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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2017
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Michael Edward Badding, Campbell, NY (US);
William Joseph Bouton, Big Flats, NY (US);
Douglas Edward Brackley, Horseheads, NY (US);
Lanrik Wayne Kester, Savona, NY (US);
Thomas Dale Ketcham, Horseheads, NY (US);
Eric Lee Miller, Corning, NY (US);
Cameron Wayne Tanner, Horseheads, NY (US);
James William Zimmermann, Corning, NY (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, process and related sintered article are provided. The process includes supporting a piece of inorganic material with a pressurized gas and sintering the piece of inorganic material while supported by the pressurized gas by heating the piece of inorganic material to a temperature at or above a sintering temperature of the inorganic material such that the inorganic material is at least partially sintered forming the sintered article. The inorganic material is not in contact with a solid support during sintering. The sintered article, such as a ceramic article, is thin, has high surface quality, and/or has large surface areas.