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Foil-Based Additive Manufacturing System and Method
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
  • Hai-Lung Tsai, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Yiyu Shen
  • Yingqi Li
  • Chen Chen
Abstract

An additive manufacturing system, method of manufacturing, and fabricated part. The system uses a material joining laser system to join together foil sheets to form a metal part. The material joining laser system can be configured to join adjacent foil sheets together in a substantially uniform manner. The manufacturing system also includes a material removal system that removes material from selected locations of the foil sheets to shape the foil sheets to correspond with selective slices of the part. The material removal system can be a laser system, such as a laser system configured to remove material from a foil sheet without removing material from an underlying layer. One embodiment involves the manufacture of amorphous alloy components.

Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Patent Application Number
PCT/US2017/048168
Patent Number
WO2018089080A1
Document Type
Patent
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Language 2
French
Rights
© 2018 The Curators of the University of Missouri, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
5-17-2018
Publication Date
17 May 2018
Disciplines
Citation Information
Hai-Lung Tsai, Yiyu Shen, Yingqi Li and Chen Chen. "Foil-Based Additive Manufacturing System and Method" (2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hai-lung-tsai/86/