Patent SG-11201901188V-A (SG)
Title: Metal powder feedstocks for additive manufacturing, and system and methods for producing the same
Inventor: KILMER RAYMOND J
IPC: B33Y70/00
Filed: 2017-09-06
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization 11111 11111 0 11101 010 11111 01 100 I OH 0111 101I OM 0111 00 11110 1111 0111111 International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .....0\"\" WO 2018/125313 A2 05 July 2018 (05.07.2018) WI P0 I P C T (51) International Patent Classification: (74) Agent: BRIGGS, Heath J. et al.; ARCONIC INC., c/o B22F 3/105 (2006.01) B33Y 30/00 (2015.01) Greenberg Traurig, LLP, 500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, B33Y 10/00 (2015.01) B33Y 70/00 (2015.01) Florham Park, New Jersey 07932 (US). (21) International Application Number: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every PCT/US2017/050341 kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (22) International Filing Date: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, 06 September 2017 (06.09.2017) CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (25) Filing Language: English HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, (26) Publication Language: English KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, (30) Priority Data: OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, 62/385,861 09 September 2016 (09.09.2016) US SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (71) Applicant: ARCONIC INC. [US/US]; 201 Isabella Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212-5858 (US). (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (72) Inventors: KILMER, Raymond J.; 80 Fair Oaks Dri- GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, ye, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15238 (US). HEARD, David UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, W.; 1216 Macon Avenue, Apt. 4, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, — 15218 (US). EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, = = (54) Title: METAL POWDER FEEDSTOCKS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, AND SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PRO- DUCING THE SAME 192 = = 190 100 = 130 '‘ = 132 160 128 = 152 = 140 _ 15 150 IPII 1 — 122 121 = r 4 riliMP W- .4111010.M. 1 55 ... 0 _ = = = il st.1 . . 0 123 124 41. 111 .4 0 4 ,111114 153 154 bk. 11. 1111h. I llitlibt% el 120 110 en FIG.la ,-, M kin el (57) : Systems and methods for producing metal powder feedstocks for additive manufacturing are disclosed. In one embodi- ment, a method includes first gathering a first feedstock from a first powder supply of an additive manufacturing system, second gath- GC • enng a second feedstock from a second powder supply of the additive manufacturing system, wherein at least one of the first feedstock 1-1 © and the second feedstock includes metal particles therein, combining the first and second feedstocks, thereby producing a metal powder ei blend, and providing the metal powder blend to a build space of the additive manufacturing system. C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/125313 A2 I IIIII IIIIIIII II 11101 VIII IIIII VIII IIIII 301113101140111 MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: — as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17(11)) — as to the applicant's entitlement to claim earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) the priority of the Published: — without international search report and to be republished upon receipt of that report (Rule 48.2(g))