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InventorsGrigoriy Grinberg, David Robert Collins, Richard L. Allor
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At least one aspect of the present invention relates to an improved method of incorporating fluid lines in a spray-formed article. The method comprises forming a first component having a backing surface followed by placing a fluid defining flexible conduit adjacent the backing surface. Next, metal droplets are sprayed over the backing surface to from a metallic adhesion layer. The metal droplets used to form the adhesion layer are sprayed in a sufficient amount that the adhesion layer at least partially encapsulates the flexible conduit whereby the conduit is fastened to the backing surface by the metallic adhesion layer. Also provided by the present invention is an article made in accordance with a method of the invention.
A method of making an article having fluid passages, the method comprising:
An article having fluid passages, the article comprising:
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Casting in, on, or around objects which form part of the product: for making objects with integrated channels
Accessories: Details: dies ; Die plates; Die supports; Cooling equipment for dies; Accessories for loosening and ejecting castings from dies
Casting processes not provided for in groups B22D1/00 - B22D21/00: moulding by spraying metal on a surface
Casting of metals
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1. Field of the Invention
In at least one aspect, the present invention relates to the production of at least partially metallic articles with heat transfer channels and, in particular, to at least partially metallic articles with partially embedded cooling lines.
2. Background Art
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a section of an article with encapsulated fluid passages made in accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention.
Reference will now be made in detail to presently preferred compositions or embodiments and methods of the invention, which constitute the best modes of practicing the invention presently known to the inventors.
In one embodiment of the present application, a method of making an article having fluid passages is provided. Specifically, the disclosed method incorporates cooling lines into a spray-formed article. The method comprises:
(a) forming a first component having a backing surface;