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US 2016/0271870 A1Published application
Phonon generation in bulk material for manufacturing
AssigneeChevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
InventorAlfred E. Brown, JR.
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Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include the formation of an article of manufacture by a process in which vibrations are generated in a bulk material disposed within a build chamber. The vibrations are focused within a section of the base material, and the focusing is controlled to cause the section of the base material to undergo a physical transformation to form at least a portion of the article of manufacture.
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A method of manufacturing, comprising:
- selectively forming an article of manufacture using focused excitation by a process comprising:
- generating vibrations in a base material disposed within a build chamber;
- focusing the vibrations in a section of the base material;
- and
- controlling the focusing of the vibrations to cause the section of the base material to undergo a physical transformation to form at least a portion of the additive manufacturing part.
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A manufacturing system, comprising:
- a build chamber configured to hold a bulk substrate in granular form;
- an emission system configured to project a waveform into the build chamber from a single side of the build chamber;
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- a controller configured to control the operation of the emission source to cause phonon generation in particular regions of the granular bulk substrate, wherein the controller is configured to control the phonon generation such that the particular regions of the bulk substrate resonate at a frequency sufficient to cause the bulk substrate to undergo a transformation to produce a portion of an additive manufacturing part.
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A method of manufacturing, comprising:
- forming a manufacturing part using focused phonon generation by a process comprising:
- generating phonons in a solid bulk substrate;
- focusing the phonon generation on sections of the solid bulk substrate to be removed;
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- controlling the focusing of the phonon generation to generate atomic oscillation in a lattice of the bulk substrate with sufficient energy to remove the solid bulk substrate at a point of focus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.