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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2009
Yahya Hodjat, Oxford, MI (US);
Roger Lawcock, Burlington, CA;
Rohith Shivanath, Toronto, CA;
The Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing powder metal plates comprising feeding a predetermined mass of metal powder onto a moving tape (), restricting the metal powder by surrounding the metal powder with vibrating boundary walls () extending parallel to the direction of movement of the tape, rolling the metal powder at an ambient temperature to form a green compact strip (GS), continuously sintering the green compact strip in a furnace (), forming the green compact strip to a net shape part (NS) while in the furnace, and cooling the net shape part in a non-oxidizing environment () at a temperature in excess of 1000 degrees Celsius.