Additive manufactured conglomerated powder removal from internal passages
US10220444B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 20, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P10/25
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A tool includes a flexible section; a head that extends form the flexible section; and an exciter within the head. A method of additively manufacturing a component including burrowing a tool into a conglomerated powder within an internal passage of an additively manufactured component, the tool vibrating in a manner to facilitate removal of the conglomerated powder.
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