US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on June 24 for "Method for producing a part by selective melting of powder" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,528, issued on June 24, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Method for producing a part by selective melting of powder" was invented by Stephane Knittel (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Pascal Fabrice Bilhe (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of fabricating a part by selectively melting powder is provided. The method includes: depositing a first layer of a first powder having a first element as its main element; depositing, on the first layer, a second layer of a second powder having a second element as its main element, which second element is different from the first element; and moving a fir...