METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MANUFACTURING AND PERFORMING ULTRASONIC INSPECTION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

• Main Authors: LE BOURDAIS, Florian, PENOT, Jean-Daniel
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.06.2020
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; CASTING; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MEASURING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; POWDER METALLURGY; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; WORKING METALLIC POWDER; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

The present invention relates to a method for powder-bed additive manufacturing and ultrasonic inspection, which involves, simultaneously with the layer-by-layer manufacture of components in the bed of powder, steps of manufacturing ultrasound waveguides layer by layer, the ultrasound waveguides allowing the bed of powder and/or the components to be inspected while the additive manufacturing method is being performed.