System and method for electroforming a metallic component
AssigneeUnison Industries, LLC
InventorsAnil Devulapalli, Dattu GV Jonnalagadda, Nithesh P, Udaya Bhaskar Pamidimarri, Bruce Patrick Graham
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Abstract
A system for electroforming a metallic component includes an anode spaced from a cathode in an electrolytic solution. The system can include a gas injection manifold for injecting a gas into the electrolytic solution within the bath tank to define a gaseous flow. The system can further include an electrolytic solution injection manifold for injecting an electrolytic solution through set of fluid injection nozzles into the bath tank to define an electrolytic solution fluid flow. A cathode shield can be disposed between the anode and the cathode.
Claims20
A system for electroforming a metallic component, comprising:
- a bath tank configured to hold an electrolytic solution, the bath tank having a gas inlet duct fluidly coupled with the electrolytic solution;
- an anode disposed in the bath tank;
- a cathode disposed in the bath tank spaced from the anode;
- an electrical power supply electrically coupled to the anode and the cathode to provide an electrical current from the anode to the cathode through the electrolytic solution in the bath tank;
- gas source coupled in fluid communication with the gas inlet duct to provide a gas thereto;
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- a gas injection manifold disposed in the bath tank and coupled in fluid communication with the gas inlet duct to receive the gas therefrom, the gas injection manifold including a set of gas injection nozzles configured to inject the gas therefrom into the electrolytic solution within the bath tank to define a gaseous flow, the gaseous flow extending from the gas injection manifold to the cathode.
A method of electroforming a metallic component, the method comprising:
- disposing an electrolytic solution into a bath tank having a gas inlet duct;
- immersing a gas injection manifold including a set of gas injection nozzles in the electrolytic solution in the bath tank in fluid communication with the gas inlet duct to receive a gas therefrom;
- injecting the gas from the gas injection manifold into the bath tank to define a gaseous flow within the bath tank;
- disposing an anode in the bath tank;
- disposing a cathode in the bath tank spaced from the anode;
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- electrically coupling a power supply to the anode and the cathode to provide an electrical current therebetween through the electrolytic solution.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.