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US 12,472,553 B2Granted
System and method for forming single crystal components using additive manufacturing tooling
AssigneeSingleX AB
InventorSasan Dadbakhsh
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a component includes the steps of: providing an additively manufactured component; providing a housing having the component; filling the housing having the component with a filler material for forming a mould of the component; and melting and cooling the component for forming a single-crystal microstructure of the component.
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A method of manufacturing a single-crystal microstructure superalloy component, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an already manufactured component, wherein the component is formed entirely or partially by additive manufacturing,
- providing a housing accommodating the component,
- filling the housing accommodating the component with a filler material in a form of powder for forming a mould of the component, wherein the filler material has a different chemical composition than the component and is configured to form a mould of the component upon sintering,
- melting and cooling the component for forming the single-crystal microstructure of the component, wherein the component is melted throughout its volume by exposure to an energy beam source.
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