Provided is a heat-resistant titanium (Ti) alloy member having excellent mechanical characteristics and oxidation resistance at high temperatures and having less mechanical anisotropy, a method for producing such a titanium alloy member, and a product including such an alloy member. A titanium-based alloy member includes titanium (Ti) as a major element and at least 0.5 to 2.0 mass % of boron (B) and has a dispersion of fiber-like TiB particles precipitated in a polycrystal matrix phase, the TiB particles each having a long axis of 1 to 10 m and a short axis of 0.01 to 0.5 m or less and having an aspect ratio of 2 to 1000, the TiB particles precipitating in a crystallographically random direction in each of crystal grains of the matrix phase.

The present disclosure relates to single tooth or full arch dental restoration. In cases where patients have insufficient bone stock for conventional root-form dental implants, current solutions often fail to restore function. The present disclosure describes a transalveolar dental implant for single tooth or full arch dental restoration. The transalveolar dental implant is comprised of a post and a bone plate, the bone plate having a contoured portion fabricated to match the topography of a bony surface of the facial skeleton. Through primary fixation of the contoured portion of the bone plate, the transalveolar dental implant improves function and outcomes in affected patients.

A method for producing open-pored molded bodies made of a metal. The surface of the metal open-pored molded body being used as a semi-finished product, is coated with particles of the same metal with which the semi-finished product is made or with particles of a chemical compound of the metal the semi-finished product is made, wherein the compound or particles can be reduced or thermally or chemically decomposed in a thermal treatment. After the coating process, a thermal treatment in a suitable atmosphere is carried out, in which the particles are connected to the surface of the semi-finished product and/or adjacent particles such that the specific surface area of the obtained open-pore molded body is increased to at least 30 m.sup.2/l and/or at least by a factor of 5 in comparison to the starting material.

A metal laminated and shaped object is shaped by optical shaping. A three-dimensional laminating and shaping apparatus includes a shaping stage as a place where a metal laminated and shaped object is shaped, a moving unit that moves the shaping stage, a supplier that supplies metal powder particles in a layer on a surface of the shaping stage, and a light irradiator that irradiates, with a laser beam, powder particles at a predetermined position among the powder particles supplied in the layer on the surface of the shaping stages. The light irradiator includes a laser diode that emits the laser beam, and an electromechanical mirror that reflects the laser beam and irradiates, with the laser beam, the metal powder particles at the predetermined position among the metal powder particles supplied in the layer on the surface of the shaping stage. The supplier supplies metal powder particles having a particle size of not more than 50 m. The moving unit moves the shaping stage by one layer in a direction away from the light irradiator in accordance with the particle size.

A method of additively manufacturing a part is provided. The method includes flowing masticated particles through a deposition nozzle of a directed energy deposition additive manufacturing apparatus. Each particle of the masticated particles includes a surface formed by at least angular facets. The method also includes melting the masticated particles exiting the deposition nozzle with a directed energy source of the directed energy deposition additive manufacturing apparatus so as to form the part.

A metallic part is disclosed. The part may comprise a functionally graded monolithic structure characterized by a variation between a first material composition of a first structural element and a second material composition of at least one of a second structural element. The first material composition may comprise an alpha-beta titanium alloy. The second material composition may comprise a beta titanium alloy.

A compressor component for a transport is provided, which is excellent in mechanical characteristics at a high temperature. The compressor component is made of an aluminum-alloy that includes Fe: 5.0-9.0 mass %, V: 0.1-3.0 mass %, Mo: 0.1-3.0 mass %, Zr: 0.1-2.0 mass %, and Ti: 0.02-2.0 mass %, the remainder being Al and unavoidable impurities The compressor component is configured to include therein an AlFe-based intermetallic compound, and in the cross-sectional surface structure of the compressor component, an average circle-equivalent diameter of the AlFe-based intermetallic compound falls within a range of 0.1-3.0 m.

A system for supporting an object created by additive manufacturing comprising the object, and a frame comprising at least one strut having a length and forming a shape at least partially surrounding the object, a runner having first and second ends, the first end integrally connected to a strut and the second end removably attached to the object.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of methods, devices, and assemblies for processing feedstock materials using microwave plasma processing. Specifically, the feedstock materials disclosed herein pertains to scrap materials, dehydrogenated or non-hydrogenated feed material, and recycled used powder. Microwave plasma processing can be used to spheroidize and remove contaminants. Advantageously, microwave plasma processed feedstock can be used in various applications such as additive manufacturing or powdered metallurgy (PM) applications that require high powder flowability.

The present disclosure relates to single tooth or full arch dental restoration. In cases where patients have insufficient bone stock for conventional root-form dental implants, current solutions often fail to restore function. The present disclosure describes a transalveolar dental implant for single tooth or full arch dental restoration. The transalveolar dental implant is comprised of a post and a bone plate, the bone plate having a contoured portion fabricated to match the topography of a bony surface of the facial skeleton. Through primary fixation of the contoured portion of the bone plate, the transalveolar dental implant improves function and outcomes in affected patients.