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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
May. 05, 2004
Richard A. Flak, Provo, UT (US);
Russell Steel, Salem, UT (US);
Scott M. Packer, Alpine, UT (US);
SII MegaDiamond, Inc., Provo, UT (US);
Advanced Metal Products, Inc., West Bountiful, UT (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of joining segments of high melting temperature materials, that includes frictionally heating a first high melting temperature material and a second high melting temperature material wherein the first high melting temperature material and second high melting temperature material are welded together, without substantially changing the macrostructure and/or the microstructure of the first high melting temperature material and the second high melting temperature material, after application of a frictional force.