摘要 |
Ceramic components are made by forming, prior to sintering, a green ceramic matrix with at least one fibre layer consisting of similar ceramic material in or on the matrix with no, or only partial, infiltration of the matrix material into the fibre layer, and then sintering the matrix and fibre layer together. The matrix and fibre layer may be formed together by putting the latter in a mould and slip casting the matrix, or by isostatic pressing the matrix and fibre layer(s) together in a mould. Owing to the partially homogeneous union between similar composite materials the reinforcing fibre layer produces a crack-stopping and fragment-containing effect in the event of rupture of the ceramic component. |