A method for manufacturing a metal bladed wheel of a turbomachine reinforced by an insert made of metal matrix composite material, includes winding the ceramic fibers around a mandrel in order to form the insert, the ceramic fibers being surrounded by a material constituting the matrix; and spark plasma sintering the insert with a powder of metal constituting the bladed wheel to be manufactured.

A 3D printer successively fuses sheet material in a stack to form a three-dimensional object. The sheet material may provide a mesh separating islands of material that will be fused to produce the desired three-dimensional object. The mesh provides support for the island material during the fusing process and may be removed afterwards.

A selective laser sintering system includes a leveling roller having a first orientation. The leveling roller is configured to roll over a first feed bin. The build chamber is configured to receive, from the first feed bin and by the leveling roller, a transfer of a portion of matrix material. The selective laser sintering system is configured to transfer the portion to the build chamber in a number of orientations.

A selective laser sintering system includes a leveling roller having a first orientation. The leveling roller is configured to roll over a first feed bin. The build chamber is configured to receive, from the first feed bin and by the leveling roller, a transfer of a portion of matrix material. The selective laser sintering system is configured to transfer the portion to the build chamber in a number of orientations.

A variable stiffness engineered degradable ball or seal having a degradable phase and a stiffener material. The variable stiffness engineered degradable ball or seal can optionally be in the form of a degradable diverter ball or sealing element which can be made neutrally buoyant.

An apparatus and method to magnetically align fibers in a base additive material during an additive manufacturing process for material property enhancing purposes or to facilitate joining of multiple types of materials during the additive process to form an integrated part. The magnetically alignable fibers are positioned through the application of a controlled, multi-axis positioning magnetic field during the additive-material layer deposition phase. This allows the fibers to be embedded within the base additive-material in any three-dimensional desired orientation, and the orientation to be varied from layer to layer, to permit directional enhancement of material properties, dependent on the nature of the fiber materials themselves. Likewise, joining of multiple types of materials may be improved through the controlled deposition of such fibers embedded within the base material itself during the additive-process between layers of two or more dissimilar materials, to provide a directionally aligned mechanical attachment between layers of base additive materials to result in a strengthened consolidated part at the conclusion of the additive manufacturing process.

An iron-based sintered body includes a metal matrix and complex oxide particles contained in the metal matrix. When a main viewing field having an area of 176 μm×226 μm is taken on a cross section of the iron-based sintered body and divided into a 5×5 array of 25 viewing fields each having an area of 35.2 μm×45.2 μm, the complex oxide particles have an average equivalent circle diameter of from 0.3 μm to 2.5 μm inclusive, and a value obtained by dividing the total area of the 25 viewing fields by the total number of complex oxide particles present in the 25 viewing fields is from 10 μm.sup.2/particle to 1,000 μm.sup.2/particle inclusive. The number of viewing fields in which no complex oxide particle is present is 4 or less out of the 25 viewing fields.

An iron-based sintered body includes a metal matrix and complex oxide particles contained in the metal matrix. When a main viewing field having an area of 176 μm×226 μm is taken on a cross section of the iron-based sintered body and divided into a 5×5 array of 25 viewing fields each having an area of 35.2 μm×45.2 μm, the complex oxide particles have an average equivalent circle diameter of from 0.3 μm to 2.5 μm inclusive, and a value obtained by dividing the total area of the 25 viewing fields by the total number of complex oxide particles present in the 25 viewing fields is from 10 μm.sup.2/particle to 1,000 μm.sup.2/particle inclusive. The number of viewing fields in which no complex oxide particle is present is 4 or less out of the 25 viewing fields.

A method of forming an additive manufactured component comprises depositing a first layer of build material on a build platform within an additive manufacturing machine, depositing reinforcement fibers into the first layer of build material, orienting the reinforcement fibers within the first layer of build material, lowering the build platform, depositing a second layer of build material on top of the first layer of build material, depositing reinforcement fibers into the second layer of build material, and orienting the reinforcement fibers within the second layer of build material.

A method of forming an additive manufactured component comprises depositing a first layer of build material on a build platform within an additive manufacturing machine, depositing reinforcement fibers into the first layer of build material, orienting the reinforcement fibers within the first layer of build material, lowering the build platform, depositing a second layer of build material on top of the first layer of build material, depositing reinforcement fibers into the second layer of build material, and orienting the reinforcement fibers within the second layer of build material.