摘要 |
A method for producing a metal die or mold including the steps of placing a layer of sintering powder, such as iron, copper, tungsten carbide or titanium carbide, in a frame or box, placing in contact with the sintering powder a pattern made of an infiltrant metal, such as copper, lead, cobalt, nickel, iron or alloys thereof, having a lower melting point than that of the sintering powder, the pattern corresponding in configuration to that of the cavity surface of the desired die, heating the powder together with the pattern in the frame to sintering temperature, whereby to sinter the powder and infiltrate the infiltrant metal forming the pattern into the powder, and cooling so as to obtain a hardened sintered mold having a surface whose configuration complements that of the pattern surface.
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