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US 2013/0294901 A1Published application
Metal powder casting
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsSergey Mironets, Wendell V. Twelves, Agnes Klucha
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Abstract
A method of component forming according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, positioning a metal powder in a mold cavity, melting the metal powder within the mold cavity, and cooling the melted metal powder to form a component.
Claims21
A component forming method, comprising:
- positioning a metal powder in a mold cavity;
- melting the metal powder within the mold cavity;
- and
- cooling the melted metal powder to form a component.
1 more element
A mold assembly, comprising:
- a mold providing a cavity;
- and
- a heating element configured to heat the mold to melt a metal powder within the cavity.
A cast component assembly comprising:
- a component, wherein at least a portion of the component is formed from a metal powder that has been melted and cooled within a mold cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.