Systems and methods for high strength titanium wire additive manufacturing
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsRoque Panza-Giosa, Noel C. Haynes
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Abstract
A method of titanium wire additive manufacturing is disclosed. The method may comprise mixing a plurality of powdered metals comprising titanium, iron, vanadium, and aluminum to produce a powder blend, sintering the powder blend to form a billet, performing a wire forming operation to produce a worked wire, heat treating the worked wire to produce a heat treaded wire, loading the heat treated wire into a wirefeed additive manufacturing machine, and producing a metallic component from the heat treated wire. The titanium may be a titanium hydride powder.
Claims20
A method of titanium wire additive manufacturing, comprising:
- mixing a plurality of powdered metals comprising titanium, iron, vanadium, and aluminum to produce a powder blend;
- sintering the powder blend to form a billet;
- performing a wire forming operation on the billet to produce a worked wire;
- heat treating the worked wire to produce a heat treated wire;
- loading the heat treated wire into a wirefeed additive manufacturing machine configured to deposit the heat treated wire;
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- producing a metallic component from the heat treated wire.
An article of manufacture including a metallic component additively manufactured from a wire feedstock by a wirefeed additive manufacturing machine, wherein:
- the wire feedstock comprises a heat treated wire drawn from a sintered billet of powdered metals,
- the powdered metals comprising titanium hydride, iron, vanadium, and aluminum.
A method of forming a wire for titanium wire additive manufacturing, comprising:
- mixing a plurality of powdered metals comprising titanium, iron, vanadium, and aluminum to produce a powder blend;
- sintering the powder blend to form a billet;
- performing a wire forming operation on the billet to produce a worked wire;
- and heat treating the worked wire to produce a heat treated wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.