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Title:
REGENERATING AN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPONENT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/204570
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
One embodiment includes a method to regenerate a component (10). The method includes additively manufacturing a component (10) to have voids greater than 0 percent but less than approximately 15 percent in a near finished shape. The component (10) is encased in a shell mold (22). The shell mold (22) is cured. The encased component (10) is placed in a furnace and the component (10) is melted. The component (10) is solidified in the shell mold (22). The shell mold (22) is removed from the solidified component (10).

Inventors:
MCBRIEN JOHN (US)
CASTLE LEA KENNARD (US)
SPANGLER BRANDON W (US)
XU JINQUAN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2014/034455
Publication Date:
March 05, 2015
Filing Date:
April 17, 2014
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Assignee:
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP (US)
International Classes:
B23K26/342; B22F3/105; C22C19/00
Foreign References:
US20040211547A12004-10-28
US20130071562A12013-03-21
US6270710B12001-08-07
EP2052693A12009-04-29
US5296308A1994-03-22
Other References:
See also references of EP 2986414A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ZUEGE, Austen et al. (P.A.312 South Third Stree, Minneapolis Minnesota, US)
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