Methods, systems, and apparatus for component manufacturing
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsSergey Mironets, Tahany Ibrahim El-Wardany
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for component manufacturing are provided. A component may be manufactured via an extrusion of loose substrate material into a unitary tubing. Features may be added to the tubing via friction stir additive manufacturing to manufacture a component. In this manner, a component may be manufactured from titanium alloys while processing challenges such as iron segregation or material loss through machining are ameliorated. Such a component may replace steel or other high strength components and further exhibits corrosion resistance.
Claims18
A method of forming an additively manufactured component comprising:
- rotating a die;
- extending a mandrel through a sleeve and toward the rotating die while the die is rotating;
- compressing, by the mandrel, a first loose substrate material disposed within the sleeve against the rotating die;
- extruding a unitary tubing made of the first loose substrate material from the rotating die in response to the compressing, by the mandrel, the first loose substrate material disposed within the sleeve against the rotating die, wherein the extruded unitary tubing comprises a first body of the additively manufactured component;
- rotating a first billet material;
- pressing a tip of the first billet material against the first body while the first billet material is rotating;
- bonding at least a portion of the first billet material to the first body in response to the pressing and the rotating of the first billet material;
- translating the first billet material relative to the first body;
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- forming a boss from the at least the portion of the first billet material on the first body in response to the translating.
An apparatus for forming an additively manufactured component comprising:
- a rotatable die;
- a mandrel extendible toward the rotatable die while the rotatable die is rotating;
- a sleeve defining a space through which the mandrel extends, wherein the mandrel extends through the sleeve and compresses a first loose substrate material disposed within the sleeve against the rotatable die, wherein a unitary tubing made of the first loose substrate material is extruded from the rotatable die in response to the compressing, by the mandrel, the first loose substrate material disposed within the sleeve against the rotatable die, wherein the extruded unitary tubing comprises a first body of the additively manufactured component;
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- a friction stir additive manufacturing machine configured to rotate and press a first billet material against the first body while the first billet material is rotating and to bond at least a portion of the first billet material to the first body in response to the pressing and the rotating of the first billet material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.