Patents by Inventor Hidetaka HARAGUCHI

Hidetaka HARAGUCHI 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).

  • Patent number: 11590578
    Abstract: An internal defect detection system for a three-dimensional additive manufacturing device which performs additive molding by emitting a laser beam to a powder bed is provided. This system specifies a candidate position of an internal defect on the basis of a change amount of a local temperature measured in an irradiated part of a powder bed irradiated by a laser beam. The system calculates a cooling speed at the candidate position on the basis of a temperature distribution and determines whether an internal defect exists on the basis of the cooling speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Narita, Toshiya Watanabe, Akio Kondou, Masashi Kitamura, Hidetaka Haraguchi, Shuji Tanigawa, Claus Thomy, Henry Koehler
  • Patent number: 11458537
    Abstract: A heat treatment method for an additive manufactured object formed of a laminate-molded Ni-base alloy includes: a heat treatment step for carbide precipitation optimization of heating the additive manufactured object for 1 hour or longer and 100 hours or shorter at a temperature which is equal to or higher than a temperature T1 determined by Formula (1) according to amounts of component elements and is equal to or lower than 1,350° C.; and an aging treatment step of heating the additive manufactured object for 1 to 30 hours at a temperature of 800° C. to 950° C. after the heat treatment step for carbide precipitation optimization. T1 (° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Taneike, Kosuke Fujiwara, Hidetaka Haraguchi, Shuji Tanigawa, Nobuhiko Saito
  • Patent number: 11344952
    Abstract: A three-dimensional additive manufacturing device is configured to emit a beam to a powder bed formed by laying a powder on a base plate to harden the powder bed selectively. A sensor is configured to detect the shape or the temperature of a surface of the powder bed or a modeling surface. A defect in laying of the powder or a defect in emission of the beam is corrected based on the detection result, before completion of forming of the next layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Narita, Toshiya Watanabe, Akio Kondou, Hidetaka Haraguchi, Shuji Tanigawa, Masashi Kitamura
  • Patent number: 11185925
    Abstract: A process abnormality detection system for a three-dimensional additive manufacturing device which performs additive modeling by emitting a beam to a powder bed determines that a laying abnormality of the powder bed is occurring if at least one of a first condition that an average height of the powder bed from a reference position is out of a first predetermined range or a second condition that a height variation of the powder bed is out of a second predetermined range is satisfied, on the basis of a detection result of a shape measurement sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Narita, Toshiya Watanabe, Akio Kondou, Masashi Kitamura, Hidetaka Haraguchi, Shuji Tanigawa, Claus Thomy, Henry Koehler, Michael Kalms
  • Publication number: 20210162508
    Abstract: A forming defect detection system for a three-dimensional additive manufacturing device which performs additive molding by emitting a laser beam to a powder bed is provided. This system specifies a candidate position of a forming defect on the basis of a change amount of a local temperature measured in an irradiated part of a powder bed irradiated by a laser beam. The system calculates a cooling speed at the candidate position on the basis of a temperature distribution and determines whether a forming defect exists on the basis of the cooling speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Ryuichi NARITA, Toshiya WATANABE, Akio KONDOU, Masashi KITAMURA, Hidetaka HARAGUCHI, Shuji TANIGAWA, Claus THOMY, Henry KOEHLER
  • Publication number: 20210162505
    Abstract: A three-dimensional additive manufacturing device emits a beam to a powder bed formed by laying a powder on a base plate to harden the powder bed selectively. A sensor detects the shape or the temperature of a surface of the powder bed or a modeling surface. A defect in laying of the powder or a defect in emission of the beam is corrected on the basis of the detection result, before completion of forming of the next layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Ryuichi NARITA, Toshiya WATANABE, Akio KONDOU, Hidetaka HARAGUCHI, Shuji TANIGAWA, Masashi KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200180023
    Abstract: A process abnormality detection system for a three-dimensional additive manufacturing device which performs additive modeling by emitting a beam to a powder bed determines that a laying abnormality of the powder bed is occurring if at least one of a first condition that an average height of the powder bed from a reference position is out of a first predetermined range or a second condition that a height variation of the powder bed is out of a second predetermined range is satisfied, on the basis of a detection result of a shape measurement sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Ryuichi NARITA, Toshiya WATANABE, Akio KONDOU, Masashi KITAMURA, Hidetaka HARAGUCHI, Shuji TANIGAWA, Claus THOMY, Henry KOEHLER, Michael KALMS
  • Publication number: 20200094325
    Abstract: A heat treatment method for an additive manufactured object formed of a laminate-molded Ni-base alloy includes: a heat treatment step for carbide precipitation optimization of heating the additive manufactured object for 1 hour or longer and 100 hours or shorter at a temperature which is equal to or higher than a temperature T1 determined by Formula (1) according to amounts of component elements and is equal to or lower than 1,350° C.; and an aging treatment step of heating the additive manufactured object for 1 to 30 hours at a temperature of 800° C. to 950° C. after the heat treatment step for carbide precipitation optimization. T1 (° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki TANEIKE, Kosuke FUJIWARA, Hidetaka HARAGUCHI, Shuji TANIGAWA, Nobuhiko SAITO
  • Publication number: 20190338382
    Abstract: A method of heat-treating for a metal molded article includes: a shape holding layer formation step of forming on a shape holding layer having a melting point higher than a solidus temperature Ts of a composition of the metal molded article on a surface of the metal molded article by treating the metal molded article; and a first heat-treatment step of performing a first heat treatment on the metal molded article at a first temperature T1, after forming the shape holding layer. When a reference temperature Ta is a temperature lower than the solidus temperature Ts by 100° C., and Tm is the melting point of the shape holding layer, the shape holding layer formation step and the first heat-treatment step are performed so as to satisfy an expression Ta?T1?Tm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Kousuke FUJIWARA, Hidetaka HARAGUCHI, Shuji TANIGAWA, Masashi KITAMURA, Masaki TANEIKE, Nobuhiko SAITO, Toshinobu OHARA
  • Patent number: 10370734
    Abstract: A heating step, in which a stainless member is heated to a temperature within or above a heating phase-transformation temperature range (Ar) in which the stainless member is phase-transformed, is executed. A cooling step in which the stainless member heated in the heating step is cooled to a temperature below a cooling phase-transformation temperature range (Mr) in which the stainless member is phase-transformed, is executed. In the cooling step, cooling of the stainless member is suppressed in a control temperature range including the cooling phase-transformation temperature range (Mr).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Hatano, Hiroharu Oyama, Yasuo Matsunami, Naoyuki Umezu, Shuhei Kuroki, Hidetaka Haraguchi, Takumi Matsumura, Motonari Machida
  • Publication number: 20190193329
    Abstract: A selective beam additive manufacturing device includes: a powder-bed forming unit capable of forming a powder bed on a base plate capable of moving up and down inside a frame; a manufacturing-beam emission unit capable of emitting a manufacturing beam onto a powder bed; a heating-beam emission unit capable of emitting a heating beam whose output is lower than that of the manufacturing beam onto the powder bed; and a control device. The control device is configured to be capable of: controlling the manufacturing-beam emission unit such that the manufacturing-beam emission unit emits the manufacturing beam onto the powder bed along a setting route corresponding to a shape of a target object to be manufactured; and controlling the manufacturing-beam emission unit such that the heating-beam emission unit emits the heating beam onto the powder bed along the setting route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Hidetaka HARAGUCHI, Masashi KITAMURA, Shuji TANIGAWA
  • Patent number: 10107113
    Abstract: A steam turbine vane manufacturing method including: a groove processing step for forming a protective part joint surface on a steam turbine vane material that has been subjected to rough processing; a build-up welding step for forming, by build-up welding, a protective part build-up bead on the protective part joint surface; and a processing step for performing processing, by cutting the first steam turbine vane material that has been subjected to rough processing and the protective part build-up bead, to finish the first steam turbine vane material has been subjected to rough processing so that the first steam turbine vane material becomes a second steam turbine vane material that has been subjected to finishing processing. The first steam turbine vane material that has been subjected to rough processing is larger than the second steam turbine vane material that has been subjected to finishing processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Haraguchi, Hiroharu Oyama, Takahiro Ota, Motonari Machida, Kohei Hatano, Takumi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 10105752
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a turbine blade, the method comprising forming a forging by forging stainless steel; heat treating the forging; and cooling the forging after the heat treatment; wherein in the heat treatment and the cooling, a plurality of the forgings are arranged in alignment, and adjacent forgings of the plurality of forgings are disposed so that at least respective portions of portions of the adjacent forgings corresponding to a region from a portion corresponding to a platform of a turbine blade to a center in a longitudinal direction of the turbine blade face each other and warm each other via radiant heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Hatano, Hiroharu Oyama, Yasuo Matsunami, Naoyuki Umezu, Shuhei Kuroki, Hidetaka Haraguchi, Takumi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 9919392
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a turbine rotor blade wherein warping, bending and twisting of the entire rotor blade, which is provided with an excess thickness portion after a forging step, can be suppressed. In the forging step in a process for manufacturing a rotor blade (23), the forging is hot-forged such that the distance (the excess thickness amount) from the blade surface of the blade section (23) to the surface of the excess thickness section is substantially uniform along the entire periphery of a cross section of the blade section (23) and the excess thickness section (31) perpendicular to the blade length direction, and such that the amount of the excess thickness in the blade length direction, which is the thickness of the excess thickness section (31), gradually increases toward the blade tip from a prescribed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Hatano, Hiroharu Oyama, Motonari Machida, Hidetaka Haraguchi, Ken Ishii, Keisuke Kamitani, Takumi Matsumura, Takahiro Ota
  • Publication number: 20160339507
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a turbine blade, the method comprising the steps of forming a forging by forging stainless steel; heat treating the forging; and cooling the forging after the heat treatment; wherein in the heat treatment and the cooling, a plurality of the forgings are arranged in alignment, and adjacent forgings of the plurality of forgings are disposed so that at least respective portions of portions of the adjacent forgings corresponding to a region from a portion corresponding to a platform of a turbine blade to a center in a longitudinal direction of the turbine blade face each other and warm each other via radiant heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Kohei HATANO, Hiroharu OYAMA, Yasuo MATSUNAMI, Naoyuki UMEZU, Shuhei KUROKI, Hidetaka HARAGUCHI, Takumi MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20160237517
    Abstract: A heating step, in which a stainless member is heated to a temperature within or above a heating phase-transformation temperature range (Ar) in which the stainless member is phase-transformed, is executed. A cooling step in which the stainless member heated in the heating step is cooled to a temperature below a cooling phase-transformation temperature range (Mr) in which the stainless member is phase-transformed, is executed. In the cooling step, cooling of the stainless member is suppressed in a control temperature range including the cooling phase-transformation temperature range (Mr).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Kohei HATANO, Hiroharu OYAMA, Yasuo MATSUNAMI, Naoyuki UMEZU, Shuhei KUROKI, Hidetaka HARAGUCHI, Takumi MATSUMURA, Motonari MACHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160184940
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a method for manufacturing a turbine rotor blade wherein warping, bending and twisting of the entire rotor blade, which is provided with an excess thickness portion after a forging step, can be suppressed. In the forging step in a process for manufacturing a rotor blade (23), the forging is hot-forged such that the distance (the excess thickness amount) from the blade surface of the blade section (23) to the surface of the excess thickness section is substantially uniform along the entire periphery of a cross section of the blade section (23) and the excess thickness section (31) perpendicular to the blade length direction, and such that the amount of the excess thickness in the blade length direction, which is the thickness of the excess thickness section (31), gradually increases toward the blade tip from a prescribed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Kohei HATANO, Hiroharu OYAMA, Motonari MACHIDA, Hidetaka HARAGUCHI, Ken ISHII, Keisuke KAMITANI, Takumi MATSUMURA, Takahiro OTA
  • Publication number: 20150377043
    Abstract: A steam turbine vane manufacturing method including: a groove processing step for forming a protective part connecting surface (14) on a steam turbine vane material (11) that was subjected to rough processing; a build-up welding step for forming, by build-up welding, a protective part build-up bead (15) on the protective part connecting surface (14); and a processing step for performing processing, by cutting the steam turbine vane material (11) that was subjected to rough processing and the protective part build-up bead (15), to finish the steam turbine vane material (11) that was subjected to rough processing so that the same becomes a steam turbine vane material (16) that was subjected to finishing processing. In this case, the steam turbine vane material (11) that was subjected to rough processing is larger than the steam turbine vane material (16) that was subjected to finishing processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: MISUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka HARAGUCHI, Hiroharu OYAMA, Takahiro OTA, Motonari MACHIDA, Kohei HATANO, Takumi MATSUMURA