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Thermal isostatic densifying method and apparatus

US4264556A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 27, 1979
Grant dateApr 28, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 27, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB30B11/001
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and apparatus for thermally isostatically densifying a sample, including placing the sample to be densified into a pressure vessel filled with a thermally expansive pressurizing medium with the medium intermediate the vessel and sample; and varying the thermal energy of the medium to cause it to expand and exert increased pressure to densify the sample.

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