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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2000
Curtiss Mitchell Austin, Loveland, OH (US);
Richard John Grylls, Loveland, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A sacrificial ceramic fixture precursor is furnished with a shaped portion thereof shaped to receive a supported article. The sacrificial ceramic fixture precursor is immersed into a molten reactive metal for a period of time sufficient to permit the sacrificial ceramic fixture precursor and the reactive metal to react together. The result is a reacted ceramic fixture comprising an open-cell solid foam of ceramic cell walls having an interconnected intracellular volume therebetween. The reacted ceramic fixture is contacted to a supported article to produce a process assembly. The process assembly is processed as required for the supported article, which typically includes heating to an elevated temperature.