Additive manufacturing of mld-enhanced drilling tools
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsGuodong Zhan, Timothy E. Moellendick, Bodong Li
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus for carrying out rapid on-site optical chemical analysis in oil feeds are described. In one aspect, a system for manufacture of a tool includes a deposition reactor configured for molecular layer deposition or atomic layer deposition of metal powder to manufacture coated particles, a fabrication unit configured for 3D printing of the tool, and a controller that controls the deposition reactor and the fabrication unit, wherein the fabrication unit and the deposition reactor are integrated for automated fabrication of the tool using the coated particles from the deposition reactor as building material for the 3D printing.
Claims30
A system for manufacture of a tool, the system comprising:
- a deposition reactor configured for molecular layer deposition or atomic layer deposition of powder to manufacture coated particles;
- a fabrication unit configured for 3D printing of the tool;
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- a controller that controls the deposition reactor and the fabrication unit,
- wherein the fabrication unit and the deposition reactor are integrated for automated fabrication of the tool using the coated particles from the deposition reactor as building material for the 3D printing.
A method of manufacturing a tool, the method comprising:
- providing at least one deposition reactor configured for molecular layer deposition or atomic layer deposition of powder to create coated particles;
- providing a fabrication unit configured for 3D printing of the tool, the fabrication unit attached to the deposition reactor;
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- providing a controller comprising instructions for controlling the fabrication unit and the deposition reactor for automated fabrication of the tool using the coated particles from the deposition reactor as building material for the 3D printing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.