Method for manufacturing a near net-shape mold
First Claim
1. A method for manufacturing a near net-shape part from a plate material, comprising the steps of:
- cuffing the plate material into a plurality of zones, each zone having a length, a width, and a depth;
machining a surface profile at least partially into the depth and at least partially across the width of at least one of the plurality of zones;
assembling the plurality of zones by placing the zones side-by-side; and
fastening the plurality of zones together.
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a near net-shape mold from a weldable material, including creating a computer model of a mold portion (30,32), analytically sectioning the computer model of the mold portion into a plurality of mold zones (22), generating mold zone cutting paths for a cutting machine to follow, cutting the weldable material into plurality of mold zones, generating surface profile cutting paths for a cutting machine to follow, machining surface profiles into the mold zones, assembling the mold zones by placing the mold zones side-by-side, generating welding paths for an electron beam welding a machine to follow, and welding the mold zones together.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for manufacturing a near net-shape part from a plate material, comprising the steps of:
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cuffing the plate material into a plurality of zones, each zone having a length, a width, and a depth;
machining a surface profile at least partially into the depth and at least partially across the width of at least one of the plurality of zones;
assembling the plurality of zones by placing the zones side-by-side; and
fastening the plurality of zones together. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for manufacturing a near net-shape part from a plate material, comprising the steps of:
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creating a computer model of a part;
analytically sectioning the computer model of the part into a plurality of part zones;
generating at least one part zone cutting path for a first cutting machine to follow;
cutting the plate material into the plurality of part zones, each part zone having a length, a width, and a depth;
generating at least one surface profile cutting path for a second cutting machine to follow;
machining at least one surface profile at least partially into the depth and at least partially across the width of at least one of the plurality of part zones;
assembling the plurality of part zones by placing the part zones side-by-side;
generating at least one welding path for a welding machine to follow; and
fastening the plurality of part zones together. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for manufacturing a near net-shape mold portion from a plurality of weldable material pieces, comprising:
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machining a first surface profile into one of the plurality of weldable material pieces and a second surface profile into a second of the plurality of weldable material pieces; and
after machining, electron beam welding the plurality of weldable material pieces together. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method for manufacturing a near net-shape mold portion from at least one material, comprising:
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creating a computer model of a mold portion;
analytically sectioning the computer model of the mold portion into a plurality of mold portion zones;
analytically generating at least one surface profiling path; and
analytically generating at least one fastening path. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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