Process for forming wrought structures using cold spray
AssigneeCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
InventorsSaden Heshmatollah Zahiri, Stefan Gulizia
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Abstract
A process and apparatus of producing a product having a wrought structure. The process comprises the step of: applying heat and a compressive load simultaneously to an application area of a cold spray deposition preform to transform the comprising consolidated particle structure into a wrought structure, the compressive load being applied laterally to the application area. The application of compressive load and heat to the application area raises the temperature of the material of the preform in the application area to between the recrystallisation temperature and the melting point of the material.
Claims12
An apparatus for producing a product having a wrought structure from a cold spray deposition preform having a consolidated particle structure, comprising:
- a cold spray deposition apparatus configured to form the cold spray deposition preform on a deposition surface, and
- a compressive load applicator configured to simultaneously apply heat and a compressive load to an application area of the cold spray deposition preform that was formed from the cold spray deposition apparatus,
- wherein the compressive load applicator applies the compressive load laterally to the application area in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the tangential plane of the application area or point,
- and wherein, the compressive load applicator is configured to apply the compressive load and heat to raise the temperature of the material of the preform in the application area to between the recrystallisation temperature and the melting point of the material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.