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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2012
Gilbert Franklin Gordon, Iii, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Kevin Bruce Sterner, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Ezra Morgan Yarnell, Corning, NY (US);
Gilbert Franklin Gordon, III, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Kevin Bruce Sterner, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Ezra Morgan Yarnell, Corning, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method of stiffening an outer layer of a wet extrudate, where the extrudate has a honeycomb cellular structure. The method includes extruding the extrudate through an extrusion apparatus and directing a substantially uniform flow of fluid onto the outer layer of the extrudate. The method also includes increasing the temperature of a binder material of the extrudate to its gelation point and stiffening at least the outer layer of the extrudate.