The disclosed method relates to manufacture of a near net-shaped products such as ceramic containing products such as ceramic-metal composites. The method entails forming a mixture of a build material and a binder and depositing that mixture onto a surface to produce a layer of the mixture. An activator fluid then is applied to at least one selected region of the layer to bond the binder to the build material to yield a shaped pattern. These steps may be repeated to produce a porous whitebody that is heat treated to yield a porous greenbody preform having a porosity of about 30% to about 70 %. The greenbody then is impregnated with a molten material such as molten metal. Where the build material is SiC, the molten metal employed is Si to generate a SiC-Si composite.
申请公布号
CA2696323(A1)
申请公布日期
2009.02.19
申请号
CA20082696323
申请日期
2008.08.13
申请人
THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION;STORM DEVELOPMENT, LLC.
发明人
BRISELDEN, THOMAS D.;REILLY, THOMAS M.;FORSMAN, DAVID R.