Laser sintered titanium alloy and direct metal fabrication method of making the same

Methods and powder blends are provided for fabricating a metal part. One method includes the first steps of spreading a layer of a powder blend on a platform, the powder blend including a titanium base metal or alloy, and an alloying metal having a lower melting temperature than that of the base met...

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Main Author BAMPTON CLIFFORD C
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 02.06.2009
Subjects
ALLOYS
CASTING
CHEMISTRY
FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS
MAKING METALLIC POWDER
MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER
METALLURGY
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
POWDER METALLURGY
TRANSPORTING
TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
WORKING METALLIC POWDER
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Summary:Methods and powder blends are provided for fabricating a metal part. One method includes the first steps of spreading a layer of a powder blend on a platform, the powder blend including a titanium base metal or alloy, and an alloying metal having a lower melting temperature than that of the base metal or alloy. Next, an energy beam is directed onto selected areas of the powder blend layer to thereby melt the alloying metal. Then, the alloying metal is re-solidified by withdrawing the energy beam from the powder blend layer. Then, a preform part is built up by iteratively performing the spreading, melting, and re-solidifying steps on additional adjacently formed layers. A metal liquid phase sintering process is performed at a temperature sufficient to melt the alloying metal but not the base metal or alloy.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20030718961