Additive manufacturing system and method
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsDalong Zhong, Yingna Wu, Zirong Zhai, Yong Wu, Hai Chang, Bin Wei, Lyle Timothy Rasch
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Abstract
An additive manufacturing system, comprises an energy source device for providing a first energy beam and a second energy beam; and a forging device comprising a forging head. The first energy beam and a substrate are configured to move relative to each other to fuse at least a portion of a material added to the surface of the substrate for forming a cladding layer on the substrate. The forging head is configured to forge the cladding layer during formation of the cladding layer. The second energy beam is configured to heat a forging area of the cladding layer.
Claims20
An additive manufacturing system, comprising:
- an energy source device for providing a first energy beam and a second energy beam;
- and
- a forging device comprising a forging head, wherein the first energy beam and a substrate are configured to move relative to each other to fuse at least a portion of a material added to a surface of the substrate for forming a cladding layer on the substrate;
- the forging head is configured to forge the cladding layer during formation of the cladding layer;
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- the second energy beam is configured to heat a forging area of the cladding layer.
An additive manufacturing method, comprising:
- moving at least one of a first energy beam and a substrate to fuse at least a portion of a material added to a surface of the substrate for forming a cladding layer on the substrate;
- forging the cladding layer during formation of the cladding layer using a forging device comprising a forging head;
- heating the forging area of the cladding layer using a second energy beam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.