A method of removing partially sintered powder from an internal passage in a metal component formed by electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM) includes co-forming a solid wire cutter in the passage during the EBAM forming process and removing partially sintered powder from the cavity by extracting the cutter from the cavity.

A method of making a part including a solid portion with an internal passage includes building the part using an additive manufacturing process that builds the part on a layer-by-layer basis. The solid portion of the part is formed. Forming the solid portion includes fusing the solid portion. A solid core is formed within at least a portion of the internal passage. Forming the solid core includes fusing the solid core and forming an attachment feature on the solid core. Material that is not fused, either semi-sintered or un-sintered, is positioned between the solid portion and the solid core. At least a tensile, compressive, vibratory, or torsional force is applied to the solid core at the attachment feature. The solid core is then removed from the part.

A cutting device for cutting a material includes: a frame structure arranged to be pivoted around a pivot axis, wherein the frame structure includes at least two essentially parallelly arranged frame portions arranged at a distance (d) from each other along a first axis (x), wherein a cutting wire is arranged between the frame portions and connected to the respective frame portions, wherein the material is cut and formed by the cutting wire during a pivoting relative movement between the frame structure and the material around a pivot axis (p).

A cutting device for cutting a material includes: a frame structure arranged to be pivoted around a pivot axis, wherein the frame structure includes at least two essentially parallelly arranged frame portions arranged at a distance (d) from each other along a first axis (x), wherein a cutting wire is arranged between the frame portions and connected to the respective frame portions, wherein the material is cut and formed by the cutting wire during a pivoting relative movement between the frame structure and the material around a pivot axis (p).

A slicer device and a method of using a slicer device for slicing and removing a fleshy part of a watermelon surrounded by a rind. The device includes a cutter piece, a plurality of cutters and at least one support bar attached to an outer surface of the cutter piece. The cutter piece has an outer surface and an inner surface defining an interior for receiving the fleshy part of the watermelon. The plurality of cutters are within the interior of the cutter piece arranged to form a pattern with a plurality of openings, with each of the openings being defined between cutters or between at least one cutter and the inner surface of the cutter piece, such that the fleshy part of the watermelon within the rind is cut into multiple pieces with geometric shapes.

A slicer device and a method of using a slicer device for slicing and removing a fleshy part of a watermelon surrounded by a rind. The device includes a cutter piece, a plurality of cutters and at least one support bar attached to an outer surface of the cutter piece. The cutter piece has an outer surface and an inner surface defining an interior for receiving the fleshy part of the watermelon. The plurality of cutters are within the interior of the cutter piece arranged to form a pattern with a plurality of openings, with each of the openings being defined between cutters or between at least one cutter and the inner surface of the cutter piece, such that the fleshy part of the watermelon within the rind is cut into multiple pieces with geometric shapes.

A food product slicer that includes a blade set and a food-product cradle for supporting a food-product in spaced relation to the blade set. In some embodiments, the cradle is configured to inhibit a user from contacting blades in the blade set in order to prevent injury. In some embodiments, the cradle is incorporated monolithically with a food-product pusher. Food-product cradles of the present disclosure can be enhanced with product-stabilizers that assist in keeping a food-product from moving within the cradles. Food-product cradles of the present disclosure can also be enhanced with side members to created housed cradles. The cradles may be made of fingers spaced from one another to allow the cradles to extend into and/or through the blade set.

The invention concerns a bread slicer comprising an input compartment (1) for at least one loaf of bread (3) to be sliced and an output compartment (7) for the sliced loaf (3). The slicer has a set of blades (4) for slicing the loaf (3) with blades (6) arranged substantially parallel to one another between said compartments (1,7). A thrust means (9) extends at least on the side of the input compartment (1) and permits to exert a push force on the loaf (3) while the latter is moving through the set of blades (4) by clamping the loaf (3) between the thrust means (9) and the base (2) of the input compartment (1). The base (2) and the thrust means (9) define a passage (11) in the input compartment (1) for the loaf (3). The thrust means (9) present a guiding plate (10) with a succession of parallel recesses (12) extending one next to the other over the width of the passage (11) and a mobile pusher device (14) allows to exert a pushing force on the loaf (3) so as to move the loaf (3) along the passage (11) and through the set of blades (4).

The invention concerns a bread slicer comprising an input compartment (1) for at least one loaf of bread (3) to be sliced and an output compartment (7) for the sliced loaf (3). The slicer has a set of blades (4) for slicing the loaf (3) with blades (6) arranged substantially parallel to one another between said compartments (1,7). A thrust means (9) extends at least on the side of the input compartment (1) and permits to exert a push force on the loaf (3) while the latter is moving through the set of blades (4) by clamping the loaf (3) between the thrust means (9) and the base (2) of the input compartment (1). The base (2) and the thrust means (9) define a passage (11) in the input compartment (1) for the loaf (3). The thrust means (9) present a guiding plate (10) with a succession of parallel recesses (12) extending one next to the other over the width of the passage (11) and a mobile pusher device (14) allows to exert a pushing force on the loaf (3) so as to move the loaf (3) along the passage (11) and through the set of blades (4).

A tissue fragmenting device and methods of using the same are provided herein. A device for preparing a plurality of tissue fragments from a tissue sample includes a platform having a central opening, a shuttle slidably coupled to the platform and including a shuttle blade, a blade array mounted across the central opening of the platform having a plurality of blades each generally perpendicular to the shuttle blade, and a piston slidably coupled to the platform and slidably coupled to the shuttle along a predefined raceway and configured to urge the tissue sample into the blade array.