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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1991
Friedrich Sernetz, Pforzheim, DE;
Dentaurum J. P. Winkelstroeter KG, Ispringen, DE;
Abstract
Shaped bodies of transparent, polycrystalline alumina are produced in a green body is formed in a first step using pure, fine-grained alumina wherein, in the given circumstances, the green body is freed from the auxiliary agents used int he production by burning-out in a second step, wherein pretreat is carried out as a subsequent third step, and wherein the compaction to transparent, polycrystalline alumina takes place in a fourth step, in order to render the method more economical, it is suggested that the pretreatment be carried out in such a way as to produce a closed surface on the shaped body and that pressure from all sides at elevated temperature be used to compact the shaped body in the fourth step.