Methods of manufacturing bodies of conglomerated particles
OwnerHermann J. Schladitzinventor
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a body of conglomerated particles has a primary step of coating the particles with very fine polycrystalline metal whiskers, which are sintered in place. The coated particles are then mixed with other filaments, of slightly larger size, which form a matrix. This is made coherent by metallic bonding of the filaments together and to the embedded coated particles. The resultant porous body may be compressed to reduce the porosity.
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A method of manufacturing a body of conglomerated particles, comprising coating the particles with a network of polycrystalline metal whiskers with a diameter in the range 0.05 to 1 .mu.m, heating the coated particles to a temperature at which the whiskers sinter together at their areas of contact, mixing the coated particles with filaments, and metallically bonding the filaments and the coated particles at their areas of contact.
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