US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on Oct. 7 for "Method for separating a part blank from a support by fluid expansion in the additively manufactured support" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,300, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Method for separating a part blank from a support by fluid expansion in the additively manufactured support" was invented by Guilhem Kevin Combes (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Sebastien Vincent Francois Dreano (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Pierre Jean-Baptiste Metge (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for separating a part blank from a support, wherein the support and the part blank are manufactured by additive manufacturing. The support includes an inner cavity containing a fluid. The separation method includes a heating of the support ...