Additive manufacturing system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11865620-B2
Application number	US-201816959572-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2018
Priority date	Jan 2, 2018
Publication date	Jan 9, 2024
Grant date	Jan 9, 2024

Abstract

An additive manufacturing system, comprises an energy source device for providing a first energy beam and a second energy beam; and a forging device comprising a forging head. The first energy beam and a substrate are configured to move relative to each other to fuse at least a portion of a material added to the surface of the substrate for forming a cladding layer on the substrate. The forging head is configured to forge the cladding layer during formation of the cladding layer. The second energy beam is configured to heat a forging area of the cladding layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An additive manufacturing system, comprising:
an energy source device for providing a first energy beam and a second energy beam; and
a forging device spaced from the energy source device, the forging device comprising a fixing portion and a forging head, the forging head connecting to the fixing portion and defining an inner passage extending vertically therethrough;
wherein the first energy beam and a substrate are configured to move relative to each other to fuse at least a portion of a material added to a surface of the substrate for forming a cladding layer on the substrate;
wherein the forging head is configured to forge the cladding layer during formation of the cladding layer; and
wherein the second energy beam is configured to pass from outside the fixing portion vertically through the inner passage of the fixing portion, and to heat a solid forging area of the cladding layer.

2. The additive manufacturing system of claim 1 , wherein the forging head and the substrate are configured to move relative to each other along a track forming the cladding layer formed by the first energy beam.

3. The additive manufacturing system of claim 1 , wherein a distance between a first contacting point where the first energy beam is configured to contact the cladding layer and a second contacting point where the second energy beam is configured to contact the cladding layer is greater than a distance between the second contacting point and a third contacting point where the forging head is configured to contact the cladding layer.

4. The additive manufacturing system of claim 3 , wherein the distance between the first contacting point and the second contacting point is greater than or equal to 5 mm.

5. The additive manufacturing system of claim 3 , wherein the distance between the first contacting point and the second contacting point is about 10 to 80 mm.

6. The additive manufacturing system of claim 3 , wherein the distance between the second contacting point and the third contacting point is less than or equal to 15 mm.

7. The additive manufacturing system of claim 1 , wherein the second energy beam is arranged between the first energy beam and the forging head.

8. The additive manufacturing system of claim 1 , wherein the forging head is arranged between the first energy beam and the second energy beam.

9. The additive manufacturing system of claim 1 , wherein the energy source device comprises an energy source, from which the first energy beam and the second energy beam are emitted.

10. The additive manufacturing system of claim 1 , wherein the energy source device comprises a first energy source and a second energy source, the first energy beam is emitted from the first energy source, and the second energy beam is emitted from the second energy source.

11. The additive manufacturing system of claim 1 , wherein the forging device comprises a base portion connected to the fixing portion opposite the forging head.

12. The additive manufacturing system of claim 1 , wherein the first energy beam or the second energy beam is selected from the group consisting of a laser beam, an electron beam, a plasma arc beam, and a combination thereof.

13. The additive manufacturing system of claim 1 , further comprising a feeding device for adding the material during the formation of the cladding layer.

14. The additive manufacturing system of claim 1 , wherein the forging head comprises a hammer.

15. The additive manufacturing system of claim 1 , wherein the forging head comprises a roller.

Assignees

• Gen Electric

Inventors

• Zhong Dalong
• Wu Yingna
• Zhai Zirong
• Wu Yong
• Chang Hai
• Wei Bin
• Rasch Lyle Timothy

Classifications

• B22F3/17 Primary

  by forging · CPC title

• B22F3/06

  by centrifugal forces · CPC title

• B22F10/25

  Direct deposition of metal particles, e.g. direct metal deposition [DMD] or laser engineered net shaping [LENS] · CPC title

• B22F10/50

  Treatment of workpieces or articles during build-up, e.g. treatments applied to fused layers during build-up · CPC title

• B22F12/10

  Auxiliary heating means · CPC title