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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2008
Timothy P. Uno, Spring, TX (US);
Marc W. Bird, Houston, TX (US);
Curtis A. Proske, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Lester Dupre, Erath, LA (US);
Timothy P. Uno, Spring, TX (US);
Marc W. Bird, Houston, TX (US);
Curtis A. Proske, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Lester Dupre, Erath, LA (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An infiltration method of forming an article including providing a working mold including a solid binder member extending through an interior of the working mold, wherein the solid binder member is made of a binder material, and providing a layer of powder matrix material within a molding void of the working mold. The method further includes heating the working mold to form a molten binder pathway from the solid binder member to infiltrate the layer of powder matrix material.