Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
427597000 | Metal or metal alloy containing coating material applied | 32 |
20080226843 | Laser Cladding on Low Heat Resistant Substrates - This invention relates to laser cladding of components used in high temperature-corrosive applications, such as those associated with metallurgical vessels' lances, nozzles and tuyeres, for extending their service life under such severe conditions. In particular, this invention relates to a method for applying a high melting point material onto a substrate, said substrate having a melting point temperature below the melting point temperature of the high melting point material, comprising: (a) moving a laser beam generated from a laser over the surface of said substrate, said laser beam comprised of wavelengths from about 300 to about 10,600 nanometers; (h) providing a metal, alloy, or metal-alloy composite powder to the surface of said substrate; and (c) generating sufficient power to the laser to superficially heat said substrate and to effect a fusion bond between the metal, alloy or metal-alloy composite powder and the surface of said substrate. | 09-18-2008 |
20090081386 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN SITU ANNEALING OF ELECTRO- AND ELECTROLESS PLATINGS DURING DEPOSITION - Systems and methods for in-situ annealing of metal layers as they are being plated on a substrate by action of a chemical solution are provided. The in-situ annealing, in conjunction with controlled slow growth rates, allows control of the structure of the plated metal layers. The systems and methods are used for maskless plating of the substrates. | 03-26-2009 |
20090117290 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NON-SHRINKAGE CERAMIC SUBSTRATE - In a method of manufacturing a non-shrinkage ceramic substrate, a ceramic laminated structure, which is formed of a plurality of laminated green sheets each having an interconnecting pattern and has an external electrode formed on at least one of a top and bottom thereof, is prepared. A metal layer is formed to cover at least a portion of the external electrode. A constraining green sheet is disposed on at least one of the top and bottom of the ceramic laminated structure to suppress a planar shrinkage of the green sheets. The ceramic laminated structure is fired at the firing temperature of the green sheets to oxidize the metal layer. The constraining green sheet and a metal oxide layer, which is formed by oxidizing the metal layer, are removed. Accordingly, an electrode post-firing process can be omitted and the adhering strength between the electrode and the ceramic laminated structure can be increased. | 05-07-2009 |
20090181188 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING TITANIUM CARBIDE - A process for preparing titanium carbide using a pigment formulation having at least one titanium compound and a carbon compound and/or elemental carbon, the pigment formulation reacting under laser irradiation to form TiC. | 07-16-2009 |
20090258169 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PATTERNED METAL LAYER - This invention provides a method for manufacturing a patterned metal layer, which forms a metal layer on a sacrificial layer having light-thermal conversion characteristic on a first substrate. The metal layer is patterned onto a second substrate by a laser transfer printing method to form a patterned metal layer on the second substrate. The sacrificial layer between the patterned metal layer and the first substrate can absorb laser light to protect the patterned metal layer from absorbing laser light and being heated. The oxidation of the patterned metal layer is prohibited. | 10-15-2009 |
20090263595 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELEMENT, INCLUDING A MULTIPLICITY OF NANOCYLINDERS ON A SUBSTRATE, AND USE THEREOF - A method for producing an element including a substrate having a plurality of nanocylinders deposited thereon includes providing the substrate. The substrate is covered with a nanoporous Al | 10-22-2009 |
20100021657 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SURFACES - The invention relates to a method for producing electrically conductive surfaces on a nonconductive substrate, comprising the following steps:
| 01-28-2010 |
20100034986 | Low viscosity precursor compositions and methods for the deposition of conductive electronic features - A precursor composition for the deposition and formation of an electrical feature such as a conductive feature. The precursor composition advantageously has a low viscosity enabling deposition using direct-write tools. The precursor composition also has a low conversion temperature, enabling the deposition and conversion to an electrical feature on low temperature substrates. A particularly preferred precursor composition includes silver metal for the formation of highly conductive silver features. | 02-11-2010 |
20100080935 | System, method, and apparatus for variable hardness gradient armor alloys - A variable hardness gradient armor alloy is produced with a liquid-state reaction between a metallic molten pool and a gaseous atmosphere having a small fraction of reactive gas. The content of the reactant gas is varied as the armor is fabricated in order to vary the properties of the resultant material across its thickness and typically include, for example, a hardened outer or initial layer for impact resistance, and at least one inner layer having a lower hardness than the outer layer but greater energy absorption. | 04-01-2010 |
20100092700 | HEAVY METAL-FREE LASER MARKING PIGMENT - The invention provides a laser marking additive comprising mixed oxides of tin and a transition metal. Methods of making and using the additive are also provided. | 04-15-2010 |
20100291322 | Method for making titanium-based compound film of poly silicon solar cell - A method is disclosed for making a titanium-based compound film of a poly-silicon solar cell. In the method, a ceramic substrate is made of aluminum oxide. The ceramic substrate is coated with a titanium film in an e-gun evaporation system. Dichlorosilane is provided on the titanium film by atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition. A titanium-based compound film is formed on the ceramic substrate. | 11-18-2010 |
20110014400 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAKING THIN METAL FILMS - A method of forming a structure useful in all forms of deposited metals, elemental metals, metal alloys, metal compounds, metal systems, including refractory metals such as tungsten and tantalum is provided. The structure generally comprises a substrate, a first layer formed atop the substrate, and a second layer formed atop the first layer. The first layer comprises a metal, which can be chromium, gold, platinum, aluminum, nickel, or copper. The second layer comprises a metal, elemental metal, metal alloy, metal compound, or metal system comprising a refractory metal such as tungsten or tantalum. The substrate can be a silicon, quartz or glass, metal, metal oxide or nitride. | 01-20-2011 |
20110039039 | WETTING A SURFACE OF A SOLID SUBSTRATE WITH A LIQUID METAL - A method of wetting a surface of a solid substrate with a liquid metal, comprises activating said surface with a high energy beam; and introducing the liquid metal to the surface while in the active state, the temperature of the surface being above the melting point of the liquid metal. | 02-17-2011 |
20110045209 | CONTINUOUS OR DISCRETE METALLIZATION LAYER ON A CERAMIC SUBSTRATE - Surface metallization technology for ceramic substrates is disclosed herein. It makes use of a known phenomenon that many metal-metal oxide alloys in liquid state readily wet an oxide ceramic surface and strongly bond to it upon solidification. To achieve high adhesion strength of a metallization to ceramic, a discrete metallization layer consisting of metal droplets bonded to ceramic surface using metal-metal oxide bonding process is produced first. Next, a continuous metal layer is deposited on top of the discrete layer and bonded to it using a sintering process. As a result a strongly adhering, glass-free metallization layer directly bonded to ceramic surface is produced. In particular, the process can be successfully used to metallize aluminum nitride ceramic with high thermal and electrical conductivity copper metal. | 02-24-2011 |
20130040074 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPONENT MATERIAL ADDITION - A system is disclosed for depositing material on a component. The system includes a deposition device operatively coupled to a fiber optic Nd:YAG laser. The deposition device includes a focusing prism that focuses the Nd:YAG laser at a focal area on a bladed disk, where the focal area on the bladed disk is between two blades of the disk. The system further includes an imaging means that views the focal area of the component. The imaging means and the fiber optic Nd:YAG laser each are positioned in a substantially similar optical relationship to the focal area on the bladed disk. The system further includes an additive material delivery means that delivers additive material to the component at the focal area on the component. | 02-14-2013 |
20130064994 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for manufacturing a substrate, including: a first chamber supplying an insulation layer; a second chamber including a roughening roller roughening at least one side of the insulation layer supplied from the first chamber, an evaporator depositing a metal layer on the roughened insulation layer, and a pressing roller pressing the insulation layer and the metal layer; and a third chamber storing the insulation layer including the metal layer formed thereon, the insulation layer being taken out from the second chamber. The apparatus for manufacturing a substrate is advantageous in that substrates are continuously produced, thus increasing the productivity of the substrates and preventing the substrates from being contaminated by the air. | 03-14-2013 |
20130142965 | LASER MICROCLADDING USING POWDERED FLUX AND METAL - A laser microcladding process utilizing powdered flux material ( | 06-06-2013 |
20140017416 | P-TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR ZINC OXIDE FILMS PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF, AND PULSED LASER DEPOSITION METHOD USING TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATES - A p-type semiconductor zinc oxide (ZnO) film and a process for preparing the film are disclosed. The film is co-doped with phosphorous (P) and lithium (Li). A pulsed laser deposition scheme is described for use in growing the film. Further described is a process of pulsed laser deposition using transparent substrates which includes a pulsed laser source, a substrate that is transparent at the wavelength of the pulsed laser, and a multi-target system. The optical path of the pulsed laser is arranged in such a way that the pulsed laser is incident from the back of the substrate, passes through the substrate, and then focuses on the target. By translating the substrate towards the target, this geometric arrangement enables deposition of small features utilizing the root of the ablation plume, which can exist in a one-dimensional transition stage along the target surface normal, before the angular width of the plume is broadened by three-dimensional adiabatic expansion. This can provide small deposition feature sizes, which can be similar in size to the laser focal spot, and provides a novel method for direct deposition of patterned materials. | 01-16-2014 |
20140106088 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING A SUBSTRATE PROVIDED WITH A COATING - The subject of the invention is a process for obtaining a substrate ( | 04-17-2014 |
20140134353 | NICKEL-BASED SUPERALLOYS FOR USE ON TURBINE BLADES - A nickel-based super alloy includes, by weight, about 1.5% to about 5.5% chromium, about 8% to about 12% aluminum, about 4% to about 8% tantalum, about 1.5% to about 5.5% tungsten, less than about 1% of one or more of elements selected from a group consisting of carbon, boron, zirconium, yttrium, hafnium, and silicon, and a balance of nickel. | 05-15-2014 |
20140186551 | SMOOTH SOLDER DEPOSITION PROCESS - A method of depositing solder material onto a substrate. The method includes adjusting a pressure within a vacuum chamber, the substrate being supported within the vacuum chamber. A temperature of the substrate is reduced such that the absolute temperature of the substrate is no greater than 20% of a melting temperature of the solder material The absolute temperature is maintained while solder material is deposited onto the substrate. | 07-03-2014 |
20140272198 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR CREATING METALLIZATION FOR SOLAR CELLS - Systems, methods, and media for forming metallization for solar cells are provided. In some embodiments, a system for forming metallization on a substrate is provided, the system comprising: a first laser; a second laser; and a hardware processor programmed to: rotate a target at a predetermined speed; cause the first laser to emit a laser pulse that causes a material to be ablated from the rotating target toward a surface of a substrate; causing a continuous laser beam emitted by the second laser to pass through the ablated material and heat clusters in ablated material prior to the clusters landing on the surface of the substrate; and causing the continuous laser beam to heat deposited clusters from the plume of ablated material that have landed on the surface of the substrate to form a metallization line. | 09-18-2014 |
20140287165 | CLADDING COMPOSITION WITH FLUX PARTICLES - The present disclosure is related to a cladding composition. The cladding composition may include cladding powder particles and flux particles. The flux particles may have an average particle size of less than about 40 μm, and more than about 50% of the flux particles may adhere to the surfaces of the cladding powder particles. | 09-25-2014 |
20150147489 | PROCESS FOR COMPLETE CLADDING OF METAL PARTS OF AIRCRAFT TURBOJETS, AND COMPLETE PROTECTION TOOL FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PROCESS - A process for cladding a metal part of an aircraft turbojet, including a plurality of metal portions, using a nozzle for emitting a laser beam, the process including positioning the metal part to be cladded on a turntable; positioning a cover on the turntable; positioning the nozzle in an aperture present in the cover; introducing an inert gas under the cover; and cladding a first portion of the metal part by carrying out operations of: spraying metal powders; emitting the laser beam; and moving the nozzle relative to the first metal portion. | 05-28-2015 |
20150315710 | CLADDING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The inventions disclosed by this application are for a cladding apparatus, a cladding head, and a method of cladding a relatively planar solid object such as a boiler waterwall. Cladding of non-horizontal surfaces is complicated by the effects of gravity as melted clad material trends to runoff the surface before the cladding material bonds to the appropriate location. The disclosed inventions overcome these limitations by controlling the relative angle of application by either rotating the workpiece or the cladding head through a pre-programmed sequence. Also presented in a compact design for a laser cladding head that facilitates such cladding by minimizing movement of the laser fiber and improves cladding speed over irregular shaped objects. | 11-05-2015 |
20150336218 | METHOD FOR REGENERATING AND/OR INCREASING THE DURABILITY OF A MILL ROLL - A method for regenerating and increasing durability of a mill roll, which is characterized in that lateral working surfaces ( | 11-26-2015 |
20150362738 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTER CUBES - To produce optical beam splitter cubes, an optically transparent plate is provided with an optically active layer on a cover side. Then, on both cover sides of the plate, a plurality of prism bars are formed by molding an optically transparent material, so that a double prism plate is obtained. The prism bars are arranged on cover sides of the plate projecting roof-like in ridge lines separated from each other by valleys. Each prism bar has the cross section of an isosceles right-angled triangle, complemented by the prism bar lying opposite on the other cover side of the plate to form the cross section of the beam splitter cube. The double prism plate is cut up along the valleys between the prism bars and transverse to the longitudinal direction into segments which in each case form a beam splitter cube. | 12-17-2015 |
20150364788 | METHODS FOR GROWTH OF LITHIUM-RICH ANTIPEROVSKITE ELECTROLYTE FILMS AND USE THEREOF - A process for preparing a lithium-rich antiperovskite electrolyte film involves forming a composite target of precursor metal oxide(s) and metal halide(s), and exposing the target to a pulsed laser beam under conditions suitable for depositing a film of lithium-rich antiperovskite on a surface. In some embodiments the process is used to prepare a film of Li | 12-17-2015 |
20160040282 | GETTER STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING SUCH STRUCTURE - A getter structure and method wherein a layer of seed material is deposited on a predetermined region of a surface of a structure under conditions to form a plurality of nucleation sites on a surface of the structure. The nucleation sites have an average height over the surface area of the predetermined region of less than one molecule thick. Subsequently a getter material is deposited over the surface to form a plurality of getter material members projecting outwardly from the nucleation sites. | 02-11-2016 |
20160052089 | MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR HARD FACING ALUMINUM INJECTION MOLDS - A number of variations may include a product that may include a substrate that may include an aluminum-nickel alloy and at least one surface and a coating that may include a metallic material deposited over the at least one surface via laser cladding. | 02-25-2016 |
20160053370 | SCALABLE PROCESSING OF NANOCOMPOSITES USING PHOTON-BASED METHODS - Using a modified CVD infusion process and femtosecond laser irradiation, the methods of the present invention demonstrate the ability to create core-shell nanoparticles of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles embedded within the bulk of an optically transparent substrate. With the use of optical masks and multiple precursor chemicals, the inventive methods make it possible to create nanoparticles or core-shell nanoparticles with drastically different compositions in close proximity to each other. Since the mechanism for precursor decomposition is limited to the surface of the nanoparticles within the substrate, it is possible to control the chemistry, size, and shape of nanoparticles within an optically transparent substrate on a nanoscale. The present invention also provides methods of controlling diffusion of a metal or metal oxide precursor compound in a substrate by selectively irradiating the substrate with a wavelength of light which is preferentially absorbed by the substrate and not the precursor, allowing preferential diffusion of the precursor compounds in the irradiated areas. | 02-25-2016 |
20160068944 | CHEMICALLY PURE ZERO-VALENT IRON NANOFILMS FROM A LOW-PURITY IRON SOURCE - Methods of forming chemically pure metal films are provided. The methods use electron beam deposition at a high mean deposition rate to form high purity metal films on deposition substrates. By using a high mean deposition rate, the melting point of the metal to be deposited is reached at the metal source surface during the deposition. As a result, the rate of transfer of impurities present in the metal source to the surface of the deposition substrate is so small that the deposited metal films are substantially free of impurity elements. | 03-10-2016 |