A method for designing an additively-manufactured object includes: a slicing step of slicing a shape of the additively-manufactured object into weld bead layers each having a height corresponding to one bead layer using data of the shape of the additively-manufactured object, thereby generating a plurality of virtual bead layers; a reference direction setting step of setting, as a reference direction, a direction in which the sliced layer of the additively-manufactured object is continuously provided and extended in an intermediate layer disposed at a deposition-direction center of the plurality of virtual bead layers; and a bead adjusting step of adjusting a bead size of the weld bead to be formed in the plurality of virtual bead layers depending on a bead shape in a section perpendicular to the reference direction.

A method for manufacturing an additively-manufactured object incudes a groove portion processing step, a groove portion closing step, and a building step. In the groove portion processing step, a groove portion is formed by cutting an outer periphery of the shaft body. In the groove portion closing step, a first weld bead is formed along the groove portion on an edge portion of the groove portion in a shaft body to close the groove portion to form a hollow portion. In the building step, a built-up portion is built by depositing a second weld on the outer periphery of the shaft body.

A method for setting a fabrication condition for performing additive fabrication of an object on the basis of fabrication shape data of the object, the method including: a dividing step for dividing a shape indicated by the fabrication shape data into elements of a predetermined unit size; a partitioning step for partitioning, with respect to each of a plurality of cross sectional shapes in a fabrication direction, the elements constituting the cross sectional shape according to prescribed position type; and a setting step for setting, with respect to each of regions partitioned in the partitioning step, the fabrication condition from among additive patterns defined corresponding to the position type.

The present invention has: a setting step for setting lamination patterns respectively for an outer edge portion and an inner portion of a shape indicated by shaping data; and an adjustment step for adjusting a forming sequence such that, during manufacturing when the lamination patterns are used to laminate and thereby form the outer edge portion and the inner portion, the height of the already laminated outer edge portion is higher than the height of the inner portion that is being newly laminated. In the lamination patterns, the orientation of the heat source when a region positioned at a boundary with the outer edge portion is formed is set so as to be inclined at a prescribed angle toward the outer edge portion in a plan perpendicular to a movement direction of the heat source.

A modeling condition setting method which performs additive manufacturing of an object, on the basis of modeling shape data on the object, and includes a disassembly step for disassembling the shape indicated by the modeling shape data into a plurality of elements with predetermined element shapes; a setting step for setting a laminated pattern for each of the plurality of elements; and an adjustment step for adjusting the formation order of beads constituting each of the plurality of elements, for each predetermined unit height.

A high temperature iron-chromium-aluminium (FeCrAl) alloy tube extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein the tube is formed from a continuous strip of a high temperature FeCrAl alloy and comprises a helical welded seam. The high temperature FeCrAl alloy tube is manufactured by feeding a continuous strip of the high temperature FeCrAl alloy toward a tube shaping station, helically winding the strip such that long edges of the strip abut each other and a rotating tube moving forward in a direction parallel to its longitudinal axis is formed, and continuously joining said abutting long edges together in a welding process directly when the tube is formed, whereby a welded tube comprising a helical welded seam is obtained.

A control system for forming a tapered structure includes a sensor providing feedback for a machine for forming a tapered structure including at least three rolls having at least one bend roll and at least two guide rolls. The guide rolls may include rollette banks having a plurality of rollettes. The machine may also include an adjustment mechanism to position at least one of the rolls, where a diameter of the tapered structure being formed is controlled by relative positions of the rolls. The machine may also include a joining element to join edges of a stock of material together as it is rolled through the rolls to form the tapered structure. The control system may also include a controller to receive feedback from the sensor and to send a control signal based on the feedback to the adjustment mechanism for positioning at least one of the rolls.

A high temperature iron-chromium-aluminium (FeCrAl) alloy tube extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein the tube is formed from a continuous strip of a high temperature FeCrAl alloy and comprises a helical welded seam. The high temperature FeCrAl alloy tube is manufactured by feeding a continuous strip of the high temperature FeCrAl alloy toward a tube shaping station, helically winding the strip such that long edges of the strip abut each other and a rotating tube moving forward in a direction parallel to its longitudinal axis is formed, and continuously joining said abutting long edges together in a welding process directly when the tube is formed, whereby a welded tube comprising a helical welded seam is obtained.

A jacketed vessel for temperature control of contents within the vessel is provided. The vessel has a shell and an external jacket through which heating or cooling fluid is circulated. The jacket is formed by a length of conduit arranged in a spiral orientation around the vessel shell. The conduit has a center portion having a concave inner surface and has opposing side portions having convex inner surfaces. Edge sections of each side portion are welded to the exterior surface of the shell to form the jacket. Edge sections of adjacent arcs of conduit may be simultaneously welded to the shell in a single weld pass. The shape of the conduit provides improved heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics, as well as improvements in the vessel manufacturing process.

Using three-dimensional shape data, the shape of a blade, which is an additive manufacturing product, is divided into multiple layers according to the height of a bead. Each layer of the additive manufacturing product that has been divided into multiple layers is divided by fitting regions of a set shape. By determining connecting lines for connecting the divided regions to each other and computing the extension directions of protrusions, planned lines for bead formation along said extension directions are determined. The additive manufacturing product is shaped by forming beads along planned bead formation lines.