Abstract: A composition for photoluminescence of the chemical formula M2(1-y-z)Yb2yRem2zADO5-xF2x, a method for producing said composition, and uses of said composition are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for item processing. The systems can include a PASS module that can include features that receive inputs relating to an item for processing and provide those inputs to other components and/or modules of a PASS system and/or of another system. The PASS system can include a variety of modules, including the PASS module, and can collect information and/or inputs from the variety of modules of the PASS system and use that information in item processing. The methods of item processing can use the PASS system and the PASS module to perform a variety of functions including, for example, revenue protection, sorting of items, task management, sampling and data collection, redirecting if enroute items, and personnel management.

Abstract: The planar cleaning pad for cleaning the screen of a smart phone or other similar electronic device includes a first surface, an opposed second surface and a periphery encircling the edges of the surfaces. The first surface is made from a microfiber fabric capable of cleaning the screen and the second surface includes a silicone capable of attaching to the back of the phone. The periphery of the pad has a thickness greater than the thickness of the remainder of the pad for ease in removing it from the back of the phone.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wheel flange drainage channel cleaning device, comprising a frame, lifting cylinders, guide posts, a servo motor, a lifting platform, a bearing seat, a shaft, a bearing, a rotating platform, a sleeve and the like. Four clamping cylinders move synchronously to clamp a wheel, the lifting cylinders may control ascending and descending of the lifting platform, the servo motor may control rotation of the rotating platform, and when the linear motor drives the racks to reciprocate up and down, the brushes swing left and right, so that aluminum scraps blocked in drainage channels beside the central hole and outside the central hole are easily cleaned.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wheel cleaning device, comprising a frame, a waste water recovery tank, lifting guide posts, a feeding support plate, a lifting cylinder, a lifting platform, a support plate, an adjusting cylinder, a left slide plate, bolt hole cleaning spray pipes, clamping cylinders, a left clamping slide plate, a central cleaning spray pipe, clamping wheels, left spray pipes, left upper spray pipes, right upper spray pipes, right spray pipes, shafts, a right clamping slide plate, servo motors, clamping guide rails, clamping system support plates, a support, a right slide plate, a gear rack structure and a guide rail. The device can clean aluminum scraps remaining in bolt holes, flange drainage channels and weight reduction pits, meets the requirements of automatic production lines, and has the characteristics of compact structure, flexibility, practicability, stability, high efficiency and the like.

Abstract: The detergent dispensing device includes a base and an extrusion assembly. The extrusion assembly is joined to the base, and includes a seat member having a first tube and a second tube extending upward and forward, respectively. A volume control member is configured inside the first tube and a resilient engagement member is reciprocally moveable along the second tube. The extrusion assembly also includes a connection member connecting the first tube. A detergent bottle is fit on the connection member and the detergent flows into the first tube through the connection member. When the engagement member is engaged, a first ball of the volume control member allows the detergent to flow out of the first tube. As the engagement member is restored resiliently, the first ball blocks the first tube, thereby providing a fixed amount of detergent.

Abstract: A display module terminal cleansing device includes a wiper assembly and a gas blower assembly. The gas blower assembly is first operated to blow away particle foreign substances located on a terminal area to be cleansed. And, then, the wiper assembly is operated to wipe off foreign substances remaining on the terminal area. The display module terminal cleansing device may achieve an effect of cleansing where water droplet angle on the surface of the cleansed terminal area is less than 15° and also prevents a potential issue of scratching and damaging the display module during the process of cleansing. Also disclosed is a display module terminal cleansing method.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for removing a conductive film. The method includes: providing a display panel with the conductive film to be removed; treating the conductive film to be removed on the display panel by using a laser; and cleaning the display panel after the treating by using the laser.

Abstract: A gas line cleanout assembly for clearing blockages in gas lines includes a block. A recess, positioned in a bottom of the block, is shaped complementarily to a section of a gas line and is configured to position the block on the gas line. A coupler that is coupled to the block is configured to couple to the gas line to couple the block to the gas line. A first channel is positioned through the block and is configured to align with a tap that is positioned in the gas line. The first channel extends angularly from a top to the bottom of the block. A tube is coupled to and extends transversely from the top of the block. The tube is aligned with the first channel and is configured to insert an object through the first channel and the tap into the gas line to service the gas line.

Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning pipes includes a body having a longitudinal axis and at least three folding arms each having a rear and forward ends. The rear end of each folding arm is pivotably connected to the body so as to pivot about a respective pivot axis. The forward end of each folding arm is arranged to be folded outwards in a direction away from the longitudinal axis of the body under the influence of a centrifugal force generated by rotation of the body about the longitudinal axis. A rotatable means comprising cutter devices arranged to rotate about an axis of rotation is arranged at the forward end of each folding arm. Each rotatable means is arranged to project beyond the forward end of the folding arm and to mill both in a direction parallel to, and in a direction perpendicular to, the longitudinal axis of the body.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a continuous cleaning method for cleaning a moving fabric in a paper machine. The method uses one or more cleaning stages. In one embodiment, one cleaning stage applies steam to heat and soften contaminants on the fabric followed by the application of water, preferably superheated water, to remove the contaminants. Another cleaning stage may apply hot water, steam and/or superheated water via an encapsulated shower and evacuation chamber making it possible to clean the width of the fabric without substantial rewet.

Abstract: A method for separating composite materials and mixtures, in particular solid-material mixtures and slags, and to a device for carrying out said method. The method for separating composite materials and mixtures comprises the step of transporting the composite material or the mixture through a separating device. The composite material to be separated or the mixture to be separated is excited by mechanical impulses as it passes through the separating device and is thereby separated. The device (1) for carrying out the method comprises a drive unit (21) for driving a rotor element (32), which is connected to a bearing/shaft unit (22) and which is part of a rotor unit (31). The rotor element itself has at least one rotor tool (33) and each rotor tool has at least one rotor tool component (34) and is surrounded by a stator element (42), which is part of a stator unit (41). The stator element itself has at least one stator tool (43) and each stator tool has at least one stator tool component (44).

Abstract: A remedial composition comprising a soluble silicate, a surfactant, a polyol and water is disclosed. The remedial composition of the present invention is generally intended for use in the treatment of water, soil, sand, fly ash and other mediums that may contain hazardous materials. In one embodiment of the present invention the soluble silicate of the remedial composition has a mole ratio of about 2.6 to about 3.9 moles silicate per mole of alkali metal oxide. In yet another embodiment of the present invention the remedial composition will be utilized as part of a treatment method for lowering the concentrations of free metal ions in water, soil, sand, fly ash and other mediums.

Abstract: To efficiently and stably produce an H-shaped steel product with a flange width larger than a conventional flange width by creating deep splits on end surfaces of a material such as a slab using projections in acute-angle tip shapes and sequentially bending flange portions formed by the splits to thereby suppress occurrence of shape defects in a material to be rolled and reduce growth of a crop portion.

Abstract: A substrate (e.g., metal or non-metal sheet) can have multiple textures on a surface of the substrate. The various textures can be impressed or applied on the surface of the substrate by passing the substrate between multiple pairs of work rolls that each include at least one textured work roll for transferring a texture of the work roll onto the surface of the substrate. The pairs of work rolls apply the various textures on the surface of the substrate while maintaining a thickness of the substrate (e.g., with substantially no reduction in a thickness of the substrate). A single pass of the substrate between the pairs of work rolls can allow various different textures, patterns, or features to be applied to the surface of the substrate while the thickness of the substrate remains substantially constant.

Abstract: Systems and methods of applying a texture on a substrate include applying a texture to the substrate with a work stand of a coil-to-coil process. The work stand includes an upper work roll and a lower work roll vertically aligned with the upper work roll. At least one of the upper work roll and the lower work roll includes the texture. Applying the texture includes applying, by the upper work roll and a lower work roll, a work roll pressure on an upper surface and a lower surface of the substrate. The method further includes adjusting a contact pressure parameter of the work stand such that the work stand provides a desired contact pressure distribution across the width of the substrate and a desired thickness profile of the edges of the substrate while an overall thickness of the substrate remains substantially constant.

Abstract: Disclosed is a rolling mill for a metal strip, including: a holding cage; an assembly of superimposed rolls with substantially parallel axes, including lower and upper working rolls, defining the gap for passage therethrough, and two respectively lower and upper supporting rolls respectively applied to the working rolls on the opposite side to that of the gap, each roll having two rotatably mounted ends, each on a bearing carried by a chock; and a system for clamping the chocks of the working rolls along the axis of the roll, while allowing the chocks to slide along a guide, following the clamping plane including a mechanical unit using the closing movements of the holding cage in order to switch from a retracted position, allowing the withdrawal, along the axis thereof, of the working rolls out of the holding cage, into a locking position, ensuring locking of the chocks.

Abstract: A transmission shaft assembly for a rolling stand for use in a metal rolling mill is provided. The transmission shaft assembly transmits lubricant through the assembly. The transmission shaft assembly includes a shaft having an outer periphery and defining a centrally positioned longitudinal opening extending from a first end to an opposed second end of the shaft. The shaft defines a plurality of internal passageways in the shaft. The transmission shaft assembly also includes a rotary distributor mounted on the outer periphery of the shaft. The shaft assembly provides a conduit for the lubricant through the plurality of internal passageways in the shaft.

Abstract: A flatness control system includes a work stand of a finishing line, a plurality of actuators, a flatness measuring device, and a controller. The work stand includes a pair of vertically aligned work rolls. A first work roll of the pair of work rolls includes a plurality of flatness control zones configured to apply a localized pressure to a corresponding region on a substrate. Each actuator corresponds with a one of the plurality of flatness control zones. The flatness measuring device is configured to measure an actual flatness profile of the substrate. The controller is configured to adjust the plurality of actuators such that the localized pressures modify the actual flatness profile to achieve the desired flatness profile at the exit of the stand. The thickness and a length of the substrate remain substantially constant when the substrate exits the work stand.

Abstract: 3D printing using certain materials, such as metal containing multi-phase materials can be prone to clogs and other flow interruptions. Providing build material according to feed rate profiles having varying rates can mitigate these problems. Each feed rate profile can be broken up into blocks of time, some of which relate to fabricating the exterior geometry of the object. Each block of time can be represented by a FFT. The blocks that relate to the exterior are represented by a FFT that has significant high frequency content of 1 Hz or greater. It is beneficial to use profiles including feed rates outside of a range of feed rates suitable for steady state extrusion, being either higher or lower rates than the range limits. A combination of feed rate profiles based only on clog and flow interruption mitigation and operational to print the part according to a model can be used.

Abstract: In certain embodiments described herein, a heated line forming system includes a heating coil system configured to produce a heated line on a surface of a metal part. The heated line forming system also includes an air knife cooling system configured to maintain a dry area for the heated line, and to direct a coolant (e.g., cooling water, liquified gases such as liquid argon, solidified gases such as carbon dioxide snow, and so forth) around the heated line via a spray mechanism such that the coolant does not flow or splash into the heated line on the metal part. In certain embodiments, the heated line forming system includes multiple induction coils arranged along a line and spaced a short distance apart, but which, when operated simultaneously together, form a heated line on a surface of a metal part.

Abstract: A high-frequency heating method for a hot stamping process includes: a first heating step of high-frequency heating a steel sheet, which has an aluminum (Al) coating layer formed on an iron (Fe)-based base material, to a first target temperature at a first heating rate; a second heating step of melting the coating layer by high-frequency heating the steel sheet, which has passed through the first heating step, to a second target temperature at a second heating rate, wherein the second heating rate is lower than the first heating rate; and a third heating step of high-frequency heating the steel sheet, which has passed through the second heating step, to a third target temperature at a third heating rate, wherein the third heating rate is lower than the second heating rate. A compound is formed by a reaction between a material of the coating layer and a material of the base material in the second heating step.

Abstract: A spinning apparatus for decreasing by spinning a thickness of a portion of a tube material having a uniform thickness except at a first axial end portion is disclosed. The spinning apparatus includes a spindle-side chuck having a conical concavity and a mandrel. The mandrel has a mandrel-side chuck formed in a form of a conical convexity corresponding in configuration to the conical concavity of the spindle-side chuck and a cylindrical portion for supporting the tube material. The spinning apparatus further includes a spinning roll for decreasing the thickness of the tube material by pressing the spinning roll against the tube material when the tube material is supported by the cylindrical portion of the mandrel.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a press-molded article includes: projecting an inner pad, provided at an apex portion of a punch, from the punch toward a side of a die, and disposing a metal sheet blank on the inner pad; and projecting a die pad, provided at the die, from the die toward a side of the punch to dispose the die pad at a position separated from the inner pad by a predetermined distance that is greater than a plate thickness of the metal sheet blank; forming a side walls by moving the die toward the punch side relative to the die pad, the inner pad, and the punch, and integrating the die pad with the die; and forming a top plate by moving the die and the die pad, which have been integrated, and the inner pad, toward the punch side relative to the punch.

Abstract: A method of reducing a thickness and increasing a height of a cylindrical wall of a metal cup to form a can body comprises positioning a wall-ironing punch (40) inside the cup, moving an annular wall-ironing die (24) axially over the closed end of the cup towards the open end of the cup, but not beyond the open end of the cup, in order to iron the cylindrical wall from the closed end up to a position axially spaced from the open end and moving the wall-ironing die (24) back in an opposite direction to remove the can body from the die (24). Methods of altering a diameter of one or more regions of a can body are also disclosed.

Abstract: A plurality of additional fixture members placed outside a pipe member at a plurality of positions of the pipe member, where the plurality of fixture members are fixed, and a plurality of electromagnetic coils placed inside the pipe member at the plurality of positions of the fixed pipe member. In this state, a pulse current is applied to the plurality of electromagnetic coils located at a first joint, where the fixture member is joined to the outside of the portion where first and second pipe elements of the pipe member are fitted to each other, is swaged and fixed to the pipe member before an fixture member located at a second joint, wherein fixture member is joined to at least one of the first and second pipe elements at a different position, so the plurality of fixture members are swaged and fixed to the pipe member by electromagnetic forming.

Abstract: A pipe assembly includes an inner pipe member and an outer pipe member that is externally fixed to an end portion of the inner pipe member. The inner pipe has a thickness that is less than that of the outer pipe which is placed outside the end portion of the inner pipe member. An additional fixture member is placed outside the portion where the inner and outer pipes are fitted to each other. While the inner pipe, the outer pipe, and the additional fixture are in this state, an electromagnetic coil is placed inside the inner pipe at a position where the outer pipe and the additional fixture are to be fixed. The diameter of the inner pipe increases by applying a pulse current to the electromagnetic coil. The diameter of the outer pipe increases by the action of force applied when the diameter of the inner pipe is increased.

Abstract: Provided is a fin stacking apparatus, which is configured to stack a fin having a flat-plate shape and a plurality of holes formed therein, including: a suction plate having a plurality of holes and being configured to retain the fin or to cause the fin to fall in accordance with presence or absence of suction through the plurality of holes; a plurality of stacking pins being arranged below the suction plate and configured to be inserted to the plurality of holes of the fin separated from the suction plate; and a stacking pin drive unit configured to rotate at least one of the plurality of stacking pins in a circumferential direction about an axis of the plurality of stacking pins.

Abstract: The present invention provides a blade cutting device capable of simplifying the work of cutting blade-shaped materials (31), and accurately forming blades. The blade cutting device includes a material accommodation section (32) comprising a plurality of accommodation chambers (R1 to R10) for accommodating the band-shaped materials (31) used to form blades, in such a manner as to be sorted by type; a band-shaped material machining section (33) comprising a feed unit for feeding a band-shaped material (31) pulled out from a predetermined accommodation chamber and a cutting unit (55) for cutting the band-shaped material (31) into a predetermined length for forming blades; and a control section for causing the material accommodation section (32) to move so as to locate the predetermined accommodation chamber of the material accommodation section (32) at a position facing the band-shaped material machining section (33).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for shaping a workpiece having a drum-type peripheral wall, on the inner face of which an inner profile featuring longitudinal ribs is formed by feeding at least one profiling roll to said inner face. According to the invention, at least one rotatably mounted profiling roll is fed to an inner face of the peripheral wall of the workpiece, and said at least one profiling roll rotates relative to the inner face of the peripheral wall such that the inner profile is formed in the inner face in a non-cutting manner.

Abstract: A process of casting an article includes an iron alloy being heated to a pour temperature of between 1460° C. and 1650° C. and a fluidity length of greater than 23 millimeters to form a melt. The melt is poured into a mold and allowed to solidify to the article. The article is then removed from the mold. A process of forging an article is also provided that includes an iron alloy workpiece being heated to a temperature of between 600° C. and 1200° C. The heated workpiece is then placed into a die set and repeatedly struck with a forging die. The workpiece flows into the die cavity in response to the striking. The workpiece is then removed from the die cavity. The resulting articles and the alloy from which such articles are formed are also provided.

Abstract: Friction stir blind rivet systems and methods are provided for joining workpieces. A FSBR joining system includes a mandrel with a head forming a tip. A stem extends from the head and has a narrowed section forming a notch. A tail section of the mandrel is configured to break off at the notch forming a broken end. A shank also has a head and a body, with a through-hole defined through the shank. The shank head includes a shoulder forming a surface contacting one workpiece. The head has an outermost point opposite the surface. A range is defined between the outermost point of the head and the surface. A wall projects from another workpiece and is formed around the body. The wall has a size formed by the mandrel and that is controlled to enable the body to deform.

Abstract: A system includes a first frame and a second frame extending along a plane defined by a first direction and a second direction. The first frame and the second frame define a plurality of first holes and a plurality of second holes. The axial axes of the first holes and the second hoes are oriented in a direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The system further includes two or more layers of material positioned between the first frame and the second frame. The system further includes a plurality of rods inserted within the first holes and a driver that forces a portion of each of the plurality of rods through the two or more layers of material into the second holes.

Abstract: A method for producing a cooling duct piston for an internal combustion engine having a cooling duct in its piston crown. A piston main body is produced with a collar which is circumferential and projects radially in the region of the piston crown. The collar is formed until its outer circumferential edge comes very closely or completely into contact with a bearing region of the piston lower part forming the cooling duct. At least one ring groove is introduced. A ring-free groove is further formed below the ring groove, wherein a dividing plane lies between the outer circumferential edge of the formed collar and an upper side of the piston lower part in the ring-free groove.

Abstract: A self-aligning swaging punch is provided for adjoining together a pin and a workpiece having a pinhole. The swaging punch comprises a shaft and a tip having an open-ended cavity. The shaft transfers an axial force from a press or hammer to the tip. The tip transfers the axial force from the shaft to a top surface of the workpiece near the pinhole. The tip may be spherical in shape for evenly deforming the workpiece near the upper edge of the pinhole. The open-ended cavity receives the pin therein and allows the pin to extend at least partially into the open-ended cavity while the tip contacts the workpiece. The open-ended cavity also ensures that the swaging punch is aligned with the pinhole and perpendicular to the surface of the workpiece when the pin is inserted into the pinhole such that the workpiece evenly deforms and presses against the pin.

Abstract: This technology relates to refractory coatings used in metal casting by the foundry industry. Refractory coatings are often used to coat foundry cores and molds for the purpose of improving the quality of castings formed in connection with the cores or molds, particularly at the surface of the casting. Whereas traditional coatings comprise water based solvents that require excessive drying times or HAPs that emit hazardous VOCs, preferred embodiments of the present invention comprise refractory coatings having VOC-exempt ester based solvents, such as DMC. Other preferred embodiments of the present invention comprise methods for reduction of VOC content in a foundry article.

Abstract: A method for direct casting of cast components by layer-wise generation of composite molds, wherein the composite molds are generated as monolithic elements and simultaneously with their respective cores in an assembled form. The system for layer-wise generation of three-dimensional models from the powdered material in a removable container with a movable bottom, which is separated from the device for lifting and lowering the movable bottom, which is built into the system for layer-wise generation of three-dimensional models. The generation of the molds is done by application of layers of powdered material and binding of the particles of each layer through a binder, added selectively according to a program/pattern only in the volumes, where the solid body of the model is being generated.

Abstract: A ceramic core used for fabricating a hollow turbine blade for a turbine engine using the lost wax casting technique, the blade including calibrated dust-removal holes emanating from a top of at least one cavity and opening out into a bathtub of the blade, wherein each of the calibrated dust-removal holes is formed in a core portion of height that is determined to be sufficient to guarantee mechanical strength, the core portion including a through orifice of axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the calibrated dust-removal hole and defining on either side of the through orifice firstly a core cylinder having a determined diameter corresponding to the dust-removal hole that is to be formed, and secondly a remaining core volume that is to be plugged after casting, such that the calibrated dust-removal hole is obtained without drilling and without using connection rods.

Abstract: A tooling for producing a metal product by feed casting, comprising a mold comprising a preheater, an ingot mold (10), a movable bottom that moves in a main direction X and a transition ring interposed between the preheater and the ingot mold (10). The tooling has a clamping ring (12) transmitting a clamping force (F1) to the transition ring (11) oriented towards the ingot mold (10), a holding mechanism that positively locks the clamping ring (12), and an axial relief mechanism configured so as to vary between an inactive state in which the holding mechanism exerts said holding force (F2) on the clamping ring (12) such that the clamping ring (12) exerts said clamping force (F1) on the transition ring (11) and an active state in which the axial relief mechanism resists the action applied by the holding mechanism on the clamping ring in the inactive state.

Abstract: A composite material comprising a plurality of hard particles surrounded by a matrix material comprising a plurality of nanoparticles. Earth boring tools including the composite material and methods of forming the composite material are also disclosed. A polycrystalline material having a catalyst material including nanoparticles in interstitial spaces between inter-bonded crystals of the polycrystalline material and methods of forming the polycrystalline material are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention provides an electroslag fusion process for manufacturing a blade slab having a large curved surface, and it is more particularly effectively in making a blade slab which has a big width-to-thickness ratio, a large difference between the thin and the thick edges and a large curved surface. Firstly, dividing the blade slab into two or three regions according to the external shape and the sectional size of the blade slab, wherein the region which has difficulty in unilateral or bilateral mold-filling is pre-fabricated by the electroslag casting technology to produce a pre-fabricated curved slab, and then it is placed in advance in a side of an internal cavity of a mold, and then fusing the molten metal melted from a consumable electrode and one or two electroslag pre-fabricated slabs which are placed in advance in the mold by utilizing the electroslag fusion process, so as to produce the blade slab having a large curved surface.

Abstract: A refractory sliding gate valve plate has a planar upper surface and a planar lower surface parallel to the planar upper surface. A connecting outer surface connects the upper surface to the lower surface, and a pouring channel fluidly connects the upper surface to the lower surface. Specified ratios of length between (a) specified longitudinal segments extending from the axis of symmetry of the pouring channel to the perimeter on the upper surface and the lower surface of the plate, respectively, and also between (b) specified latitudinal segments extending from the axis of symmetry of the pouring channel to the perimeter on the upper surface and the lower surface of the plate, respectively, increase the uniformity of thrust force applied to the plates and the contact area between the upper surfaces of two such plates within a valve.

Abstract: A timepiece part that is configured from sintered metal parts and can improve the appearance, a timepiece band, and a timepiece. A timepiece part made from a sintered metal body, wherein at least a surface of the timepiece part satisfies a specific condition related to a number of holes. By appropriately setting the specific condition, holes are rendered inconspicuous when observing the surface of the timepiece part. As a result, the appearance of the timepiece part can be improved.

Abstract: A mixed powder for powder metallurgy having excellent green compact strength and ejectability is provided. The mixed powder for powder metallurgy includes an iron-based powder; and a copolymerized polyamide, in an amount of 0.3 to 2.0 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the iron-based powder, having a melting point of 80° C. to 120° C.

Abstract: A method for preparing a copper metal nanopowder having a uniform oxygen passivation layer and an apparatus for preparing the same are described. The method for preparing a copper metal nanopowder for light sintering, having an average diameter of 50-200 nm and an average thickness, of a surface oxygen passivation layer, of 1-30 nm, includes allowing copper or a copper alloy powder, having an average diameter of 5-30 ?m, to pass through a thermal plasma torch, a reaction container and an oxygen reaction zone. The copper or the copper alloy powder is injected at an injection rate of 0.5-7 kg/hr and the amount of oxygen to be added to the oxygen reaction zone, per kg of the copper or the copper alloy powder to be injected per hour, is in the range of 0.3-12 standard liters per minute (slpm). Also described is a light sintering copper metal nanopowder preparation apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for forming a three-dimensional article through successively depositing individual layers of powder material that are fused together so as to form the article, the method comprising the step of heating a first portion of a support surface while depositing a layer of powder material on a second portion of the support surface.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus for forming a metal component from alloy powder includes a powder-based layer-by-layer directed energy beam additive manufacturing system, a primary directed high energy beam, configured to raise a temperature of the alloy powder to or above the melting point of the alloy powder. A secondary directed low energy beam configured to raise the temperature of the alloy powder to or above a sintering point of the alloy powder without reaching the melting point of the alloy powder. The apparatus further includes a sintered region on the surface of an alloy powder layer previously produced by the secondary directed low energy beam and a solid region forming a portion of the metal component that was solidified from a molten pool on the surface of the alloy powder layer adjacent to the first sintered region having been produced by the primary directed high energy beam.

Abstract: A method for producing a component for a turbomachine, having the additive build-up of the component by an additive production method from a base material for the component and the introduction of material fibers into a construction for the component during the additive build-up in such a way that the material fibers are oriented in a circumferential direction of the component around a component axis and in such a way that a fiber composite material is produced, including the material fibers and a base material that is solidified by the additive build-up. A corresponding component is produced by the method and a corresponding device is used for producing the component.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping method in which the powder supplying blade 2 is able to travel without any problems, in which a control system stores in advance a fine sintered region 11 so that any one of a cross-sectional area or a mean diameter in the horizontal direction, a shaping width and an undercut angle at the end is equal to or less than a predetermined extent, or the control system makes a determination in a sintering step, for said each element, so in the case of the raised sintered portions 12 forming on the upper side of the sintered region 11, a rotating cutting tool 3 cuts the raised sintered portions 12 entirely or partially, thereby achieving the object.

Abstract: A superhard polycrystalline construction comprises a body of polycrystalline superhard material formed of a mass of superhard grains exhibiting inter-granular bonding and defining a plurality of interstitial regions therebetween, and a non-superhard phase at least partially filling a plurality of the interstitial regions and having an associated shape factor of greater than around 0.65 and a substrate bonded to the body of superhard material along an interface, the substrate having a region adjacent the interface comprising binder material in an amount at least 5% less than the remainder of the substrate.