Inventors:
Laxmappa Hosamani - Lafayette CO, US
Kenneth Endo - Boulder CO, US
Andrew Meschke - Loveland CO, US
David Harmon - Cincinnati OH, US
Saul Encinia - La Salle CO, US
Jeffrey Davenport - Mead CO, US
Emil Sokol - Longmont CO, US
International Classification:
B22F 5/12
Abstract:
A method for producing wires, such as welding or hardfacing wires, made of superalloys and other metals. In a disclosed embodiment, the method includes forming a green-state wire from a feedstock comprising a metal powder and a binder, such as by extruding the feedstock through a die orifice, and sintering the wire to effect consolidation and densification of the wire.