Additive manufacturing system for joining and surface overlay
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsBruce Patrick Albrecht, Christopher Hsu
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Abstract
An additive manufacturing system includes an additive manufacturing tool configured to receive a plurality of metallic anchoring materials and to supply a plurality of droplets to a part, and a controller configured to independently control the composition, formation, and application of each droplet to the plurality of droplets to the part. The plurality of droplets is configured to build up the part. Each droplet of the plurality of droplets includes at least one metallic anchoring material of the plurality of metallic anchoring materials.
Claims20
An additive manufacturing system, comprising:
- an additive manufacturing tool configured to receive a plurality of metallic anchoring materials and to supply a plurality of droplets to a part, wherein each droplet of the plurality of droplets comprises at least one metallic anchoring material of the plurality of metallic anchoring materials;
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- a controller configured to independently control the composition, formation, and application of each droplet of the plurality of droplets to the part, wherein the plurality of droplets is configured to build up the part.
A method of additively forming a part, comprising:
- forming a plurality of droplets, wherein forming the plurality of droplets comprises controlling a composition of each droplet of the plurality of droplets based at least in part on a desired composition for a respective desired deposition location of the part, and the composition of each droplet comprises at least one of a plurality of metallic anchoring materials;
- controlling heating of a first work piece;
- controlling heating of each droplet independent of heating of the first work piece;
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- forming the part on the first work piece, wherein forming the part comprises applying each droplet at the respective desired deposition location on the first work piece based at least in part on the desired composition of the part, wherein the heating of the first work piece, the heating of each droplet, and the respective desired deposition locations are based at least in part on a predetermined set of instructions.
An additive manufacturing system comprising:
- one or more feeders configured to supply a plurality of metallic anchoring materials to a welding torch;
- the welding torch configured build up a part with a plurality of micro-deposits, wherein the welding torch is configured to form each micro-deposit of the plurality of micro-deposits from a respective droplet, and the respective droplet comprises one or more metallic anchoring materials of the plurality of metallic anchoring materials;
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- a controller configured to control the composition of the respective droplet of each micro-deposit of the plurality of micro-deposits.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.