IP Library Granted Patent US 11,331,850
Granted Patent B2
US 11,331,850 · App. 16/348,664 · Granted May 17, 2022

Method for manufacturing shaped article, and shaped article

Inventors: Hiroaki Motoyama (Takahashi, JP); Takanori Ootaki (Takahashi, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC SINTERED ALLOY, LTD.
B29C64/153B22F7/08B22F10/20B29C67/00B33Y40/00C21D1/00B22F2998/10B22F2999/00B33Y10/00B33Y80/00C22C33/02
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Patent No.
US 11,331,850
App. No.
16/348,664
Granted
May 17, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a shaped article includes a step of providing a high-speed steel powder, a step of forming a powder layer by spreading the powder, a step of forming a solidified layer in which the powder is in a bound state by irradiating the powder layer with a scanning laser beam, and a step of stacking up solidified layers by sequentially repeating the step of forming a powder layer and the step of forming a solidified layer, thereby forming the shaped article. The laser beam has an energy density of 60 J/mm 3 or more and less than 600 J/mm 3 .

Claims (15)

1. A shaped article comprising:

a stacked portion in which a plurality of layers comprised of a first high-speed steel as defined in JIS or AISI are stacked on top of each other; and

a substrate consisting of a second high-speed steel as defined in JIS or AISI having a different composition from the first high-speed steel of the stacked portion,

wherein the stacked portion is formed directly on the substrate, and

at least one of the layers of the stacked portion is a compositionally graded layer in which the composition of the layer becomes more similar to the composition of the substrate toward the substrate.

2. The shaped article according to claim 1 , wherein the stacked portion has a porosity of 25% or less and a structure in which a carbide is precipitated in a dispersed manner.

3. The shaped article according to claim 1 , wherein the stacked portion has a martensitic structure with an area fraction of 99% or more.

4. The shaped article according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the substrate is greater than a thickness of each of the layers of the stacked portion.

5. The shaped article according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of each of the layers of the stacked portion is 10 μm or more and 100 μm or less.

6. The shaped article according to claim 1 , wherein the layers of the stacked portion are formed by powder of the first high-speed steel melting and solidifying.

7. The shaped article according to claim 1 , wherein

a content of carbon in the stacked portion is 0.6 mass % or more,

the stacked portion has a porosity of 25% or less,

the stacked portion has a structure in which carbides are precipitated in a dispersed manner, and

the maximum length of carbides in the structure is 5 μm or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2019
From: MOTOYAMA, HIROAKI; OOTAKI, TAKANORI
To: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC SINTERED ALLOY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 049129/0919 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-117487 · Jun 15, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190263056A1 · Aug 29, 2019
Cited By (1)
US 12,226,823