Additive manufacturing processes and additively manufactured products

SN Schiffres, A Azizi - US Patent 11,167,375, 2021 - Google Patents
A technique to additively print onto a dissimilar material, especially ceramics and glasses
(eg, semiconductors, graphite, diamond, other metals) is disclosed herein. The technique …

Additive manufacturing using a recoater with in situ exchangeable recoater blades

TG Spears, R Levine - US Patent 10,646,924, 2020 - Google Patents
The present invention is related to additive manufacturing methods and systems using a
recoater with in-situ exchangeable recoater blades. Being able to switch out recoater blades …

Methods for fabricating strain wave gear flexsplines using metal additive manufacturing

DC Hofmann, AM Pate - US Patent 11,198,181, 2021 - Google Patents
Methods for the fabrication of metal strain wave gear flexsplines using a specialized metal
additive manufacturing technique are provided. The method allows the entire flexspline to …

Systems and methods for shaping sheet materials that include metallic glass-based materials

DC Hofmann, SN Roberts - US Patent 11,155,907, 2021 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention
advantageously shape sheet materials that include metallic glass-based materials. In one …

Hypoeutectic amorphous metal-based materials for additive manufacturing

DC Hofmann, AM Pate, SN Roberts - US Patent 11,185,921, 2021 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods for developing tough hypoeutectic amorphous metal-based
materials for additive manufacturing, and methods of additive manufacturing using such …

High toughness metallic glass-based composites for additive manufacturing

DC Hofmann - US Patent 11,123,797, 2021 - Google Patents
Methods and alloy systems for non-Be BMG matrix composite materials that can be used to
additively manufacturing parts with superior mechanical properties, especially high …

Systems, methods, and apparatus to preheat welding wire

C Hsu, D Sigl, J Zwayer, JL Uecker… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
A contact tip assembly with a preheating tip comprises a welding power source configured to
provide welding current to a welding circuit, the welding circuit comprising a welding …

Electron beam layer manufacturing

S Stecker - US Patent 10,189,114, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A process and apparatus for free form fabrication of a three-dimensional
work piece comprising (a) feeding raw material in a solid state to a first predetermined …

Additive manufacturing of metallic structures

P Burke, MP Doll - US Patent 10,086,467, 2018 - Google Patents
In various embodiments, a three-dimensional metallic structure is fabricated in layer-by-layer
fashion via deposition of discrete metal particles resulting from the passing of an electric …

Dual wire welding or additive manufacturing system and method

MA Weeks, SR Peters, BJ Chantry - US Patent 10,792,752, 2020 - Google Patents
A system and method of welding or additive manufacturing is provided where at least two
welding electrodes are provided to and passed through a two separate orifices on a single …