HiLASIANS Sunil Pathak, Jan Brajer, Danijela Rostohar, Jagdeesh Radhakrishnan, Jan Kaufman, Marek Böhm, Ondřej Stránský, and Sanin Zulić are the authors of a new patent no. LU502626B1. It was awarded by the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (le gouvernement du grand-duché de luxembourg) on 7th of February 2024.
The patent is regarding a method for improving surface integrity of an additive manufactured mesoscopic gear, product thereof and device carrying out the method.
The present invention relates to a method for improving service life of mesoscopic gear manufactured by an additive manufacturing method. The outer diameter of the mesoscopic gear is characterized by range from 1 mm to 10 mm. The method according to the present invention provides introduction of compressive residual stress below the surface of the gear while the mesoscopic geometry remains the same. The second aspect of the present invention relates to the product manufactured by the method according to the present invention.
