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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2004
Nader G. Dariavach, Upton, MA (US);
James A. Rice, Waukesha, WI (US);
Nader G. Dariavach, Upton, MA (US);
James A. Rice, Waukesha, WI (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A system is capable of making a metallic product with robust mechanical and electrical properties. The system includes a pressing stage configured to compress powder (e.g., MMC material) to form a green compact from the powder, a sintering stage configured to sinter the green compact to form a sintered structure from the green compact, and a consolidation stage configured to apply electric current to the sintered structure to form the metallic product from the sintered structure. The electric current is in the form of high density, short electric AC or DC pulses and results in consolidation of the sintered structure at grain boundaries to correct defects in the boundaries (e.g., areas of high electrical resistance) without melting the bulk metal to produce the metallic product. Such a system alleviates the need for coining process, which could fracture bonds and thus weaken the structure, following the sintering process.