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Method of manufacturing a sintered powder body

US4339271A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 28, 1978
Grant dateJul 13, 1982
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Expiry dateJun 28, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB22F3/1266
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A shaped body is formed by cold-pressing a powdered material into a desired shape and then providing thereon a surface layer of a material having a lower melting point than the powder of the shaped body. The shaped body is then placed in a furnace connectable to vacuum equipment, wherein the pressure is first lowered to a value lower than atmospheric pressure and then the temperature is increased so that the material of the surface layer melts. Thereafter the body is isostatically hot-pressed under the direct influence of an inert, gaseous pressure medium, the powder particles being thus bound together to high density by pressure sintering.

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