Direct metal fabrication (DMF) using a carbon precursor to bind

Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture – Methods – Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor

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156 626, 156246, 156264, 1562728, 1563082, 419 14, 419 37, 419 44, 419 47, 419 54, B32B 3126, B22F 100, B22F 700

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ABSTRACT:
Direct Metal Fabrication of metal parts is accomplished with a continuous thermal process in which partial reduction of the "green form" part leaves a thin carbon film that maintains the part's structural integrity. The remaining carbon catalyzes a eutectic reducing element to diffuse throughout the part forming organo-metallic bonds that bind the homogenized metal alloy. Supersolidus liquid phase sintering (SLPS) densities the alloy to provide a final part of parent material quality. The DMF process can be used in magnetographic printing to imprint an image.

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