Messerschmitt-bolkow-blohm Gmbh

Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe Gmbh

Messerschmitt-boelkow-blohm Gmbh

Peter Schmid

Klaus Schubert

Wilhelm Bier

Gerd Linder

Peter Bichler

Winfried Brunner

Wolfgang Simon

Guenther Schmidt

A method of producing a finely structured body which includes a plurality of stacked, cut sections of foil at least one of which is provided with grooves in a selected groove direction on at least one surface thereof, and which has a plurality of closely juxtaposed, channel-like perforations with high shape accuracy, true dimensions and high surface quality. The method includes: a. providing a vacuum clamping means comprised of a ground, sintered metal plate which is connected to a vacuum source and which is positioned on a work table which is movable in two mutually perpendicular directions X and Y; b. positioning a machinable foil on the ground, sintered metal plate and clamping the machinable foil thereto by applying an effective amount of vacuum; c. cutting a plurality of parallel grooves into the surface of the machinable foil by means of at least one shaping diamond positioned on a cutting spindle and adjustable in a direction Z, each groove of the plurality of grooves having a groove length, a groove width, and a cross-sectional shape that is constant over the groove length and freely selectable; d. cutting the grooved machinable foil into cut sections having selected lengths and widths; and e. stacking the cut sections, wherein the plurality of grooves have a form precision such that, for groove lengths of more than 1000 .mu.m, the groove width has an accuracy of about +1 .mu.m for land widths which equal or exceed about 15 .mu.m.

Process for manufacturing finely structured bodies such as heat

A method of producing a finely structured body comprised of a plurality of stacked, cut sections of foil at least one of which is provided with grooves. A machinable foil is wrapped around a cylindrical mandrel of a lathe to overlap opposing edges. The overlapped edges are clamped into an axial recess of the cylindrical mandrel by means of a clamping means and a plurality of grooves cut into the surface of the foil by means of at least one shaping diamond positioned in a feed which is finely adjustable. The plurality of grooves each have a groove length, a groove width, and a cross-sectional shape that is constant over the groove length and is freely selectable. Then, the grooved machinable foil is cut into cut sectoins and the cut sections are stacked. The plurality of grooves have a form precision such that, for groove lengths of more than 1000 .mu.m, the groove width has an accuracy of about .+-.1 .mu.m for land widths which equal or exceed about 15 .mu.m. Alternately, the machinable foil may be stretched over a vacuum clamping means comprised of a ground, sintered metal plate positioned on a work table which is movable in two mutually perpendicular directions X and Y and a plurality of grooves cut into the surface of the machinable foil by means of at least one shaping diamond positioned on a cutting spindle and adjustable in a direction Z.

Process for manufacturing fine-structured bodies

The wall of a structural component that is subject to high thermal and mechanical stress, such as a position control rocket drive, has a plurality of grooves in its surface for an improved heat discharge by radiation emission. The grooves are cut into the wall surface and have a substantially U-type cross-sectional shape with parallel sidewalls and a substantially rounded groove bottom. The heat emission efficiency is substantially improved by making the groove depth (t) to be about 100 .mu.m and the groove width (b) to be at least 20% of the groove depth, thus (t/b) is at least 5. Additionally, the maximally permissable groove shape tolerance over the entire groove length must be .+-.1 .mu.m and the smallest spacing between neighboring grooves is about 10 .mu.m.

Wall surface structure having an improved radiant heat discharge

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Munich, Germany

Peter Schmid