a unified process flow volume. Methods of creating and heat-treating 3D-printed objects may involve creating an object utilizing a 3D printer. The object may be moved from the 3D printer to a heat-treatment apparatus. The object may be exposed to an elevated temperature and pressure may be applied to the object utilizing a pressure-transmission medium of the heat-treatment apparatus. The 3D printer and heat-treatment apparatus may in a unified process flow volume.