A TiZr alloy in powder form is described. Sintered pellets containing the TiZr alloy powder of the present invention, as well as capacitor anodes, are further described.

A TiZr alloy in powder form is described. Sintered pellets containing the TiZr alloy powder of the present invention, as well as capacitor anodes, are further described.

A system (1) for washing a 3D-printed object (4). The system (1) has a washing device (2) and a workpiece (3) that includes the 3D-printed object (4). The washing device (2) has a container (7) that forms a process chamber (8) for receiving a liquid cleaning agent (9), and the container (7) has an inlet (10) into the process chamber (8). The workpiece (3) further has a support structure (6) that supports the 3D-printed object (4) and a base (5) supporting the support structure (6). The base (5), in a mating relationship with the inlet (10), forms a restraint preventing the workpiece (3) from passing through the inlet (10) in a situation in which the workpiece (3) is placed with the 3D-printed object (4) located within the process chamber (8).

A method of and system for surface finishing an additive manufactured part. A part having a surface roughness with macroasperities is placed in a chamber with an electrolyte and an electrode. A pulse/pulse reverse power supply is connected to the part rendering it anodic and connected to the electrode rendering it cathodic. The power supply is operated to decrease the surface roughness of the part by applying a first series of waveforms including at least two waveforms where a diffusion layer is maintained at a thickness to produce a macroprofile regime relative to the macroasperities, the first series of waveforms having anodic voltages applied for anodic time periods before cathodic voltages applied for cathodic time periods to effect part surface smoothing to a first surface roughness with minimal material removal and applying a final waveform where the diffusion layer represents a microprofile regime, the final waveform having a final anodic voltage applied for a final anodic time period before a final cathodic voltage applied for a final cathodic time period to effect part surface smoothing to a final surface roughness with minimal material removal.

A method of and system for surface finishing an additive manufactured part. A part having a surface roughness with macroasperities is placed in a chamber with an electrolyte and an electrode. A pulse/pulse reverse power supply is connected to the part rendering it anodic and connected to the electrode rendering it cathodic. The power supply is operated to decrease the surface roughness of the part by applying a first series of waveforms including at least two waveforms where a diffusion layer is maintained at a thickness to produce a macroprofile regime relative to the macroasperities, the first series of waveforms having anodic voltages applied for anodic time periods before cathodic voltages applied for cathodic time periods to effect part surface smoothing to a first surface roughness with minimal material removal and applying a final waveform where the diffusion layer represents a microprofile regime, the final waveform having a final anodic voltage applied for a final anodic time period before a final cathodic voltage applied for a final cathodic time period to effect part surface smoothing to a final surface roughness with minimal material removal.

A method for manufacturing a porous metal with enhanced ability to bond to a plastic subsequently powder feed for injection molding process provides a powder feed to an injection molding process, to form a green embryo. The green embryo is sent into a sintering furnace for high-temperature sintering to obtain a blank sintered product. A chemical reagent is applied to form pores on the sintered product. The powder feed includes first and second metal powders evenly mixed. The second metal powder has a mass percentage of about less than 10% of a total mass of the powder feed for injection molding process. The first metal powder is corrosion-resistant. The second metal powder is readily corrodible.

The invention relates to a method for preparing high-melting-point metal powder through multi-stage deep reduction, and belongs to the technical field of preparation of powder. The method includes the following steps of mixing dried high-melting-point metal oxide powder with magnesium powder and performing a self-propagating reaction, placing an intermediate product into a closed reaction kettle, leaching the intermediate product with hydrochloric acid as a leaching solution so as to obtain a low-valence oxide Me.sub.xO precursor of the low-valence high-melting-point metal; uniformly mixing the precursor with calcium powder, pressing the mixture, placing the pressed mixture into a vacuum reduction furnace, heating the vacuum reduction furnace to 700-1200 C., performing deep reduction for 1-6 h, leaching a deep reduction product with hydrochloric acid as a leaching solution and performing treatment, so as to obtain the high-melting-point metal powder.

In a hot isostatic pressing (HIP) method, the component to be treated, affected by imperfections, like porosity, cracks and cavities in its structure, is placed into a container together with non-metallic material in form of powder or grains having size greater than the porosity and the cracks and imperfections of the component. During the HIP process, the non-metallic material presses on the whole surface of the embedded component in order to generate a combination of temperature and forces capable to reduce defects, embedded and not embedded, in the component itself. The component is not contaminated during the process thus allowing easily removal of the non-metallic material by a simple operation of mechanical cleaning or chemical washing.

In a hot isostatic pressing (HIP) method, the component to be treated, affected by imperfections, like porosity, cracks and cavities in its structure, is placed into a container together with non-metallic material in form of powder or grains having size greater than the porosity and the cracks and imperfections of the component. During the HIP process, the non-metallic material presses on the whole surface of the embedded component in order to generate a combination of temperature and forces capable to reduce defects, embedded and not embedded, in the component itself. The component is not contaminated during the process thus allowing easily removal of the non-metallic material by a simple operation of mechanical cleaning or chemical washing.

A method for additively manufacturing a component includes generating, via imaging software, a plurality of slices of a support structure of the component based on component geometry. The method also includes melting or fusing, via the additive manufacturing system, layers of material to a build platform of the component so as to form the support structure according to the plurality of slices. The support structure includes a lattice configuration having of a plurality of support members arranged together to form a plurality of cells. Further, the method includes melting or fusing, via the additive manufacturing system, a component body to the support structure. After the component body solidifies, the method includes removing all of the support structure from the component body to form the component.