IP Library Granted Patent US 11,713,496
Granted Patent B2
US 11,713,496 · App. 16/770,756 · Granted Aug 1, 2023

Powder material, powder material for additive manufacturing, and method for producing powder material

Inventors: Hirotsugu Kawanaka (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Shiratori (Tokyo, JP); Shuho Koseki (Tokyo, JP); Tadashi Furuya (Tokyo, JP); Gang Han (Tokyo, JP); Kiyomi Nakamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
C22C29/065B22F1/06B22F1/10B22F1/142B22F1/16B22F9/082B33Y70/10C22C29/08B22F2301/15B22F2302/10B22F2304/10Y10T428/2982
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Patent No.
US 11,713,496
App. No.
16/770,756
Granted
Aug 1, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a powder material that makes it possible to achieve higher flowability than before and to increase the crushing strength of particles. The powder material of the present disclosure has a dendritic structure 1 . The dendritic structure 1 has a cemented carbide composition or a cermet composition.

Claims (27)

1. A powder material comprising a dendritic structure, wherein

the dendritic structure has a cemented carbide composition or a cermet composition,

the cemented carbide composition includes W and carbon, the balance being at least one selected from Fe, Ni, Co, and Cr,

the cermet composition includes at least one of a Group 4 transition metal, a Group 5 transition metal, a Group 6 transition metal except for W, Al, and Si, and at least one of oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen, the balance being at least one selected from Fe, Ni, Co, and Cr, and

the powder material further comprising an uppermost surface having a film including 50 at % or more of carbon.

2. The powder material according to claim 1 , wherein the powder material includes a dendritic structure and ceramics particles.

3. The powder material according to claim 2 , wherein the ceramics particles have a polygonal shape.

4. The powder material according to claim 1 wherein the cemented carbide composition or the cermet composition contains at least 5 at % or more of at least one of a Group 4 transition metal, a Group 5 transition metal, a Group 6 transition metal, Si, and Al, and at least one of oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen.

5. The powder material according to claim 4 , wherein the cemented carbide composition or the cermet composition includes at least one of W, Ti, and Si and carbon, the balance being at least one selected from Fe, Cr, Ni, and Co.

6. The powder material according to claim 1 , wherein the film includes a layered crystal structure along a tangential direction to a surface.

7. The powder material according to claim 6 , wherein the film covers the dendritic structure.

8. The powder material according to claim 1 , wherein the film covers the dendritic structure.

9. The powder material according to claim 1 , wherein the powder material has a particle size of 10 μm or more and 200 μm or less, and a flowability of not more than 25 sec/50 g in accordance with JIS Z 2502.

10. An additive manufacturing powder material comprising the powder material according to claim 1 .

11. The powder material according to claim 1 , wherein the powder material has a particle size of 10 μm or more and 200 μm or less, and a flowability of not more than 25 sec/50 g in accordance with JIS Z 2502.

12. An additive manufacturing powder material comprising the powder material according to claim 1 .

13. A method of manufacturing the powder material according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

a raw material mixing step of obtaining a mixture by wet-mixing, as raw materials, ceramics fine particles, metal or alloy fine particles, and wax;

a granulation step of producing mixture particles by granulation by atomizing and drying the mixture;

a sintering step of debinding a powder of the mixture particles and then sintering the powder at a sintering temperature higher than or equal to 1000° C.; and

a high-temperature processing step of causing all or some of the mixture particle powder solidified in the sintering step to be instantaneously melted and solidified by thermal plasma-droplet-refining.

14. A powder material comprising a cemented carbide composition or a cermet composition, wherein

the cemented carbide composition includes W and carbon, the balance being at least one selected from Fe, Ni, Co, and Cr,

the cermet composition includes at least one of a Group 4 transition metal, a Group 5 transition metal, a Group 6 transition metal except for W, Al, and Si, and at least one of oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen, the balance being at least one selected from Fe, Ni, Co, and Cr, and

the powder material has an uppermost surface having a film including 50 at % or more of carbon.

15. The powder material according to claim 14 , wherein the cemented carbide composition or the cermet composition contains at least 5 at % or more of at least one of a Group 4 transition metal, a Group 5 transition metal, a Group 6 transition metal, Si, and Al, and at least one of oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen.

16. The powder material according to claim 15 , wherein the cemented carbide composition or the cermet composition includes at least one of W, Ti, and Si and carbon, the balance being at least one selected from Fe, Cr, Ni, and Co.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 9, 2023
From: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
To: PROTERIAL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063581/0815 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXECUTION DATE OF THE SIXTH CONVEYING PARTY PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 052866 FRAME 0512. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR(S) INTEREST. Recorded Jun 16, 2020
From: KAWANAKA, HIROTSUGU; SHIRATORI, HIROSHI; KOSEKI, SHUHO; FURUYA, TADASHI; HAN, GANG; NAKAMURA, KIYOMI
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052957/0811 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2020
From: KAWANAKA, HIROTSUGU; SHIRATORI, HIROSHI; KOSEKI, SHUHO; FURUYA, TADASHI; HAN, GANG; NAKAMURA, KIYOMI
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052866/0512 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-243100 · Dec 19, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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