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US 11,691,198 B2Granted
Wire manufactured by additive manufacturing methods
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorChristopher Hsu
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Abstract
Systems and methods for the manufacture of a solid wire using additive manufacturing techniques are disclosed. In one embodiment, a fine powdery material is sintered or melted or soldered or metallurgically bonded onto a metal strip substrate in a compacted solid form or a near-net shape (e.g., a near-net solid wire shape) before being turned into a final product through forming or drawing dies.
Claims20
A system for manufacturing a welding-type filler metal wire, comprising:
- a substrate transporter system configured to move a work-in-progress filler metal build under a heat source;
- a material source system configured to provide a source material that is added to a substrate or a previously bonded material by the heat source over one or more passes to build a near-net shaped solid wire;
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- a plate assembly or a die assembly configured to draw down to ensure a diameter or a cross-sectional area of the near-net shape solid wire into a finished solid welding-type filler wire,
- wherein the substrate transporter system includes one or more pulleys that are configured to pull the substrate or the previously bonded material through the material source and past the heat source to fuse the source material onto the substrate or the previously bonded material.
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