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US 2024/0168458 A1Published application
Additive manufacturing system and method of manufacture
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorSteven W. Burd
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Abstract
An additive manufacturing method includes segmenting a CAD file of a component along a build interface to define at least a first component segment and a second component segment, each of the first component segment and the second component segment sized to fit within an additive manufacturing build chamber; additive manufacturing the first component segment and the second component segment within the build chamber; and bonding the first component segment and the second component segment to form the component.
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A method for manufacturing a hybrid component, comprising:
- selecting a build interface in an electronic file for a portion of the hybrid component which is to be additively manufactured in an additive manufacturing build chamber, wherein the portion of the hybrid component comprises a one-piece previously designed additively manufactured part larger than the additive manufacturing build chamber;
- electronically segregating the electronic file representative of the portion of the hybrid component along the build interface to define at least a first additively manufactured component segment and a second additively manufactured component segment;
- additive manufacturing the first additively manufactured component segment and the second additively manufactured component segment within the additive manufacturing build chamber;
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- bonding the first additively manufactured component segment and the second additively manufactured component segment outside of the additive manufacturing build chamber to form the portion of the hybrid component which is to be additively manufactured, and bonding the portion of the hybrid component to a non-additively manufactured part to form the hybrid component.
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