Patent ID: 8691333
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: B22F,B23K,B23P,B33Y,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing an engine component, comprising the steps of: providing a structural bridge device on a base block; forming a component portion on the structural bridge device with an additive manufacturing technique; removing the component portion from the base block and the structural bridge device; and finishing the component portion to form the engine component, wherein the providing step includes providing the structural bridge device on the base block with the additive manufacturing technique of the forming step, wherein the structural bridge device is a first structural bridge device, and wherein the method further comprises the step of providing, after the forming step, a second structural bridge device on the component portion with the additive manufacturing technique, further comprising the step of, after the forming step, heating the component portion, the first structural bridge device, and the second structural bridge device in a stress relief treatment.