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US 12,552,702 B2Granted
Spinners
AssigneeOwens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
InventorsEvan O'Brien, Stephen Prichard
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Abstract
A spinner for use in manufacturing glass fibers includes a body having an upper wall with an opening therethrough, a lower wall, and a side wall extending between the upper wall and the lower wall. The side wall comprises a plurality of orifices, and the body comprises a metal alloy material and is formed using a localized welding method, such as a directed energy deposition (DED) method.
Claims11
A process for manufacturing a component, the process comprising:
- depositing a metal alloy material onto a substrate;
- simultaneously applying a localized welding means to the metal alloy material as the metal alloy material is being deposited;
- and
- sequentially depositing and welding the metal alloy material into a plurality of layers to form the component,
- wherein the metal alloy material comprises:
- chromium in an amount between 25.0 wt. % and 40.0 wt. %;
- and
- up to 75 wt. % of nickel, cobalt, or a combination thereof,
- wherein the component is a spinner for use in manufacturing glass fibers, and
- wherein the localized welding means is directed energy deposition.
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