Process for bonding workpieces
AssigneeUSF Filtration and Separations Group, Inc.
InventorsNathaniel R. Quick, Tao Li, Robert Malanga
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Abstract
The process of bonding a first workpiece to a second workpiece is disclosed comprising the steps of fabricating a sintered bonding pad formed from a matrix of randomly oriented metallic fibers. The bonding pad is interposed between the first and the second workpiece and the first and second workpieces are biased into engagement with the bonding pad. Heat is applied to the first workpiece to the second workpiece for transforming substantially all of the metallic fibers into a liquid for bonding the first workpiece to the second workpiece.
Claims13
The process of bonding a first workpiece to a second workpiece, comprising the steps of:
- fabricating a porous bonding pad from a matrix of randomly oriented metallic fibers;
- sintering the porous bonding pad for affixing each of the metallic fibers to adjacent metallic fibers;
- interposing the bonding pad between the first and the second workpiece;
- biasing the first and second workpieces into engagement with the bonding pad;
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- applying heat to the first workpiece to the second workpiece for transforming substantially all of the metallic fibers into a liquid for bonding the first workpiece to the second workpiece.
The process of bonding a first workpiece to a second workpiece, comprising the steps of:
- fabricating a porous bonding pad from a matrix of randomly oriented metallic fibers;
- sintering the porous bonding pad for affixing each of the metallic fibers to adjacent metallic fibers;
- interposing the bonding pad between the first and the second workpiece;
- biasing the first and second workpieces into engagement with the bonding pad;
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- applying heat to the first workpiece to the second workpiece for transforming substantially all of the metallic fibers into a liquid for bonding the first workpiece to the second workpiece upon solidification of the liquefied metallic fibers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.