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Title: Heat treatment to anneal residual stresses during additive manufacturing

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method of producing a product through additive manufacturing with heat treatment. The method involves using a fusing beam to melt powder particles disposed on a substrate, where the fusing beam is impressed with a two dimensional pattern containing image information from a first layer to be printed. The fused powder particles are then heat treated with a beam impressed with an additional two dimensional pattern. The additional two dimensional pattern has image information from the first layer to achieve heat treatment of the product. The heat treatment is completed prior to laying down additional new layers of material. The heat treatment is an annealing operation. The method may further involve providing a new layer of powdered material on top of the layer of fused powder particles subsequent to the heat treatment, and repeating the melting and heat treating operations in a layer-by-layer fashion using the two dimensional pattern and the additional two dimensional pattern, until the part is completed.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1805412
Patent Number(s):
10898954
Application Number:
16/794,835
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 02/19/2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

DeMuth, James A., Bayramian, Andrew James, El-Dasher, Bassem S., Farmer, Joseph C., Kramer, Kevin J., and Rubenchik, Alexander M. Heat treatment to anneal residual stresses during additive manufacturing. United States: N. p., 2021. Web.
DeMuth, James A., Bayramian, Andrew James, El-Dasher, Bassem S., Farmer, Joseph C., Kramer, Kevin J., & Rubenchik, Alexander M. Heat treatment to anneal residual stresses during additive manufacturing. United States.
DeMuth, James A., Bayramian, Andrew James, El-Dasher, Bassem S., Farmer, Joseph C., Kramer, Kevin J., and Rubenchik, Alexander M. Tue . "Heat treatment to anneal residual stresses during additive manufacturing". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1805412.
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abstractNote = {The present disclosure relates to a method of producing a product through additive manufacturing with heat treatment. The method involves using a fusing beam to melt powder particles disposed on a substrate, where the fusing beam is impressed with a two dimensional pattern containing image information from a first layer to be printed. The fused powder particles are then heat treated with a beam impressed with an additional two dimensional pattern. The additional two dimensional pattern has image information from the first layer to achieve heat treatment of the product. The heat treatment is completed prior to laying down additional new layers of material. The heat treatment is an annealing operation. The method may further involve providing a new layer of powdered material on top of the layer of fused powder particles subsequent to the heat treatment, and repeating the melting and heat treating operations in a layer-by-layer fashion using the two dimensional pattern and the additional two dimensional pattern, until the part is completed.},
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