US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on July 1 for "Additive manufacturing method for a metal part" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,813, issued on July 1, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Additive manufacturing method for a metal part" was invented by Hugo Sistach (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Cedric Pierre Jacques Colas (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Terence Grall (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Romaric Jean-Marie Piette (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and James Prodent (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for additive manufacturing deposits material on a part forming a substrate, wherein the part forming a substrate is made of a metal alloy. The method includes a step of low-energy deposition corresponding to a surface energy of less t...