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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1975
Joseph J Cleveland, Wysox, PA (US);
GTE Sylvania Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A ceramic cellular structure having a cell density of up to 1600 cells per square inch and wall thicknesses down to 2 mils is produced by a process which comprises: (1) forming a slurry consisting essentially of finely divided sinterable solid particles of ceramic raw materials and a controlled amount of a plastic supporting matrix containing thermoplastic resin, a thermosetting resin, a plasticizer, an organic solvent and a small amount of a deflocculant; (2) ball milling the slurry; (3) casting the slurry in the form of a film; (4) removing the solvent to produce a self-supporting green ceramic tape; (6) molding a portion of the tape to form a corrugated first member; (7) providing another portion of the tape to form a substantially flat second member; (8) forming a first bilayer by bonding the second member to the nodes of the first member; (9) mutually bonding a predetermined number of bilayers substantially identical to the first bilayer to form a cellular green structure of a desired shape; and (10) firing the green structure at a temperature sufficient to form a sinter-welded polycrystalline ceramic structure. The fired structures, after being subjected to various finishing operations, are useful as rotary heat regenerators, stationary heat recuperators and catalyst supports.