Abstract

The present invention relates to a 3D-printed product made of at least one alloy wherein the alloy is based on iron, cobalt or nickel and wherein the 3D-printed product comprises a portion made of the alloy and wherein the portion comprises a first sub-portion and a second sub-portion, wherein the first sub-portion and the second sub-portion share a common border, wherein each of the first and second sub-portions comprises a metal matrix and grains of carbides embedded in the metal matrix wherein the first sub-portion comprises grains of carbides having an average carbide cross-sectional area which differs by a factor of at least 2 from an average carbide cross-sectional area of the grains of carbides of the second sub-portion.

IPC Classes  ?

• B22F 10/28 - Powder bed fusion, e.g. selective laser melting [SLM] or electron beam melting [EBM]
• B22F 10/366 - Scanning parameters, e.g. hatch distance or scanning strategy
• B22F 10/38 - Process control to achieve specific product aspects, e.g. surface smoothness, density, porosity or hollow structures
• B33Y 70/00 - Materials specially adapted for additive manufacturing
• C22C 1/04 - Making non-ferrous alloys by powder metallurgy
• C22C 19/00 - Alloys based on nickel or cobalt
• C22C 33/02 - Making ferrous alloys by powder metallurgy
• C22C 38/12 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing tungsten, tantalum, molybdenum, vanadium or niobium
• B33Y 10/00 - Processes of additive manufacturing
• B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing

Abstract

The present invention relates to a 3D-printed cobalt-based alloy product comprising carbon, tungsten and chromium with very good mechanical and thermal properties as well as a method of preparing the 3D-printed product and a powder alloy. The alloy has a high carbon content leading to high carbide content but small and evenly distributed carbides. A method facilitating 3D printing of high carbide content alloys such as the present alloy is also disclosed.

IPC Classes  ?

• C22C 19/07 - Alloys based on nickel or cobalt based on cobalt
• B22F 1/05 - Metallic powder characterised by the size or surface area of the particles
• B22F 1/065 - Spherical particles
• B22F 10/28 - Powder bed fusion, e.g. selective laser melting [SLM] or electron beam melting [EBM]
• B22F 10/32 - Process control of the atmosphere, e.g. composition or pressure in a building chamber
• B22F 10/64 - Treatment of workpieces or articles after build-up by thermal means
• B23K 15/00 - Electron-beam welding or cutting
• B33Y 10/00 - Processes of additive manufacturing
• B33Y 70/00 - Materials specially adapted for additive manufacturing
• B33Y 70/10 - Composites of different types of material, e.g. mixtures of ceramics and polymers or mixtures of metals and biomaterials
• C22C 30/00 - Alloys containing less than 50% by weight of each constituent
• C22C 32/00 - Non-ferrous alloys containing at least 5% by weight but less than 50% by weight of oxides, carbides, borides, nitrides, silicides or other metal compounds, e.g. oxynitrides, sulfides, whether added as such or formed in situ
• B22F 10/362 - Process control of energy beam parameters for preheating
• B22F 10/66 - Treatment of workpieces or articles after build-up by mechanical means
• B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
• B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing

Abstract

A 3D printed product of an iron based alloy having a narrow distribution of carbide areas is disclosed, as well as a method of preparing the product where the HIP and hardening is combined.

IPC Classes  ?

• B22F 10/64 - Treatment of workpieces or articles after build-up by thermal means
• B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
• B33Y 40/20 - Post-treatment, e.g. curing, coating or polishing
• C22C 38/36 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with more than 1.7% by weight of carbon
• C22C 38/30 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with cobalt
• C22C 38/24 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with vanadium
• C22C 38/22 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with molybdenum or tungsten

Abstract

The present invention relates to a 3D-printed iron based alloy product comprising carbon, tungsten, vanadium, cobalt, chromium and molybdenum with very high hardness and very good high temperature properties thermal properties as well as a method of preparing the 3D-printed product and a powder alloy.

IPC Classes  ?

• C22C 33/02 - Making ferrous alloys by powder metallurgy
• B33Y 70/00 - Materials specially adapted for additive manufacturing
• B23K 26/12 - Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring in a special environment or atmosphere, e.g. in an enclosure
• B23K 26/342 - Build-up welding
• B23K 15/00 - Electron-beam welding or cutting
• B23K 15/06 - Electron-beam welding or cutting within a vacuum chamber
• B23K 28/00 - Welding or cutting not covered by groups
• C22C 38/22 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with molybdenum or tungsten
• C22C 38/24 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with vanadium
• C22C 38/30 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with cobalt
• C22C 38/36 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with more than 1.7% by weight of carbon
• B22F 10/28 - Powder bed fusion, e.g. selective laser melting [SLM] or electron beam melting [EBM]
• B22F 10/32 - Process control of the atmosphere, e.g. composition or pressure in a building chamber
• B22F 10/64 - Treatment of workpieces or articles after build-up by thermal means
• B22F 10/34 - Process control of powder characteristics, e.g. density, oxidation or flowability
• B22F 10/50 - Treatment of workpieces or articles during build-up, e.g. treatments applied to fused layers during build-up
• B33Y 10/00 - Processes of additive manufacturing
• B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
• B22F 5/00 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product
• B22F 10/362 - Process control of energy beam parameters for preheating
• B22F 10/66 - Treatment of workpieces or articles after build-up by mechanical means
• B22F 1/065 - Spherical particles

Abstract

The present invention relates to a 3D printed product of an iron based alloy having a narrow distribution of carbide areas and to a method of preparing the product where the HIP and hardening is combined.

IPC Classes  ?

• B22F 3/105 - Sintering only by using electric current, laser radiation or plasma
• B22F 3/15 - Hot isostatic pressing
• B33Y 10/00 - Processes of additive manufacturing
• C22C 33/02 - Making ferrous alloys by powder metallurgy
• B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
• B22F 3/24 - After-treatment of workpieces or articles
• B22F 5/00 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product

Abstract

The present invention relates to a 3D printed product of an iron based alloy having a narrow distribution of carbide areas and to a method of preparing the product where the HIP and hardening is combined.

IPC Classes  ?

• B22F 10/28 - Powder bed fusion, e.g. selective laser melting [SLM] or electron beam melting [EBM]
• B33Y 10/00 - Processes of additive manufacturing
• B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
• B22F 10/64 - Treatment of workpieces or articles after build-up by thermal means
• C22C 38/18 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium
• C22C 38/36 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with more than 1.7% by weight of carbon

Abstract

The present invention relates to a 3D-printed cobalt-based alloy product comprising carbon, tungsten and chromium with very good mechanical and thermal properties as well as a method of preparing the 3D-printed product and a powder alloy. The alloy has a high carbon content leading to high carbide content but small and evenly distributed carbides. A method facilitating 3D printing of high carbide content alloys such as the present alloy is also disclosed.

IPC Classes  ?

• B32B 15/00 - Layered products essentially comprising metal
• C22C 19/07 - Alloys based on nickel or cobalt based on cobalt
• B33Y 10/00 - Processes of additive manufacturing
• B33Y 70/00 - Materials specially adapted for additive manufacturing
• B23K 15/00 - Electron-beam welding or cutting
• C22C 30/00 - Alloys containing less than 50% by weight of each constituent
• C22C 32/00 - Non-ferrous alloys containing at least 5% by weight but less than 50% by weight of oxides, carbides, borides, nitrides, silicides or other metal compounds, e.g. oxynitrides, sulfides, whether added as such or formed in situ
• B22F 1/05 - Metallic powder characterised by the size or surface area of the particles
• B22F 1/065 - Spherical particles
• B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
• B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing

Goods & Services

Metals and metal alloys; common metals in powder form; metal alloys for further manufacturing in the nature of additive alloys for the production of steel; metal alloys for further manufacturing in the nature of additive alloys for the production of iron; molds of metal for casting ceramic or metal materials; unworked and partly worked common metals; base metals and their alloys and goods made therefrom, namely, small items of metal hardware in the nature of nuts, springs, washers, pulleys, pulls, screws, bolts, hooks, clamps, casting moulds for metal, plastic and ceramic materials, hydraulic tools being adapters for use with hydraulic systems, nozzles of metal being pipe fittings; metal pipes and tubes Machines for metalworking, namely, grinding machines with spiral bevel gears; Transmission gears for machines; boring machines; broaching machines for metalworking; bending machines; cutting machines; drilling machines; milling machines; hydraulic presses for metalworking; grinding machines for metalworking; shaping machines for metalworking; shearing machines for metalworking; planing machines; punching presses for metalworking; machine tools for metalworking; ball-bearings for use in metalworking machines, namely, machines for turning, milling, drilling, broaching; machine knives being tools for metalworking machines; rock drills; industrial drills being machines for metalworking; rotary drills being drilling machines; hammer drills being power tools; blades being machine parts for use in metalworking; impellers being machine parts for use in metalworking; broaches being machine tools for use in metalworking; milling cutters being machine tools for use in metalworking; Additive Manufacturing machines being 3d printers; metal cutting tools being machine parts for use in metalworking; Oil refining machines; valves being parts of metalworking machines; mechanical stamping tools being machine tools for use in metalworking; machine tool couplings being machine parts for use in metalworking; machine couplings being machine parts for use in metalworking; Wear segments for crushers, namely wear plates being parts of metalworking machines; Wear plates being parts of for metalworking machines Treatment of materials in the nature of metal; working of industrially-produced material, in particular metal; Heat treatment of metals; metal casting; die casting; jewelry casting; metal stamping; metal pressing

Abstract

The present invention relates to a 3D-printed iron based alloy product comprising carbon, tungsten, vanadium, cobalt, chromium and molybdenum with very high hardness and very good high temperature properties thermal properties as well as a method of preparing the 3D-printed product and a powder alloy.

IPC Classes  ?

• B22F 1/12 - Metallic powder containing non-metallic particles
• B33Y 10/00 - Processes of additive manufacturing
• B33Y 70/00 - Materials specially adapted for additive manufacturing
• B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
• B22F 10/28 - Powder bed fusion, e.g. selective laser melting [SLM] or electron beam melting [EBM]
• B22F 10/32 - Process control of the atmosphere, e.g. composition or pressure in a building chamber
• B22F 10/50 - Treatment of workpieces or articles during build-up, e.g. treatments applied to fused layers during build-up
• B22F 12/10 - Auxiliary heating means
• B22F 1/065 - Spherical particles
• C22C 33/02 - Making ferrous alloys by powder metallurgy
• C22C 38/36 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with more than 1.7% by weight of carbon
• B22F 5/00 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product

Abstract

The present invention relates to a 3D-printed iron based alloy product comprising carbon, tungsten, vanadium, cobalt, chromium and molybdenum with very high hardness and very good high temperature properties thermal properties as well as a method of preparing the 3D-printed product and a powder alloy.

IPC Classes  ?

• B22F 3/105 - Sintering only by using electric current, laser radiation or plasma
• C22C 33/02 - Making ferrous alloys by powder metallurgy
• B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
• B33Y 10/00 - Processes of additive manufacturing
• B22F 5/00 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product
• B22F 1/00 - Metallic powder; Treatment of metallic powder, e.g. to facilitate working or to improve properties

Abstract

The present invention relates to a 3D-printedcobalt-basedalloy product comprising carbon, tungsten and chromium with very good mechanical and thermal properties as well as a method of preparing the 3D-printedproductand a powder alloy. The alloy has a high carbon content leading to high carbide content but small and evenly distributed carbides. A method facilitating 3D printing of high carbide content alloys such as the present alloy is also disclosed.

IPC Classes  ?

• B22F 3/105 - Sintering only by using electric current, laser radiation or plasma
• C22C 1/10 - Alloys containing non-metals
• C22C 19/07 - Alloys based on nickel or cobalt based on cobalt
• C22C 32/00 - Non-ferrous alloys containing at least 5% by weight but less than 50% by weight of oxides, carbides, borides, nitrides, silicides or other metal compounds, e.g. oxynitrides, sulfides, whether added as such or formed in situ

Abstract

The present invention relates to a 3D-printedcobalt-basedalloy product comprising carbon, tungsten and chromium with very good mechanical and thermal properties as well as a method of preparing the 3D-printedproductand a powder alloy. The alloy has a high carbon content leading to high carbide content but small and evenly distributed carbides. A method facilitating 3D printing of high carbide content alloys such as the present alloy is also disclosed.

IPC Classes  ?

• B22F 1/12 - Metallic powder containing non-metallic particles
• B33Y 10/00 - Processes of additive manufacturing
• B33Y 70/00 - Materials specially adapted for additive manufacturing
• B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
• B22F 10/28 - Powder bed fusion, e.g. selective laser melting [SLM] or electron beam melting [EBM]
• B22F 10/32 - Process control of the atmosphere, e.g. composition or pressure in a building chamber
• B22F 10/50 - Treatment of workpieces or articles during build-up, e.g. treatments applied to fused layers during build-up
• B22F 10/66 - Treatment of workpieces or articles after build-up by mechanical means
• B22F 12/10 - Auxiliary heating means
• B22F 1/05 - Metallic powder characterised by the size or surface area of the particles
• B22F 1/065 - Spherical particles
• C22C 19/07 - Alloys based on nickel or cobalt based on cobalt
• C22C 30/00 - Alloys containing less than 50% by weight of each constituent
• C22C 32/00 - Non-ferrous alloys containing at least 5% by weight but less than 50% by weight of oxides, carbides, borides, nitrides, silicides or other metal compounds, e.g. oxynitrides, sulfides, whether added as such or formed in situ

Goods & Services

Metals and metal alloys; metals in powder form; metal materials comprising ceramic; unworked and partly worked common metals; base metals and their alloys and goods made therefrom such as wrought products, pipes, lines, hoses, valves, nuts, bolts, fasteners, locks, keys, moldings made by metal, cables, threads, chains, statues and art objects made by metal, additively designed metal parts as well as materials and elements of metal for building and construction. Machines and machine tools for metalworking. Electric and electronic apparatus and instruments for measuring, checking (supervision); control and monitoring equipment for manufacturing machines; computer programs for design and working of metal objects; computer programs for production planning; computer programs for controlling manufacturing machines. Treatment of materials for design of metals via adaptive production; working of industrially-produced material, namely metal.

Goods & Services

Metals and metal alloys; metals in powder form; ceramic metals; unworked and partly worked common metals; base metals and their alloys and goods made therefrom such as wrought products, pipes, lines, hoses, valves, nuts, bolts, fasteners, locks, keys, moldings made by metal, cables, threads, chains, statues and art objects made by metal, additively designed metal parts as well as materials and elements of metal for building and construction. Machines and machine tools for metalworking. Electric and electronic apparatus and instruments for measuring, checking (supervision); control and monitoring equipment for manufacturing machines; computer programs for design and working of metal objects; computer programs for production planning; computer programs for controlling manufacturing machines. Treatment of materials for design of metals via adaptive production; working of industrially-produced material, namely metal.

Goods & Services

Metals and metal alloys; metals in powder form; ceramic metals (term considered too vague by the International Bureau - rule 13(2)(b) of the Common Regulations); unworked and partly worked common metals; base metals and their alloys and goods made therefrom. Machines and machine tools for metalworking. Electric and electronic apparatus and instruments for measuring, checking (supervision); control and monitoring equipment for manufacturing machines; computer programs for design and working of metal objects; computer programs for production planning; computer programs for controlling manufacturing machines. Treatment of materials; working of industrially-produced material, in particular metal.

Goods & Services

Metals and metal alloys; metals in powder form; ceramic metals;  unworked  and partly worked common metals; base metals and their alloys and goods made therefrom. Machines and machine tools for metalworking. Electric and electronic apparatus and instruments for measuring, checking (supervision); control and monitoring equipment for manufacturing machines; computer programs for design and working of metal objects; computer programs for production planning; computer programs for controlling manufacturing machines. Treatment of materials; working of industrially-produced material, in particular metal.