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AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorsGrigoriy Grinberg, Charles Chen, David Robert Collins, Jeffrey Alan Kinane, Paul Earl Pergande
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A method of reducing distortion in a spray formed rapid tool includes the steps of making a model of a desired tool and constructing a ceramic pattern as the inverse of the model. The method also includes the steps of building a thermal model of the desired tool from a solid model of the ceramic pattern and applying thermal boundary conditions to the thermal model based on known conditions. The method also includes the steps of running the thermal model to produce a temperature distribution of the desired tool and determining any temperature deviations in the temperature distribution above a predetermined value. The method further includes thermally spraying a metal material against the ceramic pattern to form the desired tool if there are no temperature deviations in the temperature distribution above the predetermined value.
A method of reducing distortion in a spray formed rapid tool comprising the steps of:
A method of reducing distortion in a spray formed rapid tool comprising the steps of:
A method of reducing distortion in a spray formed rapid tool comprising the steps of:
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