ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,895, issued on March 3.
"Wire arc hybrid manufacturing" was invented by Karl F. Hranka (Spearfish, S.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processing head assembly is disclosed. In some examples, the processing head assembly comprises a fabrication energy source; a wire feedstock surrounded by a shield and one or more filler feedstocks surrounded by one or more nozzles. In some examples, the fabrication energy source includes the wire feedstock surrounded by the shield. A method of depositing material on a substrate using a processing head assembly for use with a fabrication energy source; a wire feedstock surrounded by a shield and on...