Patents by Inventor Laura Buerger

Laura Buerger 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: 11104068
    Abstract: Discloses are a method and apparatus for the additive manufacture of components by applying layers of powder material on a substrate or a previously produced part of a component and at least partial fusing of the powder material in the powder layer in line with the component cross-section contour along the powder layer and to an underlying solid material of the component or substrate for the purpose of building up several solid layers one on top of the other. Following fusion of the powder material the solid layer just generated is cleaned of powder material and, prior to deposition of the next solid layer, the edge of the solid layer is post-processed by softening the fusion-bonded material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Laura Buerger, Ralph Kropp, Jeroen Risse
  • Patent number: 10507526
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the additive manufacture of at least one region of a component. Here, at least the following steps are carried out: a) layer-wise application of at least one powder-form component material onto a component platform in the region of a build-up and joining zone; b) layer-wise and local solidifying of the component material by selective exposure of the component material by at least one high-energy beam in the region of the build-up and joining zone, with the formation of a component layer; c) layer- wise lowering of the component platform by a pre-defined layer thickness; and d) repeating steps a) to c) until the component region or the component has been completely fabricated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Christian Liebl, Alexander Ladewig, Laura Buerger, Georg Schlick, Steffen Schlothauer, Karl-Heinz Dusel
  • Publication number: 20180126634
    Abstract: Discloses are a method and apparatus for the additive manufacture of components by applying layers of powder material on a substrate or a previously produced part of a component and at least partial fusing of the powder material in the powder layer in line with the component cross-section contour along the powder layer and to an underlying solid material of the component or substrate for the purpose of building up several solid layers one on top of the other. Following fusion of the powder material the solid layer just generated is cleaned of powder material and, prior to deposition of the next solid layer, the edge of the solid layer is post-processed by softening the fusion-bonded material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Laura BUERGER, Ralph KROPP, Jeroen RISSE
  • Publication number: 20170341175
    Abstract: A method for additively manufacturing at least a portion of a component, in particular a component of a turbomachine. The method includes the following steps: a) depositing at least one powder layer of a component material in powder form layer by layer onto a component platform in the region of a buildup and joining zone; b) locally solidifying the powder layer by selectively irradiating the same using at least one high-energy beam in the region of the buildup and joining zone, forming a component layer; c) lowering the component platform by a predefined layer thickness; and d) repeating steps a) through c) until completion of the component portion or of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander Ladewig, Joachim Bamberg, Benjamin Henkel, Laura Buerger
  • Publication number: 20170282246
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the additive manufacture of at least one region (16) of a component. Here, at least the following steps are carried out: a) layer-wise application of at least one powder-form component material onto a component platform in the region of a build-up and joining zone (14); b) layer-wise and local solidifying of the component material by selective exposure of the component material by at least one high-energy beam (12) in the region of the build-up and joining zone (14), with the formation of a component layer (15); c) layer-wise lowering of the component platform by a pre-defined layer thickness; and d) repeating steps a) to c) until the component region (16) or the component has been completely fabricated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Christian Liebl, Alexander Ladewig, Laura Buerger, Georg Schlick, Steffen Schlothauer, Karl-Heinz Dusel
  • Publication number: 20170157704
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for determining a scanning speed of a high-energy beam of a manufacturing device for the additive production of a component, in particular a component of a turbomachine, comprising the steps of guiding of the high-energy beam, which is generated by a radiation source of the manufacturing device, over a surface; detection of the path, irradiated during a predetermined period of time with the high-energy beam, on the surface, by recording respective brightness values on the surface by a detection device during the predetermined period of time; calculation of the scanning speed as a function of the predetermined period of time and of the detected irradiated path by an analysis device. The invention further relates to a method for operating a manufacturing device and to a manufacturing device for the additive production of a component of a turbomachine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander Ladewig, Georg Schlick, Johannes Casper, Laura Buerger, Katrin Friedberger, Christian Liebl