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US 12,673,461 B2Granted
Hybrid manufacturing method comprising an additive manufacturing step and a product resulting from such a method
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsStéphane Brun, Laurent Bourseguin
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Abstract
A hybrid manufacturing method comprising providing a base member, the base member comprising a metallic portion provided with a coating; providing a surface treatment to all or part of the coating, the surface treatment comprising a mechanical, a chemical and/or a physical treatment, to obtain a treated base surface; and forming an additional part onto the treated base surface by additive manufacturing.
Claims8
A hybrid manufacturing method comprising:
- providing a base member, the base member comprising a metallic portion provided with a coating, the coating comprising resin, an e-coat primer, and a top-coat layer;
- providing a surface treatment to all or part of the coating, the surface treatment comprising thermal or chemical treatment, to obtain a treated base surface to provide adhesive features to at least a portion of the coating;
- and
- forming an additional part onto the treated base surface by additive manufacturing.
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A hybrid manufacturing method comprising:
- providing a base member, the base member comprising a metallic portion provided with a coating, the coating comprising an e-coat primer and a top-coat layer;
- providing a surface treatment to all or part of the coating comprising removing all or part of the top-coat layer only, the surface treatment comprising thermal or chemical treatment, to obtain a treated base surface;
- and
- forming an additional part onto the treated base surface by additive manufacturing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.