SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING STRUCTURES USING ELECTRON-BEAM PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION

Abstract: a kit for manufacturing a structure in space is provided. in one aspect, the kit includes an inflatable bladder having an internal wall configured to define an internal space of the structure when the bladder is inflated. the kit also includes a structural liner coupled to the internal wall of the inflatable bladder. the kit also includes one or more e-beam physical vapor deposition systems configured to be positioned within the internal space of the structure when the bladder is inflated. the one or more e-beam physical vapor deposition systems configured to form a metallic structural shell on the structural liner.

Inventor(s): Weidong Song, Brent Sherwood

CPC Classification: C23C14/30 (COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL (making metal-coated products by extrusion ; covering with metal by connecting pre-existing layers to articles, see the relevant places, e.g. , ; metallising of glass ; metallising mortars, concrete, artificial stone, ceramics or natural stone ; enamelling of, or applying a vitreous layer to, metals ; treating metal surfaces or coating of metals by electrolysis or electrophoresis ; single-crystal film growth ; by metallising textiles ; decorating textiles by locally metallising ))

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