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Method of sintering electrically conducting powders and an apparatus for carrying out said method

A technology of conductive powder and sintering current, applied in the field of obtaining sintered parts, can solve the problem of impossible to obtain large samples, and achieve the effect of optimizing processing time and optimizing energy consumption

Active Publication Date: 2017-08-29
FUNDACION TECNALIA RES & INNOVATION +1
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Therefore, using these techniques, it will not be possible to obtain larger samples or the consolidation of powders with higher resistivities due to the use of low voltages

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[0093] Example 1: WC-6Co / WC-10Co

[0094] WC-6Co or WC-10Co sheets with a thickness of 16 mm and a diameter of 22 mm were fabricated using the disclosed equipment. Agglomerated powders are spherical in shape with a particle size of less than 100 microns.

[0095] During the activation step, apply at 2kA / cm during 100ms to 200ms 2 up to 4kA / cm 2 Between the current density to activate the powder. This activation step requires a voltage between 15V and 50V.

[0096] In the subsequent sintering stage, 6kA / cm 2 up to 10kA / cm 2 Between current densities to obtain dense samples at voltages less than 10V. Between the activation phase and the sintering phase, a minimum time of 10 ms was established. A pressure of 100 MPa to 500 MPa is applied from the beginning of the process.

[0097] The final tablet has a density of about 13 g / cm as measured by the Archimedes method 3 to 14.8g / cm 3 . Fully dense samples can be obtained with a hardness of about 1800 HV30 to 2100 HV30. ...

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[0099]Titanium sheets with a thickness of 10 mm and a diameter of 22 mm were produced using the disclosed apparatus. The powder particles were irregular in shape with a maximum particle size of about 75 microns.

[0100] During the activation step, apply at 1kA / cm during 90ms to 100ms 2 up to 3kA / cm 2 Between the current density to activate the powder. The activation phase requires a voltage between 10V and 50V.

[0101] During the sintering phase, 4kA / cm was applied during 500ms to 1000ms 2 up to 7kA / cm 2 Between current densities to obtain dense samples at voltages less than 10V. Between these activation phases and the sintering phase, a minimum time of 10 ms was established. A pressure of 100 MPa to 500 MPa is applied from the beginning of the process.

[0102] The final tablet has a density of about 3.5 g / cm as measured by the Archimedes method 3 to 4.4g / cm 3 . Fully dense samples can be obtained.

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[0103] Example 3: TiC-25Ni and TiC-25Fe

[0104] TiC-25Ni and TiC-25Fe sheets with a thickness of 16 mm and a diameter of 22 mm were fabricated using the disclosed equipment. Agglomerated powders are irregular in which the particle size is less than 30 microns.

[0105] During the activation step, apply at 1kA / cm during 100ms to 200ms 2 up to 3kA / cm 2 Between the current density to activate the powder. This activation phase requires a voltage between 15V and 50V.

[0106] In the subsequent sintering step, 6kA / cm was applied during 500ms to 1000ms 2 up to 9kA / cm 2 Between current densities to obtain dense samples at voltages less than 10V. Between the activation phase and the sintering phase, a minimum time of 10 ms was established. A pressure of 100 MPa to 500 MPa is applied from the beginning of the process.

[0107] The density of the final flake measured by the Archimedes method is about 5.1 g / cm for TiC-25Ni 3 to 5.5g / cm 3 , and for TiC-25Fe is 5.1g / cm 3 to 5....

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Abstract

The invention provides a method of sintering electrically conducting powders in an air atmosphere for obtaining a sintered product includes the following step sequence: placing the powders in an electrically isolating mold, applying a pressure to the powders between 100 and 500 MPa, and applying to the powders a sintering current at a sintering voltage during a sintering time, for sintering the powders. Before applying the sintering current density to the powders, an activation current density is lower than the sintering current density at an activation voltage greater than the sintering voltage during an activation time lower than the sintering time, to reduce the electrical resistance of the powders.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the field of methods for obtaining sintered parts comprising applying heat and pressure to a powder for finally obtaining a dense part, in particular wherein the heat is obtained via an electric current forced through the electrically conductive powder. Background technique [0002] ECAS (electric current assisted sintering) includes a series of consolidation methods in which mechanical pressure is combined with electric and thermal fields to enhance interparticle bonding and densification. The starting material can be in the form of a powder or a green body. The main purpose of the applied current is to provide the required amount of resistive heating. [0003] ECAS technologies can be classified according to discharge time. Generally, a discharge time of 0.1 s can be assumed as the threshold between fast ECAS and ultra-fast ECAS. However, confusion between the nomenclature fast herein and the FAST acronym (Field Activation...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B22F3/105B22F3/14
CPCB22F3/003B22F3/105B22F3/14B22F3/087B22F3/164C22C21/00B22F2003/1051B22F2201/50B22F2202/06B22F2301/15B22F2301/205B22F2301/40B22F2998/10C22C14/00C22C29/08C22C29/10C22C32/0052
Inventor 朱安·曼努埃尔·蒙特斯马尔托斯赫苏斯·辛塔斯菲西科乔斯·玛丽亚·加利亚多富恩特斯弗朗西斯科·德保拉戈麦斯奎瓦斯亚迪尔·托雷斯埃尔南德斯伊尼戈·阿戈特贝洛基米格尔·安格尔·拉戈斯戈麦斯埃托尔·伊拉苏斯塔阿鲁蒂
Owner FUNDACION TECNALIA RES & INNOVATION