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Manufacturing line, process, and sintered article

US11953264B2 · kind B2 · utility

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40References

19Claims

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Assignee

CORNING INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

Michael Edward Badding · Campbell, US
William Joseph Bouton · Big Flats, US
Jacqueline Leslie Brown · Lindley, US
Timothy Joseph Curry · Orchard Park, US
Roman E Hurny · West Seneca, US
Lanrik Wayne Kester · Savona, US
Thomas Dale Ketcham · Big Flats, US
John Albert Olenick · Buffalo, US
Kathleen Ritter Olenick · Buffalo, US
Jeremy Paananen · Middleport, US
Thomas Silverblatt · Amherst, US
Dell Joseph St Julien · Watkins Glen, US
Viswanathan Venkateswaran · Grand Island, US
Nathan Michael Zink · Salem, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 29, 2023
Grant date	Apr 9, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 29, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/10
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of manufacturing ceramic tape includes a step of directing a tape of partially-sintered ceramic into a furnace. The tape is partially-sintered such that grains of the ceramic are fused to one another yet the tape still includes at least 10% porosity by volume, where the porosity refers to volume of the tape unoccupied by the ceramic. The method further includes steps of conveying the tape through the furnace and further sintering the tape as the tape is conveyed through the furnace. The porosity of the tape decreases during the further sintering step.

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