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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1988
Filed:
May. 15, 1986
Anthony J Fanelli, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Robert D Silvers, Pompton Lakes, NJ (US);
Allied Corporation, Morris Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Abstract
A process for shaping parts from metallic and/or ceramic powders is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of forming a mixture comprising metal and/or ceramic powders, a gel-forming material having a gel strength, measured at a temperature between 0.degree. C. and about 22.degree. C. and a gel consisting essentially of about 4 wt. % of the gel-forming material and water, of at least about 100 g/cm.sup.2, and a gel-forming material solvent, and molding the mixture at a temperature sufficient to produce a self-supporting article comprising the powder and a gel. The preferred gel-forming material is an agaroid and the preferred molding process is injection molding.