Patents by Inventor Daniel Walter GALICKI

Daniel Walter GALICKI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHODS OF MANUFACTURING OF MOLYBDENUM AND MOLYBDENUM-BASED STRUCTURES BY ELECTRON BEAM ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, PARTICULARLY STRUCTURES FOR NUCLEAR COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20230042159
    Abstract: Methodologies and manufacturing processes to manufacture components by electron beam melting additive manufacturing, particularly components of molybdenum or a molybdenum-based alloy and particularly of complex nuclear component geometries. Input parameters are provided for controlling electron beam melting additive manufacturing equipment, such as electron beam melting machines. The input parameters relate to various process steps, including build set-up, initial thermal treatment, initial layering of powder, pre-consolidation thermal treatment, consolidation, post-consolidation thermal treatment, indexing of layers, and post-build thermal treatment. The methodologies and manufacturing processes allow manufacture of components of molybdenum having a purity of ?99.0% and a density of ?99.75%. Metallographic cross-sections of the manufactured molybdenum components were porosity-free and crack-free.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Harrison CHERN, Travis B. FRITTS, Daniel Walter GALICKI, Ryan Scott KITCHEN, Travis Adam MCFALLS, Elizabeth ELLIS