IP Library Granted Patent US 11,786,967
Granted Patent B2
US 11,786,967 · App. 16/099,868 · Granted Oct 17, 2023

Composite member manufacturing method and composite member

Inventors: Makoto Ogata (Tokyo, JP); Shuho Koseki (Tokyo, JP); Tadashi Furuya (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,786,967
App. No.
16/099,868
Granted
Oct 17, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an additively manufactured part with high temperature strength and high ductility that can be suitably used for hot forging even in the temperature range of 800° C. or more, and a manufacturing method therefor. The manufacturing method for the additively manufactured part in accordance with the present invention includes an additive manufacturing step of using composite powder containing ceramic and metal and having voids therein to form a composite material containing the ceramic and the metal by repeating steps of melting and solidifying the composite powder; and a remelting step of remelting the surface of the composite material.

Claims (26)

1. A composite material manufacturing method comprising:

an additive manufacturing step of using composite powder containing a ceramic and a metal and having voids therein to form a material containing the ceramic and the metal by repeating steps of spreading the composite powder over a substrate and then melting and solidifying the composite powder and forming solidified layers in a stacked manner;

a remelting step of remelting a surface of the material; and

applying a heat treatment to the material in a temperature range of 800 to 1400° C. after the remelting for a period of between 10 minutes and 2 hours to form the composite material;

wherein the composite material comprises 40 to 70% by volume of the ceramic and 30 to 60% by volume of the metal and a total volume of the ceramic and the metal is 100%; and

wherein in the remelting step, a melt pool generated during remelting is retained for a duration of 0.5 to 5 minutes.

2. The composite material manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein

the ceramic is tungsten carbide, and

the metal is cobalt.

3. A composite material comprising;

a ceramic phase; and

a metallic phase,

wherein a porosity of a region of the composite material in a thickness range of at least 100 μm from a surface of the composite material is less than or equal to 10%,

wherein a mass fraction of an η phase included in the composite material is less than or equal to 10% and

wherein the composite material is an additively manufactured part having rapidly solidified structures and is formed by repeated steps of

spreading a composite powder over a substrate and then melting and solidifying the composite powder, wherein the composite powder includes a ceramic and metal,

forming solidified layers in a stacked manner, and

a remelting step, wherein a melt pool generated during remelting is retained for a duration of 0.5 to 5 minutes, and

wherein the composite material comprises 40 to 70% by volume of the ceramic and 30 to 60% by volume of the metal and a total volume of the ceramic and the metal is 100%,

wherein the mass fraction of an η phase is achieved by reducing an η phase of a dendrite structure in the composite material by applying a heat treatment for a period between 10 minutes and 2 hours in a temperature range of 800 to 1400° C. after the forming of the solidified layers in the stacked manner.

4. The composite material according to claim 3 , wherein the ceramic phase is tungsten carbide, and the metallic phase is cobalt.

5. The composite material manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the heat treatment is between a temperature range of 1200° C. and 1400° C.

6. The composite material manufacturing method according to claim 5 , wherein the heat treatment is performed for a period of between 20 minutes and 90 minutes.

7. The composite material according to claim 3 , the heat treatment is between a temperature range of 1200° C. and 1400° C.

8. The composite material according to claim 7 , wherein the heat treatment is performed for a period of between 20 minutes and 90 minutes.

9. The composite material manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the additive manufacturing step is powder bed fusion or direct metal deposition.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 9, 2023
From: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
To: PROTERIAL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063581/0815 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2018
From: OGATA, MAKOTO; KOSEKI, SHUHO; FURUYA, TADASHI
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 047458/0569 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-095551 · May 11, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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