COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAID COMPONENT
A component is disclosed, the component comprising a first material and a second material, wherein a second member made from the second material is embraced by a first member made from the first material. Further, a method is disclosed for manufacturing said component, the method comprising applying an additive manufacturing process, building up a first member from a first material by the additive manufacturing process, and adding a second member made from a second material during the additive manufacturing process and adding further first material to the first member thus embracing the second member.
1 . A component, the component comprising a first material and a second material, characterized in that a second member made from the second material is embraced by a first member made from the first material.
2 . The component according to claim 1 , wherein the second member is fully enclosed by the first member.
3 . The component according to claim 1 , wherein the second member extends to a surface of the component.
4 . The component according to claim 1 , wherein the second material is chosen to have a higher thermal conductivity than the first material.
5 . The component according to claim 1 , wherein the second material is chosen to have a higher thermal expansion coefficient than the first material.
6 . The component according to claim 1 , wherein the first member is seamless.
7 . The component according to claim 1 , wherein the second member comprises at least one even surface and in particular has one of a constant or decreasing cross sectional dimension starting from at least one even surface.
8 . The component according to claim 1 , wherein the first member is producible by an additive manufacturing method.
9 . A method for manufacturing a component according to claim 1 , the method comprising applying an additive manufacturing process, building up a first member from a first material by the additive manufacturing process, adding a second member made from a second material during the additive manufacturing process and adding further first material to the first member thus embracing the second member.
10 . The method according to claim 9 , further comprising producing a first fragment of the first member, placing the second member, and subsequently adding further first material and covering the second member with first material such as to produce the first member to embrace the second member.
11 . The method according to claim 10 , further comprising producing the first fragment of the first member comprises producing the first member with a cavity, said cavity being accessible from outside the first fragment, and said cavity in particular being shaped as a complementary shape to the second member, further comprising inserting the second member into said cavity.
12 . The method according to any of the preceding method claims, characterized in that adding the second member comprises placing the second member by means of a robot arm.
13 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein producing the first member comprises disposing a powder of the first material, melting the powder at selected locations, and re-solidifying the resulting melt to form the first member.
14 . The method according to claim 9 , further comprising selecting the second member such as to comprise at least one even surface wherein a cross sectional dimension of the second member is constant or decreases starting from at least one even surface, and in particular placing the second member with said even surface on top.
15 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein manufacturing the first member comprises one of a selective laser melting process and a selective electron beam melting process.