| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention provides a method of joining a mating face of a first through duct (68) to a mating face of a second duct (66). Specifically, the method includes bonding the first duct mating face (68) to the second duct mating face (66) to form a bonded structure while the ducts are supported in alignment with each other on an alignment member (56). Once so bonded, the alignment member (56) may be removed from the bonded structure. Advantageously, the method of the present invention provides an approach for accurately joining ducts together such that the joint is clean, accurate, nondistorted, durable, and impermeable to metal ions. Furthermore, the resultant joints are extremely uniform, and are easy and economical to make using simple equipment, thus making the present invention particularly useful in mass production.</p> |
