US20180347756A1 - Method of fabricating space satellite tank components utilizing additive manufacturing and spin forming - Google Patents
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- the raw material for the domes of such tanks are often forgings with sufficient thickness that an integral circumferential attachment ring can be machined from the parent material.
- the added thickness of the forging significantly increases the material cost. Additionally the increased material thickness significantly increases the fabrication cost as additional machining time and operations are required to remove the thicker material in the locations where it is not required.
- some designs utilize thinner domes welded to attachment rings fabricated from forgings, thereby reducing the total amount of material removal required, but increasing the fabrication costs and overall mass by producing and joining the welded ring to the tank components.
- the spinformed domes take advantage of the ability to spinform domes from thinner sheet metals, thereby reducing the amount of waste material at the “machine blank” stage, but the thinner sheet cannot generally accommodate the thicker attachment points except at the polar bosses.
- a thicker sheet is used and contours are machined in the part before spinforming, or a thinner sheet is locally reinforced through techniques such as inertia friction welding bar stock onto the sheet at the boss locations. But it is generally not possible to fabricate circumferential attachments on domes made from spinformed processes without adding welded attachment rings fabricated from forgings.
- a method of forming a thick wall section on a specific region of a thin wall spinformed metallic tank shell includes forming a thin wall metallic tank shell blank by spinforming a metal sheet over a mandrel and removing the tank shell blank from the mandrel. The method further includes mounting the blank in an additive manufacturing system and adding metallic structural features to the tank shell according to a 3D model stored in memory in the additive manufacturing system.
- a thin wall spinformed metallic tank shell includes a first region with a first thickness and at least one second region with a second thickness greater than the first thickness.
- the second region contains useful structural features formed by an additive manufacturing process.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a propellant tank.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of a wire feed laser deposition direct metal deposition process.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of a powder based direct metal deposition process.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of a polar boss formed on a spinformed tank shell.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of a mounting ring formed on a spinformed tank shell.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration of a trunnion formed on a spinformed tank shell.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic illustration of a mounting tab formed on a spinformed tank shell.
- FIG. 8A is a schematic illustration of a mounting support formed on the interior of a spinformed tank shell.
- FIG. 8B is a propellant management device that can mount on the support in FIG. 8A .
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the fabrication steps of metallic structural features added to spinformed tank shells by additive manufacturing.
- FIG. 10 is an illustration of a structural feature formed on a spinformed tank shell by wire feed laser deposition.
- AM additive manufacturing
- An example method is the use of an electron beam welding system with a filler wire feeder to deposit weld metal onto a substrate and then continue to deposit weld metal until the complete part is fabricated.
- the parts are protected from atmospheric reactions through the use of a vacuum environment. Additionally, the thermal management of the process has significant effects on the material's metallurgical structure and mechanical properties.
- the part is being created in a vacuum from molten metal, the entire part is subjected to significant exposure to high temperatures during the material deposition.
- Thermal expansion of the material being deposited causes the part size to vary during deposition.
- Thermal input to the process is provided from the electron beam and thermal output is provided through conduction into the previously deposited portion of the fabrication plus radiation, causing significant heat buildup during deposition.
- the part shape during fabrication is determined based on the final part sizing at its use temperature as well as the thermal buildup during fabrication.
- the addition of local attachment features causes a change in the thermal profile of the part being fabricated and therefore the physical size and mechanical properties of the fabricated component.
- the present invention is a method of fabricating space satellite tank components utilizing a combination of mandrel-based spinforming and additive manufacturing (AM).
- AM mandrel-based spinforming and additive manufacturing
- the thickness of attachment locations are locally increased through additive manufacturing techniques. These may include, but are not limited to laser consolidation of powdered metal, and addition of wire utilizing conventional weld metal buildup processes such as gas tungsten arc, plasma arc, laser beam, electron beam, and others known in the art.
- the spinforming process provides a surface that can mate to thermal control tooling (heat sink devices, for example) to minimize thermal distortion of the dome during the additive manufacturing activities. This eliminates the negative thermal effects to the base material, or substrate (material at the location of instantaneous additive manufacturing processing). Examples of the work would include buildup of polar bosses on tanks and creation of mounting tabs and circumferential mounting features.
- the process can also be used to generate features on the interior surfaces of spinformed domes for the purpose of mounting or supporting internal components such as propellant management devices (PMD), or for structural purposes such as reinforcement ribs.
- PMD propellant management devices
- Mandrel-based spinforming does not typically allow the generation of raised features on the part's interior surface since the inner mold line of the part is in intimate contact with the outer surface of the mandrel during forming operations. Removal of the formed part from the mandrel at the conclusion of spinforming necessitates that the mandrel not create concavities or locally convex internal features. Utilizing additive manufacturing to build up features on the interior of spinformed tank components enables the use of thin spinformed domes without the need for complex milling of interior cavities from thicker materials.
- FIG. 1 An example of a space satellite propellant tank is shown in FIG. 1 .
- Tank 10 comprises domes 12 and 14 separated by cylindrical section 16 joined to domes 12 and 14 by circumferential welds 18 and 20 respectively.
- Skirt 22 is attached to tank 10 and contains tabs 24 for securing the tank to the frame of the satellite. Fixtures 26 and 28 provide propellant ingress and outlet respectively to the system.
- individual tabs 24 may be formed by additive manufacturing on tank 10 thereby eliminating the weight of skirt 22 .
- Powder based layer by layer fabrication of metal structures is not suitable for forming individual metallic structures on the uneven surfaces encountered on internal and external satellite tank features.
- Powder based and wire based direct metal deposition of metallic structural features are suitable processes for the present invention. In both processes, metal is fed to a localized molten pool on a substrate created by a focused energy beam traversing the substrate. As the molten pool solidifies the added metal forms a three dimensional structure according to a computer model stored in the memory of the direct metal deposition system. Closed loop feedback control systems managing the energy beam, traverse rate, metal feed rate, atmosphere control, and other parameters known in the art allow fully dense additively manufactured near net shapes of a wide variety of alloys.
- Wire feed AM system 30 comprises high powered layer system 32 , laser beam 34 , wire feed system 36 , wire 38 , shielding gas cloud 40 , deposit 42 , and substrate 44 .
- Laser system 32 , wire feed system 36 and gas cloud 40 are indicated moving in the direction of arrow A during a build.
- a wire feed system is preferable for the present invention.
- Powder based laser deposition system 50 comprises nozzle 52 , high power laser beam 54 , powder feed channels 56 , powder 58 , shielding gas channels 60 , shielding gas 62 , direct metal deposit 64 , and substrate 66 .
- Nozzle 52 containing laser beam 54 , powder feed channels 56 , and shielding gas channels 60 is indicated moving in the direction of arrow B during a build.
- powder based direct metal deposition known in the art include at least laser engineered net shaping (LENS), direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), selected laser melting (SLM), laser powder injection, and direct metal deposition (DMD).
- wire based direct metal deposition known in the art include at least wire feed laser deposition, electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM), hot wire gas tungsten arc melting (HW-GTAW), and ion fusion formation (IFF).
- Polar boss feature 70 comprises tank shell 72 , transition region 74 , and boss (or locating pin) 76 .
- Prior art methods of forming polar boss 70 would be to remove materials surrounding the feature by machining an initial casting or forging (i.e. subtractive manufacture). Cost and material savings are substantial.
- FIG. 5 Another example of a structural feature added to a spinformed satellite tank is the mounting ring shown in FIG. 5 .
- the ring can be formed in place by additive manufacturing.
- Mounting ring feature 80 comprises tank shell 82 , mounting ring 84 , and threaded holes 86 for attaching external features to tank shell 82 . Cost and material savings by not having to machine mounting ring 80 from a casting or forging blank are substantial.
- Trunnion feature 90 preferably formed by additive manufacturing, comprises spinformed tank shell 92 , boss 94 , and pin 96 . Cost and material savings by forming trunnion 90 by additive manufacturing instead of machining the feature from an initial casting or forging blank are substantial.
- FIG. 7 shows mounting tab feature 100 comprising spinformed tank shell 102 , circumferential rib 104 , and mounting tab 106 .
- the cost and material savings due to forming circumferential rib 104 and mounting tab 106 by additive manufacturing instead of machining the feature from a blank forging or casting are substantial.
- FIG. 8A An example of an internal structural feature added to a spinformed satellite tank shell by additive manufacturing is shown in FIG. 8A .
- Propellant management device (PMD) mounting feature 110 comprises tank shell 112 and mounting ring 114 .
- An exemplary PMD is shown in FIG. 8B .
- PMD 116 comprises vanes 118 attached to sump feature 120 for collecting propellant and directing it to a drain under sump 120 .
- PMD 116 may be mounted on mounting ring 114 by securing the bottom of sump 120 to mounting ring 114 .
- Satellite tank shells may be aluminum, titanium, steel, and alloys thereof.
- the tank shells may be 6061 , 2219 , and 2014 aluminum alloys and CPTi, Ti-6Al-4V, Ti-15V-3Cr-3Sn-3Al titanium alloys.
- Initial thickness of the metal sheet may be from 0.125 in. (0.318 cm) to 0.5 in. (1.27 cm).
- the metal sheet may be mounted on a mandrel to initiate spinforming (step 134 ). The sheet may then be spinformed to form a tank shell typically at an elevated temperature (step 136 ).
- the spinformed tank shell may then be removed from the mandrel and the outer surface is stripped using machining or abrasive removal methods (step 138 ).
- the tank shell may then be mounted in an additive manufacturing (AM) system in preparation for deposition of metallic structural features on the spinformed tank shell (step 140 ).
- AM additive manufacturing
- Preferable AM processes for adding structural features to the tank shell may be powder based and wire based direct metal deposition.
- Powder based direct metal deposition systems for the present invention include, but are not limited to, laser engineered net shaping (LENS), direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), selected laser melting (SLM), laser powder injection, and direct metal deposition (DMD).
- Wire based direct metal deposition systems for the present invention include, but are not limited to, wire feed laser deposition, electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM), hot wire gas tungsten arc welding (HW-GTAW), and ion fusion formation.
- a preferred direct metal deposition process for the present invention is wire feed laser deposition.
- the metallic structural feature is deposited on the tank shell wall (step 142 ).
- metallic structural features of the invention include, but are not limited to, polar bosses, mounting rings, trunnions, mounting tabs, and others known and not known in the art.
- the structural features may be added to the outside and inside of the tank shell.
- the metallic features are machined to final dimensions (step 144 ).
- FIG. 10 is an illustration of structural feature 150 on spinformed metallic tank shell 152 formed by wire feed laser deposition. Both structural feature 130 and spinformed metallic tank shell 132 are CPTi. The feature is in the form of a ledge or shelf. Striations on the feature are due to the forming process and in practice, would be removed when the feature is machined to final dimensions.
- a method of forming metallic structural features in a specific region of a thin wall spinformed metallic tank shell may include: forming a thin wall metallic tank shell blank by spinforming a metal sheet over a mandrel; removing the tank shell blank from the mandrel; mounting the blank in an additive manufacturing system; and adding the metallic structural features to the tank shell according to a 3D model stored in memory in the additive manufacturing system.
- the method of the preceding paragraph can optionally include, additionally and/or alternatively any, one or more of the following features, configurations and/or additional components:
- the thickness of the metal sheet may be from about 0.125 in. (0.318 cm) to about 0.5 in. (1.27 cm).
- the features may be added outside and inside of the metallic tank shell.
- the features added to the outside of the tank shell may be at least one of ribs, bosses, brackets, and shelves.
- the features added to the inside of the tank shell may be at least one of ribs, shelves, and mounting structures for propellant management devices (PMD).
- PMD propellant management devices
- the metallic structural features may be composed of one or more of aluminum, titanium, steel, and alloys thereof.
- the structural features may be composed of one or more 6061, 2219, 2014 aluminum alloys, and CP Ti, Ti-6Al-4V, Ti-15V-3Cr-3Sn-3Al titanium alloys.
- the additive manufacturing system may be configured to perform powder based and wire based direct metal deposition processes.
- the powder based direct metal deposition may be at least one of laser engineered net shaping (LENS), direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), selected laser melting, laser powder injection, and direct metal deposition (DMD).
- LENS laser engineered net shaping
- DMLS direct metal laser sintering
- DMD direct metal deposition
- the wire based direct metal deposition may be at least one of wire feed laser deposition, electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM), hot wire gas tungsten arc welding (HW-GTAW), and ion fusion formation (IFF).
- EBAM electron beam additive manufacturing
- HW-GTAW hot wire gas tungsten arc welding
- IFF ion fusion formation
- a thin wall spinformed metallic tank shell may include: a first region with a first thickness; at least one second region with a second thickness greater than the first thickness including structural features formed by an additive manufacturing process.
- the thin wall spinformed metallic tank shell of the preceding paragraph can optionally include, additionally and/or alternatively any, one or more of the following features, configurations, and/or additional components:
- the structural features may be on the outside or inside of the tank shell.
- the structural features on the outside of the tank shell may be at least one of ribs, bosses, brackets, and shelves.
- the structural features on the inside of the tank shell may be at least one of ribs, shelves, and mounting structures for propellant management devices (PMD).
- PMD propellant management devices
- the structural features may be formed from a metal comprising one or more of aluminum, titanium, steel, and alloys thereof.
- the metal may be 6061, 2219, 2014 aluminum alloys and CP Ti, Ti-6Al-4V, Ti-15V-3Cr-3Sn-3Al titanium alloys.
- the additive manufacturing process may be a powder based and wire based direct metal deposition process.
- the powder based direct metal deposition may include at least one of laser engineered net shaping (LENS), direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), selected laser melting, laser powder injection, and direct metal deposition (DMD).
- LENS laser engineered net shaping
- DMLS direct metal laser sintering
- DMD direct metal deposition
- the wire based direct metal deposition may include one of wire feed laser deposition, electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM), hot wire gas tungsten arc welding (HW-GTAW), and ion fusion formation (IFF).
- EBAM electron beam additive manufacturing
- HW-GTAW hot wire gas tungsten arc welding
- IFF ion fusion formation
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- This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 15/196,636 filed Jun. 29, 2016 for “Method of Fabricating Space Satellite Tank Components Utilizing Combinations of Additive Manufacturing and Spinforming” by I. Ballinger and W. Tuttle, which in turn claimed the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/187,414 filed Jul. 1, 2015 for “Method of Fabricating Space Satellite Tank Components Utilizing Combinations of Additive Manufacturing and Spinforming” by I. Ballinger and W. Tuttle, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
- In the design and manufacture of satellite propellant and pressurant tank shells there are two main driving characteristics. These are weight and mounting configuration. The weight, or total mass of the finished item is controlled through the use of lightweight high-strength materials to minimize the thickness of the material while still meeting the operating pressure requirements. This generally drives the designs toward spherical tanks with thin membrane thicknesses or cylindrical tanks with hemispherical ends. These tanks are attached to the spacecraft structure such that the mechanical loads from the mass of the tank and its contents are transferred to the frame of the satellite. This requires that the attachment points are thicker than the nominal thickness of a tank that only must carry its low pressure loads.
- In addition there is often the need to mount surface tension propellant management devices or other fluid expulsion devices such as bladders or bellows inside the tank. There also might be needs for local stiffening rings for stabilization of the pressure shell for vacuum conditions or high external buckling loads.
- To solve this issue, designers typically provide thick section attachment points at selective locations such as at polar bosses, skirts at the circumference of the tank, or bosses attached to the sides of the tanks. These attachment features drive the initial material thickness of the raw materials from which the tanks are fabricated. To illustrate this consider a typical tank used for propellants of a GPS space satellite.
- The raw material for the domes of such tanks are often forgings with sufficient thickness that an integral circumferential attachment ring can be machined from the parent material. The added thickness of the forging significantly increases the material cost. Additionally the increased material thickness significantly increases the fabrication cost as additional machining time and operations are required to remove the thicker material in the locations where it is not required. To reduce these inefficiencies, some designs utilize thinner domes welded to attachment rings fabricated from forgings, thereby reducing the total amount of material removal required, but increasing the fabrication costs and overall mass by producing and joining the welded ring to the tank components.
- Another method of reducing the cost of manufacturing these tanks is the use of spinformed domes in lieu of forgings. The spinformed domes take advantage of the ability to spinform domes from thinner sheet metals, thereby reducing the amount of waste material at the “machine blank” stage, but the thinner sheet cannot generally accommodate the thicker attachment points except at the polar bosses. To generate the thickness required for attachment bosses, generally a thicker sheet is used and contours are machined in the part before spinforming, or a thinner sheet is locally reinforced through techniques such as inertia friction welding bar stock onto the sheet at the boss locations. But it is generally not possible to fabricate circumferential attachments on domes made from spinformed processes without adding welded attachment rings fabricated from forgings.
- Therefore, there is a need for a method of fabricating space satellite tank components that is capable of producing physical and mechanical material characteristics in complex shapes with minimal excess material to be removed in subsequent machining operations.
- A method of forming a thick wall section on a specific region of a thin wall spinformed metallic tank shell includes forming a thin wall metallic tank shell blank by spinforming a metal sheet over a mandrel and removing the tank shell blank from the mandrel. The method further includes mounting the blank in an additive manufacturing system and adding metallic structural features to the tank shell according to a 3D model stored in memory in the additive manufacturing system.
- In an embodiment a thin wall spinformed metallic tank shell includes a first region with a first thickness and at least one second region with a second thickness greater than the first thickness. The second region contains useful structural features formed by an additive manufacturing process.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a propellant tank. -
FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of a wire feed laser deposition direct metal deposition process. -
FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of a powder based direct metal deposition process. -
FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of a polar boss formed on a spinformed tank shell. -
FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of a mounting ring formed on a spinformed tank shell. -
FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration of a trunnion formed on a spinformed tank shell. -
FIG. 7 is a schematic illustration of a mounting tab formed on a spinformed tank shell. -
FIG. 8A is a schematic illustration of a mounting support formed on the interior of a spinformed tank shell. -
FIG. 8B is a propellant management device that can mount on the support inFIG. 8A . -
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the fabrication steps of metallic structural features added to spinformed tank shells by additive manufacturing. -
FIG. 10 is an illustration of a structural feature formed on a spinformed tank shell by wire feed laser deposition. - One method to resolve the fabrication inefficiencies addressed above is the use of additive manufacturing (AM) to produce the tank components with reduced waste material. This is accomplished by molten metal deposition onto a substrate using techniques similar to welding, wherein material is additively applied layer by layer. An example method is the use of an electron beam welding system with a filler wire feeder to deposit weld metal onto a substrate and then continue to deposit weld metal until the complete part is fabricated. To achieve material quality and mechanical properties similar to plate or forged metals, the parts are protected from atmospheric reactions through the use of a vacuum environment. Additionally, the thermal management of the process has significant effects on the material's metallurgical structure and mechanical properties. Because the part is being created in a vacuum from molten metal, the entire part is subjected to significant exposure to high temperatures during the material deposition. Thermal expansion of the material being deposited causes the part size to vary during deposition. Thermal input to the process is provided from the electron beam and thermal output is provided through conduction into the previously deposited portion of the fabrication plus radiation, causing significant heat buildup during deposition. Thus, the part shape during fabrication is determined based on the final part sizing at its use temperature as well as the thermal buildup during fabrication. Depending on part size, configuration, and quality activities, it may be desirable to interrupt deposition periodically. During these interruptions the part's thermal condition and physical size changes, increasing the complexity of subsequent deposition activities. Similarly, the addition of local attachment features causes a change in the thermal profile of the part being fabricated and therefore the physical size and mechanical properties of the fabricated component.
- The present invention is a method of fabricating space satellite tank components utilizing a combination of mandrel-based spinforming and additive manufacturing (AM). Initially the part (a dome is used for illustrative purposes, although other components such as cylinders are shown to be equally applicable to the process described) is produced from thin sheet metal. Unlike prior art, the locations of polar bosses or other tank attachment features are not required to be at final part thickness. Instead the thickness at these locations is driven by fabrication convenience and best shop practices.
- After the part is spinformed the thickness of attachment locations are locally increased through additive manufacturing techniques. These may include, but are not limited to laser consolidation of powdered metal, and addition of wire utilizing conventional weld metal buildup processes such as gas tungsten arc, plasma arc, laser beam, electron beam, and others known in the art. The spinforming process provides a surface that can mate to thermal control tooling (heat sink devices, for example) to minimize thermal distortion of the dome during the additive manufacturing activities. This eliminates the negative thermal effects to the base material, or substrate (material at the location of instantaneous additive manufacturing processing). Examples of the work would include buildup of polar bosses on tanks and creation of mounting tabs and circumferential mounting features.
- The process can also be used to generate features on the interior surfaces of spinformed domes for the purpose of mounting or supporting internal components such as propellant management devices (PMD), or for structural purposes such as reinforcement ribs. Mandrel-based spinforming does not typically allow the generation of raised features on the part's interior surface since the inner mold line of the part is in intimate contact with the outer surface of the mandrel during forming operations. Removal of the formed part from the mandrel at the conclusion of spinforming necessitates that the mandrel not create concavities or locally convex internal features. Utilizing additive manufacturing to build up features on the interior of spinformed tank components enables the use of thin spinformed domes without the need for complex milling of interior cavities from thicker materials.
- Similar to the illustration using domes provided above, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that parts of cylindrical, conical, or other shapes can be fabricated on internal mandrels and subsequently have internal and external features applied through additive manufacturing.
- An example of a space satellite propellant tank is shown in
FIG. 1 .Tank 10 comprisesdomes cylindrical section 16 joined todomes circumferential welds Skirt 22 is attached totank 10 and containstabs 24 for securing the tank to the frame of the satellite.Fixtures individual tabs 24 may be formed by additive manufacturing ontank 10 thereby eliminating the weight ofskirt 22. - Three general classes of additive manufacturing for depositing metal on a substrate are powder based layer by layer, powder based direct metal deposition, and wire based direct metal deposition. Powder based layer by layer fabrication of metal structures is not suitable for forming individual metallic structures on the uneven surfaces encountered on internal and external satellite tank features. Powder based and wire based direct metal deposition of metallic structural features are suitable processes for the present invention. In both processes, metal is fed to a localized molten pool on a substrate created by a focused energy beam traversing the substrate. As the molten pool solidifies the added metal forms a three dimensional structure according to a computer model stored in the memory of the direct metal deposition system. Closed loop feedback control systems managing the energy beam, traverse rate, metal feed rate, atmosphere control, and other parameters known in the art allow fully dense additively manufactured near net shapes of a wide variety of alloys.
- An exemplary wire feed additive manufacturing (AM) system is shown in
FIG. 2 . Wirefeed AM system 30 comprises high poweredlayer system 32,laser beam 34,wire feed system 36,wire 38, shieldinggas cloud 40,deposit 42, andsubstrate 44.Laser system 32,wire feed system 36 andgas cloud 40 are indicated moving in the direction of arrow A during a build. Although both powder feed and wire feed direct metal composite systems can form the structural features of the invention on tank components, a wire feed system is preferable for the present invention. - A schematic representation of an exemplary powder based direct metal deposition additive manufacturing system is shown in
FIG. 3 . Powder basedlaser deposition system 50 comprisesnozzle 52, highpower laser beam 54,powder feed channels 56,powder 58, shieldinggas channels 60, shieldinggas 62,direct metal deposit 64, andsubstrate 66.Nozzle 52 containinglaser beam 54,powder feed channels 56, and shieldinggas channels 60 is indicated moving in the direction of arrow B during a build. Examples of powder based direct metal deposition known in the art include at least laser engineered net shaping (LENS), direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), selected laser melting (SLM), laser powder injection, and direct metal deposition (DMD). Examples of wire based direct metal deposition known in the art include at least wire feed laser deposition, electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM), hot wire gas tungsten arc melting (HW-GTAW), and ion fusion formation (IFF). - An example of a structural feature added to a spinformed satellite tank shell is shown in
FIG. 4 . The feature is a polar boss formed on a spherical section of a tank.Polar boss feature 70 comprisestank shell 72,transition region 74, and boss (or locating pin) 76. Prior art methods of formingpolar boss 70 would be to remove materials surrounding the feature by machining an initial casting or forging (i.e. subtractive manufacture). Cost and material savings are substantial. - Another example of a structural feature added to a spinformed satellite tank is the mounting ring shown in
FIG. 5 . According to the invention, the ring can be formed in place by additive manufacturing. Mountingring feature 80 comprisestank shell 82, mountingring 84, and threadedholes 86 for attaching external features totank shell 82. Cost and material savings by not having tomachine mounting ring 80 from a casting or forging blank are substantial. - A third example of an external structural feature added to a spinformed satellite tank shell is a trunnion for supporting the tank shell shown in
FIG. 6 .Trunnion feature 90, preferably formed by additive manufacturing, comprisesspinformed tank shell 92,boss 94, andpin 96. Cost and material savings by formingtrunnion 90 by additive manufacturing instead of machining the feature from an initial casting or forging blank are substantial. - A fourth example of an external structural feature added to a spinformed satellite tank shell by additive manufacturing is shown in
FIG. 7 .FIG. 7 shows mountingtab feature 100 comprisingspinformed tank shell 102,circumferential rib 104, and mountingtab 106. The cost and material savings due to formingcircumferential rib 104 and mountingtab 106 by additive manufacturing instead of machining the feature from a blank forging or casting are substantial. - An example of an internal structural feature added to a spinformed satellite tank shell by additive manufacturing is shown in
FIG. 8A . Propellant management device (PMD) mountingfeature 110 comprises tank shell 112 and mountingring 114. An exemplary PMD is shown inFIG. 8B .PMD 116 comprisesvanes 118 attached to sump feature 120 for collecting propellant and directing it to a drain undersump 120.PMD 116 may be mounted on mountingring 114 by securing the bottom ofsump 120 to mountingring 114. -
Method 130 of forming structural features on thin wall metallic satellite tank shells is shown inFIG. 9 . The first step is to procure metal sheet (step 132). Satellite tank shells may be aluminum, titanium, steel, and alloys thereof. In an embodiment, the tank shells may be 6061, 2219, and 2014 aluminum alloys and CPTi, Ti-6Al-4V, Ti-15V-3Cr-3Sn-3Al titanium alloys. Initial thickness of the metal sheet may be from 0.125 in. (0.318 cm) to 0.5 in. (1.27 cm). The metal sheet may be mounted on a mandrel to initiate spinforming (step 134). The sheet may then be spinformed to form a tank shell typically at an elevated temperature (step 136). The spinformed tank shell may then be removed from the mandrel and the outer surface is stripped using machining or abrasive removal methods (step 138). The tank shell may then be mounted in an additive manufacturing (AM) system in preparation for deposition of metallic structural features on the spinformed tank shell (step 140). Preferable AM processes for adding structural features to the tank shell may be powder based and wire based direct metal deposition. Powder based direct metal deposition systems for the present invention include, but are not limited to, laser engineered net shaping (LENS), direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), selected laser melting (SLM), laser powder injection, and direct metal deposition (DMD). Wire based direct metal deposition systems for the present invention include, but are not limited to, wire feed laser deposition, electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM), hot wire gas tungsten arc welding (HW-GTAW), and ion fusion formation. A preferred direct metal deposition process for the present invention is wire feed laser deposition. In the next step, the metallic structural feature is deposited on the tank shell wall (step 142). As discussed above, metallic structural features of the invention include, but are not limited to, polar bosses, mounting rings, trunnions, mounting tabs, and others known and not known in the art. In the present invention, the structural features may be added to the outside and inside of the tank shell. In the last step, the metallic features are machined to final dimensions (step 144). -
FIG. 10 is an illustration ofstructural feature 150 on spinformedmetallic tank shell 152 formed by wire feed laser deposition. Bothstructural feature 130 and spinformedmetallic tank shell 132 are CPTi. The feature is in the form of a ledge or shelf. Striations on the feature are due to the forming process and in practice, would be removed when the feature is machined to final dimensions. - The following are nonexclusive descriptions of possible embodiments of the present invention.
- A method of forming metallic structural features in a specific region of a thin wall spinformed metallic tank shell may include: forming a thin wall metallic tank shell blank by spinforming a metal sheet over a mandrel; removing the tank shell blank from the mandrel; mounting the blank in an additive manufacturing system; and adding the metallic structural features to the tank shell according to a 3D model stored in memory in the additive manufacturing system.
- The method of the preceding paragraph can optionally include, additionally and/or alternatively any, one or more of the following features, configurations and/or additional components:
- The thickness of the metal sheet may be from about 0.125 in. (0.318 cm) to about 0.5 in. (1.27 cm).
- The features may be added outside and inside of the metallic tank shell.
- The features added to the outside of the tank shell may be at least one of ribs, bosses, brackets, and shelves.
- The features added to the inside of the tank shell may be at least one of ribs, shelves, and mounting structures for propellant management devices (PMD).
- The metallic structural features may be composed of one or more of aluminum, titanium, steel, and alloys thereof.
- The structural features may be composed of one or more 6061, 2219, 2014 aluminum alloys, and CP Ti, Ti-6Al-4V, Ti-15V-3Cr-3Sn-3Al titanium alloys.
- The additive manufacturing system may be configured to perform powder based and wire based direct metal deposition processes.
- The powder based direct metal deposition may be at least one of laser engineered net shaping (LENS), direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), selected laser melting, laser powder injection, and direct metal deposition (DMD).
- The wire based direct metal deposition may be at least one of wire feed laser deposition, electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM), hot wire gas tungsten arc welding (HW-GTAW), and ion fusion formation (IFF).
- A thin wall spinformed metallic tank shell may include: a first region with a first thickness; at least one second region with a second thickness greater than the first thickness including structural features formed by an additive manufacturing process.
- The thin wall spinformed metallic tank shell of the preceding paragraph can optionally include, additionally and/or alternatively any, one or more of the following features, configurations, and/or additional components:
- The structural features may be on the outside or inside of the tank shell.
- The structural features on the outside of the tank shell may be at least one of ribs, bosses, brackets, and shelves.
- The structural features on the inside of the tank shell may be at least one of ribs, shelves, and mounting structures for propellant management devices (PMD).
- The structural features may be formed from a metal comprising one or more of aluminum, titanium, steel, and alloys thereof.
- The metal may be 6061, 2219, 2014 aluminum alloys and CP Ti, Ti-6Al-4V, Ti-15V-3Cr-3Sn-3Al titanium alloys.
- The additive manufacturing process may be a powder based and wire based direct metal deposition process.
- The powder based direct metal deposition may include at least one of laser engineered net shaping (LENS), direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), selected laser melting, laser powder injection, and direct metal deposition (DMD).
- The wire based direct metal deposition may include one of wire feed laser deposition, electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM), hot wire gas tungsten arc welding (HW-GTAW), and ion fusion formation (IFF).
- While the invention has been described with reference to an exemplary embodiment(s), it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope of the invention. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the invention without departing from the essential scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the invention not be limited to the particular embodiment(s) disclosed, but that the invention will include all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims.
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