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US 11,027,254 B1Granted
Additive manufacturing of mixed-metal parts using sol-gel feed materials
AssigneeConsolidated Nuclear Security, LLC
InventorsVincent E. Lamberti, Roland D. Seals, Patrick K. Moehlen
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Abstract
Methods and systems for manufacturing a mixed-metal part by preparing a mixed-metal sol-gel as a feed material and using an additive manufacturing technique to form the mixed-metal part from the mixed-metal sol-gel feed material.
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A method for manufacturing a mixed-metal part comprising:
- (a) preparing a feed material, the preparing step including:
- combining in a solvent a first metal containing reactant with a second metal containing reactant to form a mixed-metal sol-gel, and
- controllably removing a portion of the solvent from the mixed-metal sol-gel until the mixed-metal sol-gel achieves a desired viscosity to form the feed material;
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- (b) using an additive manufacturing technique to form the mixed-metal part from the feed material.
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A method for manufacturing a mixed-metal part comprising:
- (a) preparing a mixed-metal sol-gel by combining in a solvent a first metal alkoxide reactant with a second metal alkoxide reactant to form the mixed-metal sol-gel and controllably removing a portion of the solvent from the mixed-metal sol-gel until the mixed-metal sol-gel achieves a desired viscosity;
- (b) extruding the mixed-metal sol gel into a plurality of mixed-metal sol-gel fibers;
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- (c) feeding the mixed-metal sol-gel fibers through a heated nozzle to build the mixed-metal part layer-by-layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.