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US 11,446,682 B2Granted
Method of manufacturing a rotary atomiser bell cup
AssigneeNovanta Technologies UK Limited
InventorsJohn Stratton, Christopher Beesley
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Abstract
A rotary atomiser bell cup comprising a bell portion for spraying media in use and a hub portion via which the bell portion is rotatingly drivable in use, wherein the hub portion is a machined metal portion and the bell portion has been built up on the hub using an additive manufacturing process.
Claims6
A method of manufacturing a rotary atomiser bell cup comprising a bell portion for spraying media in use and a hub portion via which the bell portion is rotatingly drivable in use, the method comprising the steps of:
- making the hub portion using machining;
- and building up the bell portion on the hub portion using an additive manufacturing process, the method further comprising the step of forming a platform portion as part of the hub portion during an initial machining portion of the making the hub portion, said platform portion being arranged to facilitate the building up of the bell portion and machining away at least a part of the platform portion during machining after the additive manufacturing process.
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