Method of manufacturing a three-dimensional object

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11780160
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17337863

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A three-dimensional object may be manufactured using a powder bed fusion additive manufacturing technique. A layer of powder feed material may be distributed over a solid substrate and scanned with a high-energy laser beam to locally melt selective regions of the layer and form a pool of molten feed material. The pool of molten feed material may be exposed to gaseous nitrogen, carbon, or boron to respectively dissolve nitride, carbide, or boride ions into the pool of molten feed material to produce a molten nitrogen, carbon, or boron-containing solution. The molten nitrogen, carbon, or boron-containing solution may cool and solidify into a solid layer of fused nitride, carbide, or boride-containing material.

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GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCDETROIT MI

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Brown, Tyson W Royal Oak, US 26 118
Mishra, Raja K Warren, US 16 73
Pinkerton, Frederick E Warren, US 30 156
Sachdev, Anil K Rochester Hills, US 192 1827

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