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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
George W Stacher, Westminster, CA (US);
Seb R Sarkisian, Torrance, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell International Corporation, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
228193 ; 228190 ; 2282351 ;
Abstract
A retort for use in diffusion bonding preselected areas of a stack of metallic sheets during a process of fabricating metallic sandwich structures. The retort facilitates a contamination-free, evacuated environment in which a plurality of sheets of titanium aluminide can be joined to one another at selected areas to form a pack. The process of joining embraces a technique of elevated temperature gas diffusion bonding. Subsequent superplastic expansion of the bonded blanks is employed to form desired sandwich structures.