Patent ID: 11872634
Assignee: MOLYWORKS MATERIAL CORPORATION
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An expeditionary additive manufacturing ExAM method for manufacturing metal parts comprising:
providing a mobile foundry system configured to produce an alloy powder from a feedstock, the mobile foundry comprising a cold hearth mixing system for melting the feedstock and a gas atomization system for forming the alloy powder;
providing an additive manufacturing system configured to fabricate a part using the alloy powder, the additive manufacturing system including a computing system having a plurality of programs configured to access parts data including material specification, drawings, process specifications, assembly instructions and product verification requirements on a top 100 field requested parts;
transporting the mobile foundry system, the additive manufacturing system and the machining system to a location;
making the alloy powder at the location using the mobile foundry system; and
building the part at the location using the additive manufacturing system.