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Title:
CERAMIC AND PROCESS FOR THE CONTINUOUS SINTERING THEREOF
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2000002829
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A continuous process for the manufacture of a ceramic sintered comopact wherein the process comprises the steps of: forming a green compact from a powder mixture comprising a first component comprising compounds which contain elements of silicon, aluminum, oxygen and nitrogen; and the powder mixture further comprising a second component comprising a compound of at least one element selected from the group consisting of yttrium, scandium, cerium, lanthanum and the metals of the lanthanide series, and the second component comprising between 0.1 and 10 weight percent of the powder mixture; heat treating the green compact wherein the heat treatment comprises continously passing the green compact through at least one heating zone so as to produce a sintered compact.

Inventors:
YECKLEY RUSSELL L
Application Number:
PCT/US1999/014231
Publication Date:
August 17, 2000
Filing Date:
June 23, 1999
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Assignee:
KENNAMETAL INC (US)
International Classes:
C04B35/117; C04B35/119; C04B35/597; C04B35/599; C04B35/64; C04B41/45; C04B41/50; C04B41/81; C04B41/87; F27B9/24; F27D3/12; (IPC1-7): C04B35/58; F27B9/24; F27D3/12
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