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US 2022/0019002 A1Published application
Visible quality additive manufactured aluminum mirror finishing
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsJohn P. Schaefer, Paul Gasloli
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Abstract
A mirrored apparatus includes a substrate having a surface and including an additive manufactured aluminum and about 2 to about 30 weight % (wt. %) silicon. The mirrored apparatus also includes a finish layer arranged directly on the surface of the substrate. The finish layer includes a polished surface opposite the substrate. The mirrored apparatus further includes a reflective layer arranged on the polished surface of the finish layer.
Claims20
A mirrored apparatus comprising:
- a substrate having a surface and comprising an additive manufactured aluminum and about 2 to about 30 weight % (wt. %) silicon;
- a finish layer arranged directly on the surface of the substrate, the finish layer comprising a polished surface opposite the substrate;
- and
- a reflective layer arranged on the polished surface of the finish layer.
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A mirrored apparatus comprising:
- a substrate having a surface and comprising an additive manufactured aluminum and about 2 to about 3 wt. % silicon;
- a binding layer arranged on the surface of the substrate;
- a finish layer arranged on the binding layer, the finish layer having a polished surface opposite the substrate;
- and
- a reflective layer arranged on the polished surface of the finish layer.
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A method of making a mirrored apparatus, the method comprising:
- forming, using additive manufacturing, a substrate having a surface and comprising aluminum and about 2 to about 30% wt. % silicon;
- depositing a finish layer on the surface of the substrate;
- polishing a surface of the finish layer opposite the substrate;
- and
- depositing a reflective layer on the surface of the finish layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.