Systems and methods for high strength titanium rod additive manufacturing
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsNoel C. Haynes, Jason Bradley Allen
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method of forming a rod feedstock for titanium stir friction welding additive manufacturing may comprise: mixing a plurality of powdered metals comprising titanium, iron, vanadium, and aluminum to produce a powder blend; at least one of die pressing the powder blend to form a die pressed powder or continuously powder rolling the powder blend to form a die pressed powder; and sintering the powder blend to form a rod feedstock having a cross-sectional profile.
Claims12
A method of titanium rod additive manufacturing, comprising:
- mixing a plurality of powdered metals comprising titanium, iron, vanadium, and aluminum to produce a powder blend;
- die pressing the powder blend to form a die pressed powder blend;
- sintering the die pressed powder blend to form a rod feedstock having a cross-sectional profile, wherein the cross-sectional profile of the rod feedstock is a substantially square shape;
- loading the rod feedstock into an additive manufacturing machine configured to deposit the rod feedstock, wherein loading the rod feedstock further comprises applying an axial force to the rod feedstock to translate the rod feedstock through an aperture of a rotating tool;
- and
- producing, via stir friction welding, a metallic component from the rod feedstock.
A method of forming a rod feedstock for titanium stir friction welding additive manufacturing, comprising:
- mixing a plurality of powdered metals comprising titanium, iron, vanadium, and aluminum to produce a powder blend;
- at least one of die pressing the powder blend to form a die pressed powder or continuously powder rolling the powder blend to form the die pressed powder;
- and
- sintering the powder blend to form the rod feedstock having a cross-sectional profile, wherein the cross-sectional profile of the rod feedstock is a substantially square shape, wherein the cross-sectional profile of the rod feedstock corresponds to a second cross-sectional profile of a rotating tool of an additive manufacturing machine to receive the rod feedstock during a stir friction welding process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.