72 results about "Near net shape" patented technology

A method of additive manufacturing a part having integrated passages is provided. In one aspect, the method includes forming a part having a near net shape by moving a friction stir tool to deposit a filler material in a predetermined formation. The tool can include a rotating spindle having a channel configured to hold the filler material. The method can include machining the near net shape part to form a plurality of grooves extending into a surface of the part, the plurality of grooves sized and shaped to each receive a tube. The method can include placing a tube into each of the plurality of grooves and moving the tool across the surface of the part and depositing additional material configured to secure the tubes within the plurality of grooves. The method can include machining the additional material deposited over the tubes to a predetermined shape.

A method of additive manufacturing a structure having integrated passages is provided. In one aspect, the method includes forming first and second parts, each part having a near net shape. The first and second parts are formed by moving a friction stir tool configured to deposit a filler material. An inner surface of each part can be machined to form a generally smooth surface. The first and the second parts are joined to form a structure. The structure is machined to form a generally smooth outer surface. The method includes machining a plurality of grooves extending into the generally smooth outer surface of the structure. A tube is placed into each of the plurality of grooves and a layer of material is deposited to secure the tubes within the plurality of grooves. The method can include machining the outer surface to a predetermined shape.

A method of additive manufacturing a structure having integrated passages is provided. In one aspect, the method includes forming first and second parts, each part having a near net shape. The first and second parts are formed by moving a friction stir tool configured to deposit a filler material. An inner surface of each part can be machined to form a generally smooth surface. The first and the second parts are joined to form a structure. The structure is machined to form a generally smooth outer surface. The method includes machining a plurality of grooves extending into the generally smooth outer surface of the structure. A tube is placed into each of the plurality of grooves and a layer of material is deposited to secure the tubes within the plurality of grooves. The method can include machining the outer surface to a predetermined shape.

A method of additive manufacturing a structure having integrated passages is provided. In one aspect, the method includes forming first and second parts, each part having a near net shape. The first and second parts are formed by moving a friction stir tool configured to deposit a filler material. An inner surface of each part can be machined to form a generally smooth surface. The first and the second parts are joined to form a structure. The structure is machined to form a generally smooth outer surface. The method includes machining a plurality of grooves extending into the generally smooth outer surface of the structure. A tube is placed into each of the plurality of grooves and a layer of material is deposited to secure the tubes within the plurality of grooves. The method can include machining the outer surface to a predetermined shape.

The invention discloses a near-net-shape preparation method and application of a high-silicon steel thin strip containing trace phosphorus. The preparation method specifically comprises the following steps: smelting chemical components of the trace phosphorus-containing non-oriented high-silicon steel thin strip, preparing the non-oriented high-silicon steel thin strip with the thickness of 0.03-0.15 mm through a planar flow casting near net shape process, and directly annealing the thin strip in an H2 / N2 mixed atmosphere to obtain a finished product of the high-silicon steel thin strip. The characteristics of reducing the viscosity of the high silicon steel and increasing the liquidity of the molten steel of the trace phosphorus element are fully utilized, the wettability between the molten steel and the plane flow casting cooling roller is improved, the surface quality and the yield of the high silicon steel thin strip are improved, the finished high silicon steel thin strip can be obtained by directly annealing the thin strip, and the manufacturing process is further shortened. The method has the advantages that the technological process is short, the manufacturing method is simple, energy conservation and consumption reduction are obvious, the national double-carbon strategy is met, and the prepared non-oriented high-silicon steel thin strip containing the trace phosphorus is small in thickness and excellent in magnetic performance.

A system and method of making an additively manufactured, metal near net shape part includes introducing a metallic-element-bearing feedstock into a melt zone of an additive manufacturing printhead. The metallic-element-bearing feedstock is mixed in the melt zone with a flux composition to form a slag bath mixture upon melting. The metallic-element-bearing feedstock is refined in-situ by melting the slag bath mixture with the application of thermal energy to the slag bath mixture to form a phase-separated product including a slag phase and a metal-rich liquid phase. The metal-rich liquid phase is simultaneously deposited to form a first metal layer that is one of a plurality of iteratively deposited metal layers of an additive build according to a three-dimensional digital model. The additive build has successive layers of the deposited, solidified metal-rich liquid that form a near net shape metallic part.

Disclosed herein are, among other things, wind blade shell tools, segments of wind blade shell tools, and methods of manufacturing such tools and tool segments. In some embodiments, a tool or tool segment for manufacturing a molded part includes a tooling surface and a rigid frame. The frame may include a rigid frame surface having a near net shape for the tooling surface for the molded part. The tooling surface may be disposed within 120 mm of the frame surface. The frame surface may be disposed sufficiently close to the tooling surface to provide dimensional stability to the tooling surface. The tooling surface can be formed by, for example, 3D printing. The tool may include an insulating layer, a heating layer, a print-surface layer, or a combination thereof.

The utility model relates to the technical field of punch forming, in particular to a silicon carbide ceramic special-shaped part near-net forming device which comprises a seat body, conveying structures are arranged at the left end and the right end of one side of the seat body, a raw material storage structure capable of transversely moving is connected between the two conveying structures, and a forming lower die is arranged below the other side of the seat body. And a supporting frame is fixedly installed over the forming lower mold and fixedly installed at the top of the base body, a driving air cylinder is installed at the top of the supporting frame, and the output end of the bottom of the driving air cylinder is fixedly connected with an upper mold base. And then the solid raw materials are conveyed to the position beside the forming device through the conveying structure, then the storage rack is lifted to a certain height through the lifting air cylinder, meanwhile, the electric push rod is used for driving the material pushing plate to push the solid raw materials to the slope end, and the solid raw materials are conveyed into a forming lower mold through the slope.

The present application belongs to the field of copper alloy crystallization wheel preparation, and provides a kind of copper alloy crystallization wheel near net shape manufacturing method, comprising: copper alloy crystallization wheel selects chromium zirconium copper material, each metal material of batching is melted, vacuum centrifugal casting is carried out, and the annular casting blank of crystallization wheel is obtained;The first mechanical processing is carried out to the annular casting blank of crystallization wheel, and the shrinkage and riser of inner ring surface are removed;The annular casting blank of crystallization wheel after mechanical processing is sequentially subjected to hot ring rolling, solid solution heat treatment, cold ring rolling, aging heat treatment, secondary machining, and the present application has the advantages of high material yield, high production efficiency, low production cost, good internal and external performance consistency and high product performance.

The invention relates to an aluminum alloy and a production method thereof. Aluminum alloys for near net shape continuous casting of structural components are disclosed. The alloy comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 2-10% of Zn, 0.5-5% of Mg, 0.5-5% of Fe and the balance of Fe. Optionally, Gu, Ti, Sr, Be, Zr, V, Cr, Sc, Na, Si, Mn, Mo, B and Ni; and the balance of aluminum. The alloy may be subjected to a heat treatment selected from the group consisting of solubilization, inoculation, aging, and two or more heat treatment steps.

A method is disclosed herein. The method includes mixing (302) a plurality of metal powders to form a blended powder, pressing (304) the blended powder to form a porous sheet of compacted powder, cutting (306) the porous sheet to form a plurality of cross sections, performing (310) a diffusion bonding process on the plurality of cross sections to bond the plurality of cross sections together forming a near net shape preform, the near net shape preform being denser than the porous sheet, and (312) consolidating the near net shape preform to form a full density near net shape component.

The application discloses a kind of flat type semi-solid continuous thixotropic extrusion sleeve forming methods, belong to metal semi-solid forming technical field.It includes the following steps (1) preheating;(2) initial station blank heating;(3) station movement;(4) die closing;(5) die opening;(6) demolding;(7) station repeats;The application is through the cooperation of upper rectangular plate, lower rectangular plate, male die, female die, translation mechanism, upper driving mechanism and lower driving mechanism, realize the thixotropic forming of the embryo in the multiple die holes on female die, extrusion process is stable controllable, semi-solid billet has no spatter risk;Gas inclusions in forming environment are less, can effectively avoid billet oxidation, finally obtain the sleeve parts of organization compact, excellent mechanical properties, improve sleeve forming efficiency and quality, semi-solid extrusion forming belongs to near net shape process, later cutting processing amount reduces by more than 60%, material utilization rate can reach more than 90%, significantly reduce raw material loss.

The invention discloses a composite preparation process of a high-strength aluminum alloy special-shaped ring forge piece, and belongs to the technical field of metal plastic processing and heat treatment. The technology sequentially comprises the steps of multidirectional isothermal forging cogging, intermediate solution treatment, special-shaped preformed blank near-net forming, pulse current auxiliary special-shaped ring rolling and deformation heat treatment. Intermediate solution treatment is introduced to interrupt tissue inheritance, and a uniform fine-grain matrix is obtained; by means of the electroplastic effect of pulse current, efficient near-net forming of the special-shaped section is achieved at the low temperature, and grains are further refined; and finally, through combination of pre-cooling deformation and aging deformation heat treatment, synergistic improvement of strength and toughness is achieved. According to the method, the technical problems that in the preparation process of the high-strength aluminum alloy special-shaped ring forge piece, the structure is uneven, the performance anisotropy is high, special-shaped forming is difficult, and the material utilization rate is low are effectively solved, and a near-net-shape product with excellent comprehensive performance and high size precision can be stably obtained.

The present invention relates to a novel multi-component aluminum alloy having a proportion of zinc, copper, magnesium and silicon; these alloys have a fine microstructure, which allows for their processability through different manufacturing techniques, including techniques in which rapid solidification of the process exhibits a hot crack problem and processes in which voids are created. The invention also relates to the use of the alloy for manufacturing an article by means of a near-net-size forming manufacturing technique, and to an article comprising said alloy.

The invention discloses a conductor equipment core component cross-scale near-net shape manufacturing method, and relates to the technical field of additive manufacturing, and the conductor equipment core component cross-scale near-net shape manufacturing method comprises the following steps: S1, in a forming process, synchronously executing macro-scale and micro-scale monitoring, and associating two types of data through coordinate calibration to obtain cross-scale associated data; and S2, based on the cross-scale associated data, performing fusion analysis with real-time process and environmental parameters, and outputting a process parameter adjustment direction according to conductor exclusive analysis logic. According to the cross-scale near-net-shape manufacturing method for the core component of the conductor equipment, the overall manufacturing quality and production efficiency of the core component of the conductor equipment can be remarkably improved, the deviation of the size and the organization structure is recognized in real time in the forming process through synchronous monitoring and data fusion of the macroscale and the microscale, and the manufacturing quality of the core component of the conductor equipment is improved. And intelligent analysis is carried out based on the characteristics of the conductor material, and dynamic optimization and closed-loop regulation and control of process parameters are realized.

The present invention provides: a shaping powder, which is suitable for additive processing for making a powder into a near net shape, and with which it is possible to produce a cold die steel where inclusion of coarse carbides is suppressed even if a diffusion annealing treatment that has been required for ingot making is omitted; and a shaped article which uses this shaping powder.　The shaping powder, which includes, in mass%, 0.1% to 1.6% of C, 0.01% to 0.12% of S, 0.1% to 3.0% of Si, 0.1% to 3.0% of Mn, 7.0% to 13.0% of Cr, one or both of W and Mo in the amount (1 / 2 W + Mo) of 0.5% to 1.7%, less than 0.7% (including 0%) of V, less than 0.3% (including 0%) of Nb, 0.3% to 1.5% of Ni, 0.1% to 1.0% of Cu, and 0.1% to 0.5% of Al, with the balance being composed of Fe and unavoidable impurities; and a shaped article which uses this shaping powder, wherein the maximum particle diameter of carbides is less than 1.0 μm in a cross-section that is parallel to a stacking direction.

A dense ceramic body includes a composite microstructure having a first solid phase and a second solid phase. The first solid phase includes cerium oxide with cerium in a Ce(IV) oxidation state, and the second solid phase includes a non-cerium-based oxide. An oxygen ion transport phase is also included, forming a continuous network throughout the body. The composite microstructure is embedded within this continuous network of the oxygen ion transport phase. The first and second solid phases are arranged in a nano-sized, phase-separated morphology.

The invention discloses a laser powder feeding additive manufacturing device and method for an Nb-Si intermetallic compound composite material, and relates to the technical field of high-temperature structural material additive manufacturing. The method solves the problems that according to an existing method for preparing the Nb-Si intermetallic compound composite material through the laser directional energy deposition technology, due to the fact that the local temperature gradient is huge and thermal stress is too high, a formed part is prone to cracking, deformation and composition segregation, and a complete and compact component cannot be obtained. In an inert gas protection environment, dynamic preheating and post-heating heat preservation are carried out on the front area and the rear area of a laser molten pool through combination of overall preheating of a substrate and a local auxiliary heating device synchronously moving with a laser deposition head, and the temperature gradient of a deposition area is strictly controlled to be below a safety threshold value through infrared temperature measurement closed-loop control; and finally, stress release is completed through programmed slow cooling. The method is used for crack-free and high-quality near-net forming manufacturing of Nb-Si-based intermetallic compound composite material components for high-temperature structures in the aerospace field.

The application introduces a large impact runner body forging composite compaction process, according to the runner forging process weight matching steel ingot, the steel ingot is integrally pre-drawing; the blank after pre-drawing is full cross-section upsetting compaction; the upsetting blank is rotated around the center of the cross rotating anvil compaction; the blank is turned over 90°, radial roll forging deformation is carried out; the blank is turned over 90°, the spinning anvil is rotated from the blank circumference to the center direction, and the spinning anvil is rotated from the blank circumference to the center direction; the spinning blank is turned over 90°, and the radial roll forging outer circle is carried out; according to the process requirement, the center groove is forged, and the finished product is finished. The axial and radial deformation is increased for several times, the internal defects are welded, the anisotropy characteristics of the forging are improved, and the comprehensive mechanical properties of the forging are improved; the center groove of the two end faces is forged to realize near net shape forming, the metal streamline integrity and performance consistency are ensured; the whole process reduces the fire times, improves the forging efficiency, and the quality is stable, the impact resistance is strong, and the user requirement index is met.

A magnet includes a three-dimensional structure with nanoscale features, where the three-dimensional structure has a near net shape corresponding to a predefined shape.

The invention is directed to a method for reducing or eliminating the danger for gross cracking in a hot work tool for high pressure die casting practically eliminates the danger of crack initiation from the inside of the cooling channel by manufacturing a near net shape (NNS) mould for HPDC, wherein the conformal cooling channels are made of stainless steel tubes having a smooth surface. The hot work tool comprises at least one non-liner and / or one conformal cooling channel. The NNS mould is produced by Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP).

The application discloses a hot extrusion forming process of DT300 ultra-high strength steel based on DEFORM-3D finite element simulation, which comprises the following steps: firstly, the material properties of the DT300 steel are researched, and a DEFORM-3D material database is established; secondly, a die and a blank geometric model are constructed by UG modeling, and a finite element analysis model is established; thirdly, forming defects are analyzed after simulation post-processing; fourthly, process parameters are optimized based on the simulation results, core parameters are determined, and the process is implemented to punch a near net shape blank; finally, quality detection and adaptation verification are carried out on the sample. The application utilizes finite element simulation to optimize parameters in advance, predict defects, improve material utilization, shorten the process development cycle, reduce manufacturing cost, and control the wall thickness difference of the prepared parts within 2mm, and the material utilization is improved by more than 1 times. The application solves the problems of low material utilization, long development cycle and insufficient research on the adaptation of the hot extrusion process of the traditional processing technology of the DT300 ultra-high strength steel, and is suitable for the manufacturing of key parts of the DT300 ultra-high strength steel in the fields of aerospace and military industry.

The application discloses an aluminum alloy cylinder additive and subtractive composite manufacturing method, system and equipment, and relates to the technical field of additive and subtractive composite manufacturing. A three-dimensional data model of a ribbed plate aluminum alloy cylinder component is secondarily adjusted to obtain a ribbed plate aluminum alloy cylinder component blank data model; slicing and layering processing is performed to obtain multiple layers of slices; mechanical arm track planning is performed according to the surface structure of any one layer of the multiple layers of slices to obtain mechanical arm additive path planning instructions; the mechanical arm subtractive path planning instructions are obtained according to the surface structure of the ribbed plate aluminum alloy cylinder component blank data model; the ribbed plate aluminum alloy cylinder component additive and subtractive composite manufacturing instructions are obtained; and the ribbed plate aluminum alloy cylinder component is obtained. The application quickly prints an aluminum alloy cylinder blank body in near net shape through additive manufacturing, and precisely processes the ribbed plate area by using a numerical control machine tool subtractive method, so that the size adjustment, surface roughness and other indexes are accurately realized, and the ribbed plate aluminum alloy cylinder component with high precision is rapidly manufactured.

The tubular ribbed reinforced structure prefabricated body comprises a tubular woven layer and x ribs which are integrally woven and formed, the tubular woven layer is formed by interweaving m layers and n columns of woven yarns arranged in the axial direction of the tubular woven layer at a specific weaving angle, and m is a natural number larger than or equal to 1; the x ribs protrude out of the surface of the woven layer, are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction of the tubular composite material, extend in a linear shape and / or a spiral shape in the axial direction of the tubular composite material and are interwoven with all layers of woven yarns of the woven layer on the extending path, and x is a natural number larger than or equal to 1. According to the method, integral forming and near-net-shape manufacturing of the pipe body and the rib-shaped reinforcing structure can be achieved, the interface problem is eliminated or remarkably weakened, and the structural integrity and reliability are improved.

The invention provides a low-cost target material forming and binding method, which comprises the following steps of: firstly carrying out mould pressing or cold isostatic pressing on powder to obtain blanks, then prefabricating a binding layer on a binding surface of a back plate, prefabricating an isolating layer on the outer surface of a core mould, the inner surface of a sheath and a contact surface between the blanks, combining and welding the blanks, the back plate, the core mould and the sheath, degassing, and carrying out hot isostatic pressing, so as to obtain the low-cost target material. And finally machining to obtain the finished target material. The structure and process design of the invention have the following characteristics: (1) target material forming and binding can be realized at the same time through hot isostatic pressing, and an additional binding process of the target material is avoided; (2) the target blank subjected to hot isostatic pressing tends to be subjected to near-net forming, and the finished target can be obtained only through a small amount of finish machining; and (3) the core mold, the back plate and the sheath can be repeatedly used for multiple times. The production cost can be effectively reduced, and batch production is realized.

The invention relates to the technical field of forging forming, in particular to a forging forming die and a forming method of a wheel carrier forging.The forging forming die comprises a pre-forging die and a finish-forging die, and the pre-forging die comprises a pre-forging upper punch, a pre-forging upper die, a pre-forging lower die and a pre-forging horizontal punch; a cavity formed after the pre-forging upper punch, the pre-forging upper die, the pre-forging lower die and the pre-forging horizontal punch are assembled is used for forming a pre-forged piece consistent with a wheel carrier forged piece in appearance. The finish-forging die comprises a finish-forging upper punch, a finish-forging upper die, a finish-forging lower die and a finish-forging horizontal punch. A cavity formed after the finish-forging upper punch, the finish-forging upper die, the finish-forging lower die and the finish-forging horizontal punch are assembled is used for forming a wheel carrier forge piece. The pre-forging process and the finish-forging process are used for stepped machining, it is ensured that the wheel carrier forge piece reaches the near-net forming state at a time, the forming quality is improved, and the rejection rate of products is reduced.

The present invention discloses a system and method for recycling R-Fe-X-B magnets into usable magnetic products with targeted properties from various scrap assemblies and end-of-life devices, leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning for efficient separation based on device type and total heavy rare earth content in the scrap magnets. Utilizing various forms of thermal energy in controlled atmospheres, the process demagnetizes and separates magnets, further employing mechanical, thermal, acoustic, supercritical fluid or chemical methods to remove adhesives and surface coatings on magnets. Environmentally friendly techniques for stripping coatings and sophisticated composition-based sorting using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry are integral for producing recycled magnets with tailored properties for useful applications. The method encompasses pulverization, blending with secondary elements / alloy powders and advanced sintering techniques to achieve optimal magnetic properties. Additionally, it facilitates the production of high resistivity, high coercivity and near net shaped recycled sintered magnets and spherical powders for additive manufacturing (AM), enabling the creation of AM magnets without relying on virgin elements. The method also enables production of rapidly solidified ribbon powders and bonded magnets.