A method and device for manufacturing a bevelled stone, particularly for a timepiece are disclosed. A precursor is produced from a mixture of at least one material in powder form with a binder. The method includes pressing the precursor so as to form a green body, using a top die and a bottom die comprising a protruding rib, sintering the green body so as to form a body of the future stone in at least one material, the body including a peripheral face and a bottom face provided with a groove, and machining the body including a substep of planning the peripheral face up to the groove, such that an inner wall of the groove forms at least a flared part of the peripheral face of the stone.

Embodiments of bladed rotors and methods for manufacturing bladed rotors are provided herein. The method for manufacturing bladed rotors includes providing a workpiece including a first rotor blade segment. The first rotor blade segment includes a first platform portion on a radially outward end portion of the first rotor blade segment. Further, the method includes forming a second rotor blade segment, by additive manufacturing, removing a side portion of the first platform portion, and removing a side portion of the second rotor blade segment, whereby a second platform portion remains on a radially outward end portion of the second rotor blade segment.

Embodiments of bladed rotors and methods for manufacturing bladed rotors are provided herein. The method for manufacturing bladed rotors includes providing a workpiece including a first rotor blade segment. The first rotor blade segment includes a first platform portion on a radially outward end portion of the first rotor blade segment. Further, the method includes forming a second rotor blade segment, by additive manufacturing, removing a side portion of the first platform portion, and removing a side portion of the second rotor blade segment, whereby a second platform portion remains on a radially outward end portion of the second rotor blade segment.

A supported product manufactured using additive manufacturing, wherein the supported product provides a simplified post processing. The supported product contains a product and a support structure, wherein the supported product has been manufactured using additive manufacturing as a whole, wherein the support structure is adapted to be removed to provide the product, wherein the support structure provides an interface adapted to interact with a counterpart of a tool for removing the support structure.

A supported product manufactured using additive manufacturing, wherein the supported product provides a simplified post processing. The supported product contains a product and a support structure, wherein the supported product has been manufactured using additive manufacturing as a whole, wherein the support structure is adapted to be removed to provide the product, wherein the support structure provides an interface adapted to interact with a counterpart of a tool for removing the support structure.

A camshaft adjuster is produced that includes a stator and a rotor, which is rotatable relative to the stator, wherein the stator and the rotor are produced with first planar surfaces on a first end face and with second planar surfaces on a second end face, which is formed to be opposite the first end face when viewed in an axial direction and wherein the rotor and/or the stator is or are produced according to a powder-metallurgical method, The first planar surfaces and the second planar surfaces of the stator and the rotor are ground or finished, and the lateral surface of the stator and the lateral surface of the rotor are left uncalibrated.

A camshaft adjuster is produced that includes a stator and a rotor, which is rotatable relative to the stator, wherein the stator and the rotor are produced with first planar surfaces on a first end face and with second planar surfaces on a second end face, which is formed to be opposite the first end face when viewed in an axial direction and wherein the rotor and/or the stator is or are produced according to a powder-metallurgical method, The first planar surfaces and the second planar surfaces of the stator and the rotor are ground or finished, and the lateral surface of the stator and the lateral surface of the rotor are left uncalibrated.

A method for manufacturing a sintered component includes a step of making a green compact having a relative density of at least 88% by compression-molding a base powder containing a metal powder into a metallic die, a step of machining a groove part having a groove width of 1.0 mm or less in the green compact by processing groove with a cutting tool, and a step of sintering the green compact in which the groove part is formed after the step of forming the groove part.

The invention relates to a method for producing three-dimensional components (14) by successively solidifying layers of a powder construction material (9) which can be solidified by means of electromagnetic radiation (18), in particular bundled radiation such as laser radiation or electron radiation, at the locations corresponding to the respective cross-section of the component (14), in particular an SLM (selective laser melting) or SLS (selective laser sintering) method. A device (1) comprising a support device (7), the height of which can be adjusted within a construction chamber (6), is provided for supporting the component (14), comprising a coating device (12) for applying layers of the construction material (9) onto the support device or onto a previously formed layer and comprising an irradiating device (15) for irradiating layers of the construction material (9) in some regions in order to solidify the layers. A surface (13) section to be coated is scanned with respect to the evenness of the section prior to the application of a new layer, and in the event of an unevenness which exceeds a known tolerance range, the unevenness is removed or leveled out.

A sodium-chloride-space-holder process with two-step heat treatment is used to create an open-porous metal foam (e.g., titanium foam) with a high porosity of about 70 to 90 percent for use in load-bearing applications. A mechanically reliable titanium foam is manufactured using a space-holder method containing two-step heat treatment where a sodium chloride powder is first sieved for desired pore size range, mixed with titanium powder, and compacted under pressure at high temperature. An additional heat treatment is applied to further strengthen the chemical bonding between the titanium particles after the removal of sodium chloride in water to create pores. This process uses a pneumatic pressing machine in combination with a furnace under an argon gas to simultaneously apply both the pressure and temperature. The resulting titanium foam is chemically well bonded and has enhanced durability for proper used in structural applications.