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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2017
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Christopher David Gatto, Gilbert, AZ (US);
James J Cobb, Casa Grande, AZ (US);
Aaron Moreth, Mesa, AZ (US);
Alex Holmes, Tempe, AZ (US);
Brian Hann, Avondale, AZ (US);
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for hot isostatic pressing includes the steps of providing or obtaining an article of manufacture, which optionally includes a copper or nickel alloy, disposing the article of manufacture in a shroud, the shroud defining an enclosed volume wherein the article of manufacture is disposed, the shroud being configured as a multi-piece joined structure to retard gaseous mass transport from outside the shroud to inside the enclosed volume, disposing the shroud in a containment vessel of a hot isostatic pressing apparatus and disposing a getter material in the shroud and/or in the containment vessel, and introducing an inert gas at an elevated temperature and pressure into the containment vessel for hot isostatic pressing.