Test specimen for validating operating parameters of a method for the additive manufacturing of a part by laser melting on powder beds

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11348378-B2
Application number	US-201816495634-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2018
Priority date	Mar 27, 2017
Publication date	May 31, 2022
Grant date	May 31, 2022

Abstract

A test specimen for validating operating parameters of a method for the additive manufacturing of a part by laser melting on powder beds includes at least one upper face, at least one lower face and side faces, including a front side face and a rear side face that are substantially on opposite sides from one another. The test specimen has at least one recess opening onto the front and rear side faces, the recess having a substantially triangular cross sectional shape being delimited by three internal faces, including a first lower internal face oriented upwards, a second upper internal face oriented downwards, and a third upper internal face which defines a narrow wall with one other of the side faces, which is inclined.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A test specimen for validating operating parameters of a method for additive manufacturing of a part by laser melting on powder beds, the test specimen being formed in one piece by additive manufacturing by laser melting on powder beds, the test specimen comprising:
at least one upper face;
at least one lower face; and
a plurality of side faces including a front side face, a rear side face, and a plurality of inclined side faces, the front side face and the rear side face being substantially on opposite sides of the test specimen from one another;
at least one recess opening onto the front side face and the rear side face, the at least one recess having a substantially triangular cross sectional shape and being delimited by three inner faces, the three inner faces including a first lower inner face oriented upwards, a second upper inner face oriented downwards, and a third upper inner face which defines a thin wall with one inclined side face of the plurality of inclined side faces.

2. The test specimen according to claim 1 , wherein the lower face and the upper face are at least partially substantially parallel.

3. The test specimen according to claim 1 , wherein the front side face and the rear side face are at least partially substantially parallel.

4. The test specimen according to claim 1 , wherein the front side face and the rear side face are connected by two at least partially substantially parallel side faces of the plurality of side faces.

5. The test specimen according to claim 1 , wherein the second upper inner face is inclined by at least one of an angle (α) of about 45° with respect to the lower face an angle (Υ) of about 25° with respect to the third upper inner face.

6. The test specimen according to claim 1 , wherein the first lower inner face is inclined by at least one of an angle (β) of about 65° with respect to the second upper inner face or an angle (δ) of about 90° with respect to the third upper inner face.

7. The test specimen according to claim 1 , wherein the one inclined side face of the plurality of inclined side faces forms an angle (ε) of about 70° with the lower face.

8. The test specimen according to claim 1 , wherein the one inclined side face of the plurality of inclined side faces is oriented downward.

9. The test specimen according to claim 1 , wherein the rear side face comprises an upper portion that is substantially perpendicular to the upper face and a lower portion that is inclined by an angle (φ) of about 60° with respect to the lower face.

10. The test specimen according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one recess opens onto the upper and lower portions of the rear side face respectively.

11. A test specimen for validating operating parameters of a method for additively manufacturing a part by laser melting on powder beds, the test specimen being formed in one piece by additive manufacturing, the test specimen comprising:
an upper face;
a lower face; and
a plurality of side faces including a front side face, a rear side face, and a plurality of inclined side faces, the front side face and the rear side face being substantially on opposite sides of the test specimen from one another;
a triangular recess opening through the front side face and the rear side face, the triangular recess having a first inner face oriented toward the upper face, a second inner face oriented toward the lower face, and a third inner face oriented toward the upper face and defining part of a thin wall with one inclined side face.

Assignees

• Safran Helicopter Engines

Inventors

• Danis Yann
• Marchand Alexis
• Germain Aurèle

Classifications

• B33Y10/00 Primary

  Processes of additive manufacturing · CPC title

• B29C64/153 Primary

  using layers of powder being selectively joined, e.g. by selective laser sintering or melting · CPC title

• G07C3/143 Primary

  Finished product quality control · CPC title

• B22F10/385

  Overhang structures · CPC title

• B22F12/67

  Blades · CPC title