SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING MICROSTRUCTURE OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPONENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20180193954A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-12

    申请号:US15400525

    申请日:2017-01-06

    Inventor: Lang Yuan Ning Zhou

    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system includes a powder bed and at least one energy source configured to produce at least one energy beam for forming a build layer of a component from the powder bed. The additive manufacturing system further includes a computing device coupled to the at least one energy source. The computing device includes a processor and a memory device. The memory device includes instructions configured to cause the computing device to execute a manufacturing plan for manufacturing the component, receive component thermal data corresponding to at least a portion of the component during manufacturing of the component, and control the at least one energy beam in response to receiving the component thermal data to produce a predetermined microstructure within the portion of the component.

    METHODS FOR PREPARING SUPERALLOY ARTICLES AND RELATED ARTICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20180002794A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-04

    申请号:US15198658

    申请日:2016-06-30

    CPC classification number: C22F1/10 C22C19/03 C22C19/05 C22C19/055 C22C19/056

    Abstract: A method for preparing an improved article including a nickel-based superalloy is presented. The method includes heat-treating a workpiece including a nickel-based superalloy at a temperature above the gamma-prime solvus temperature of the nickel-based superalloy and cooling the heat-treated workpiece with a cooling rate less than 50 degrees Fahrenheit/minute from the temperature above the gamma-prime solvus temperature of the nickel-based superalloy so as to obtain a cooled workpiece. The cooled workpiece includes a coprecipitate of a gamma-prime phase and a gamma-double-prime phase, wherein the gamma-prime phase of the coprecipitate has an average particle size less than 250 nanometers. An article having a minimum dimension greater than 6 inches is also presented. The article includes a material having a coprecipitate of a gamma-prime phase and a gamma-double-prime phase, wherein the gamma-prime phase of the coprecipitate has an average particle size less than 250 nanometers.

    Methods for preparing superalloy articles and related articles

    公开(公告)号:US10184166B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-22

    申请号:US15198514

    申请日:2016-06-30

    Abstract: A method for preparing an article including a nickel-based superalloy is presented. The method includes heat-treating a workpiece including a nickel-based superalloy at a temperature above a gamma-prime solvus temperature of the nickel-based superalloy and cooling the heat-treated workpiece with a cooling rate less than 50 degrees Fahrenheit/minute from the temperature above the gamma-prime solvus temperature of the nickel-based superalloy so as to obtain a cooled workpiece. The cooled workpiece includes a gamma-prime precipitate phase having an average particle size less than 250 nanometers at a concentration of at least 10 percent by volume, and is substantially free of a gamma-double-prime phase. An article having a minimum dimension greater than 6 inches is also presented. The article includes a material that has a gamma-prime precipitate phase having an average particle size less than 250 nanometers, and is substantially free of a gamma-double-prime phase.

    METHODS FOR PREPARING SUPERALLOY ARTICLES AND RELATED ARTICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20180002793A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-04

    申请号:US15198514

    申请日:2016-06-30

    CPC classification number: C22F1/10 C22C19/03 C22C19/05 C22C19/055 C22C19/056

    Abstract: A method for preparing an article including a nickel-based superalloy is presented. The method includes heat-treating a workpiece including a nickel-based superalloy at a temperature above a gamma-prime solvus temperature of the nickel-based superalloy and cooling the heat-treated workpiece with a cooling rate less than 50 degrees Fahrenheit/minute from the temperature above the gamma-prime solvus temperature of the nickel-based superalloy so as to obtain a cooled workpiece. The cooled workpiece includes a gamma-prime precipitate phase having an average particle size less than 250 nanometers at a concentration of at least 10 percent by volume, and is substantially free of a gamma-double-prime phase. An article having a minimum dimension greater than 6 inches is also presented. The article includes a material that has a gamma-prime precipitate phase having an average particle size less than 250 nanometers, and is substantially free of a gamma-double-prime phase.

    Systems and methods for controlling microstructure of additively manufactured components

    公开(公告)号:US10821512B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-03

    申请号:US15400525

    申请日:2017-01-06

    Inventor: Lang Yuan Ning Zhou

    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system includes a powder bed and at least one energy source configured to produce at least one energy beam for forming a build layer of a component from the powder bed. The additive manufacturing system further includes a computing device coupled to the at least one energy source. The computing device includes a processor and a memory device. The memory device includes instructions configured to cause the computing device to execute a manufacturing plan for manufacturing the component, receive component thermal data corresponding to at least a portion of the component during manufacturing of the component, and control the at least one energy beam in response to receiving the component thermal data to produce a predetermined microstructure within the portion of the component.

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