ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,812, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Norsk Titanium AS (Honefoss, Norway).
"Metal wire feeding system" was invented by Trond Forseth (Ringerike, Norway), Arne Ramsland (Hole, Norway), Tom-Erik Falla (Jevnaker, Norway), Brede Vigdal (Tyristrand, Norway) and Dyre Rolstad (Brandbu, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a systems and methods for continuously providing a metal wire to a welding torch for manufacturing objects by solid freeform fabrication to provide continuous deposition of metal to the freeform object, especially objects made with titanium or titanium alloy wire."
The patent was filed on May 17, 2024, un...