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Micro-welding using three-dimensional printer

A printer, 3D printer technology, applied in welding equipment, welding equipment, auxiliary welding equipment, etc., can solve difficult master printing, complex and other problems

Pending Publication Date: 2022-04-05
XEROX CORP
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However, GTAW is relatively more complex and difficult to master than most other welding techniques (e.g., less than 2cm / min), and in addition, GTAW is slower than most other welding techniques

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[0026] Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary implementations of the present teachings, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same, similar or like parts.

[0027] figure 1 A schematic cross-sectional view of a system 100 for joining (eg, micro-welding) two components together is depicted, according to one embodiment. The system 100 may include a 3D printer 105. The 3D printer 105 may be or may include a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) printer suitable for jetting liquid metal and its alloys in layers to form 3D metal objects. As described below, the 3D printer 105 may also or alternatively be configured to jet liquid metal and its alloys to join (eg, micro-weld) two or more components together. Thus, the 3D metal object may be or may include a welding material for joining (eg, micro-welding) two or more components together.

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The invention relates to micro-welding using a three-dimensional printer. A method includes generating a relative movement between a first component and a three-dimensional (3D) printer. The method further includes introducing droplets of liquid metal onto the first and second components using a 3D printer. The liquid metal solidifies to join the first component and the second component together.

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technical field [0001] The present teachings relate generally to three-dimensional (3D) printing, and more particularly, to systems and methods for microwelding two or more parts together using a 3D printer. Background technique [0002] Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (also known as tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding or micro-TIG welding) is an arc welding process that uses non-consumable tungsten electrodes to produce weldments. The weld zone and electrodes are protected from oxidation or other atmospheric contamination by an inert shielding gas (eg, argon or helium), and filler metals are often used. [0003] GTAW is most commonly used to weld thin layers of stainless steel and non-ferrous metals such as aluminum, magnesium, and copper alloys. This process allows the operator to control the weld better than competing processes such as shielded metal arc welding and gas metal arc welding, allowing for stronger, higher quality welds. However, GTAW is relatively more complex...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B22F10/22B33Y10/00
CPCB33Y10/00B29C64/106Y02P10/25B23K13/01B23K37/04B23K2103/10B22F10/22B22F2999/00B22F12/88B22F7/062B29C64/112B29C64/379B29C64/241B33Y40/10B29C64/314B29C64/209B23K28/00
Inventor J·M·勒费夫尔D·K·赫尔曼P·J·麦康维尔C-H·刘S·普拉哈拉耶
Owner XEROX CORP