Abstract: Provided herein are tubular articles comprising electrodeposited nano- or microlaminate coatings, which have improved heat, wear, and corrosion resistance. The present disclosure further provides apparatuses, systems, and methods for the electrodeposition of such coatings on tubular workpieces using fixed or dynamic electrical contact points.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 23, 2022
Date of Patent:
July 1, 2025
Assignee:
MODUMETAL, INC.
Inventors:
Christina A. Lomasney, Guohua Li, Nicholas Angelo
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide molds made by additive manufacturing coupled with electrodeposition. Such methods comprise subjected a workpiece to one or more deposition process(es), such as electrodeposition, that provide a coating that possesses desirable chemical, physical, and/or mechanical properties. In some embodiments, the methods further comprise forming at least one workpiece for the mold by, for example, an additive manufacturing process such as three-dimensional printing (3D printing). Additionally, the present disclosure provides methods for the use of a mold for molding polymerizable, settable, thermoplastic, or thermoset materials.
Abstract: Articles prepared by additive manufacturing of preforms that are coated by electrodeposition of nanolaminate materials, and methods of their production are described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 17, 2020
Date of Patent:
September 10, 2024
Assignee:
Modumetal, Inc.
Inventors:
John D. Whitaker, Christina A. Lomasney, Richard Caldwell, William Krupps, Jesse Unger
Abstract: The present disclosure provides articles comprising a laminate material having a void volume of at least 40%, having a lattice structure comprising a plurality of interconnected struts forming polyhedrons in a series that extends in three dimensions, or both, where the laminate materials have an interface density of at least 2.0 interfaces/micrometer (?m). Also described are methods for forming the same.
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system for depositing a layered nanolaminate alloy including a controller for an electrodeposition process that includes a waveform synthesizer circuit configured to generate a complex waveform signal corresponding to a desired electrodeposition waveform to be output from an electrodeposition power supply. The controller also includes a synthesizer control circuit configured to control the waveform synthesizer circuit. Based at least in part on a recipe having information related to the electrodeposition process, the synthesizer control circuit controls the generation of the complex waveform signal by modulating in real-time at least one of a waveform shape, a frequency, an amplitude, an offset, a slew, a wavelength, a phase, a velocity, and a derivative of the complex waveform signal. The controller further includes a controller output circuit configured to transmit the complex waveform signal to an input of the electrodeposition power supply.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 23, 2021
Date of Patent:
September 3, 2024
Assignee:
Modumetal, Inc.
Inventors:
Leslie Ann Collinson, John Thomas Cox, Shamus F. Patry
Abstract: Articles prepared by additive manufacturing of preforms that are coated by electrodeposition of nanolaminate materials, and methods of their production are described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 27, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 24, 2023
Assignee:
MODUMETAL, INC.
Inventors:
John D. Whitaker, Richard Caldwell, Chad Jennings
Abstract: Provided herein are apparatuses, systems, and methods for the electrodeposition of nano- or microlaminate coatings, which have improved heat, wear, and corrosion resistance, on a plurality of workpieces.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 26, 2019
Date of Patent:
December 6, 2022
Assignee:
MODUMETAL, INC.
Inventors:
Christina A. Lomasney, Guohua Li, Nicholas Angelo
Abstract: Methods for providing laminated coatings on metal articles using electroplating methods such as barrel plating, vibratory plating, rocker plating or other non-rack methods that involve movement of articles to be plated in a containment apparatus, as well as articles made from such processes. Embodiments of such processes involve mass-transfer modulation to provide compositionally modulated coatings.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 7, 2017
Date of Patent:
June 21, 2022
Assignee:
MODUMETAL, INC.
Inventors:
Richard James Morgan, Guohua Li, Christina Ann Lomasney
Abstract: Described herein are coated lift plungers, which have improved hardness, durability, and corrosion resistance, as well as methods of making, reworking, and using the same.
Abstract: Provided herein are tubular articles comprising electrodeposited nano- or microlaminate coatings, which have improved heat, wear, and corrosion resistance. The present disclosure further provides apparatuses, systems, and methods for the electrodeposition of such coatings on tubular workpieces using fixed or dynamic electrical contact points.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 20, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 29, 2022
Assignee:
MODUMETAL, INC.
Inventors:
Christina A. Lomasney, Guohua Li, Nicholas Angelo
Abstract: Described herein are electrodeposited corrosion-resistant multilayer coating and claddings that comprises multiple nanoscale layers that periodically vary in electrodeposited species or electrodeposited microstructures. The coatings may comprise electrodeposited metals, ceramics, polymers or combinations thereof. Also described herein are methods for preparation of the coatings and claddings.
Abstract: The present disclosure describes electrodeposited nanolaminate materials having layers comprised of nickel and/or chromium with high hardness. The uniform appearance, chemical resistance, and high hardness of the nanolaminate NiCr materials described herein render them useful for a variety of purposes including wear (abrasion) resistant barrier coatings for use both in decorative as well as demanding physical, structural and chemical environments.
Abstract: This disclosure includes coatings for increasing the physical and/or chemical properties of articles, for example, tubular metal articles such as those found in the oil and gas industry, as well as processes for making such coatings and articles comprising such coatings.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 31, 2019
Date of Patent:
September 14, 2021
Assignee:
MODUMETAL, INC.
Inventors:
Patrick Lomasney, Christina A. Lomasney
Abstract: A light-weight composite material with enhanced structural characteristics includes, in one embodiment, a compositionally modulated nanolaminate coating electrically deposited into an open, accessible void structure of a porous substrate. As a result of including a nanolaminate within the void structure, the composite can include a greater amount of nanolaminate material per unit volume than can be achieved by depositing a nanolaminate material solely on a two-dimensional surface. In addition, the nanolaminate material as well as other material electrodeposited to form the composite is compositionally modulated so that discontinuities between layers are minimized and potentially eliminated. The light-weight but structurally enhanced composite material can be used in a number of different applications including, but not limited to, ballistic applications (e.g., armor panels or tank panels), automotive protection applications (e.g., car door panels, racing shells) and sporting equipment applications (e.g.
Abstract: The present disclosure describes electrodeposited nanolaminate materials having layers comprised of nickel and/or chromium with high hardness. The uniform appearance, chemical resistance, and high hardness of the nanolaminate NiCr materials described herein render them useful for a variety of purposes including wear (abrasion) resistant barrier coatings for use both in decorative as well as demanding physical, structural and chemical environments.
Abstract: Articles prepared by additive manufacturing of preforms that are coated by electrodeposition of nanolaminate materials, and methods of their production are described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 15, 2015
Date of Patent:
October 20, 2020
Assignee:
MODUMETAL, INC.
Inventors:
John D. Whitaker, Christina A. Lomasney, Richard J. Caldwell, William Krupps, Jesse Unger
Abstract: Articles prepared by additive manufacturing of preforms that are coated by electrodeposition of nanolaminate materials, and methods of their production are described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 20, 2017
Date of Patent:
September 22, 2020
Assignee:
MODUMETAL, INC.
Inventors:
John D. Whitaker, Richard J. Caldwell, Chad Jennings