EP3535079A1 - Dispositif de frittage par courant pulsé et procédé associé - Google Patents
Dispositif de frittage par courant pulsé et procédé associéInfo
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
- B22F—WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
- B22F3/00—Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor ; Presses and furnaces
- B22F3/02—Compacting only
- B22F3/03—Press-moulding apparatus therefor
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
- B22F—WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
- B22F3/00—Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor ; Presses and furnaces
- B22F3/12—Both compacting and sintering
- B22F3/16—Both compacting and sintering in successive or repeated steps
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B30—PRESSES
- B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
- B30B11/00—Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B30—PRESSES
- B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
- B30B11/00—Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses
- B30B11/02—Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space
- B30B11/027—Particular press methods or systems
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
- B22F—WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
- B22F2999/00—Aspects linked to processes or compositions used in powder metallurgy
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- the present invention relates to a pulsed current sintering device and a pulsed current sintering method.
- Sintering is a process for manufacturing a one-piece product from a powdery material.
- the material is heated without however going to the melting of the material. Under the effect of heat, the grains of the powdery material weld together, forming the product in one piece.
- the powdery material is typically compressed during its heating, so that the grains are sufficiently close to each other for their mutual welding, and / or to give the powdery material a desired shape.
- the heating and compression parameters used during sintering depend on the material to be sintered and the properties that are sought to be obtained in the part resulting from the sintering.
- Some sintering materials degrade when heated to very high temperatures. This is the case, for example, with diamond which, when heated to too high a temperature, is transformed into graphite and consequently loses its interesting properties, in particular its extreme hardness. Also, to sinter such materials, it is often necessary to add a metal binder to the initial powder, having the effect of limiting the hardness properties of the final material, and / or these materials are then only moderately heated but strongly compressed to compensate for the moderate nature of this heating and to stay in their field of thermodynamic metastability.
- a particular sintering process recognized for its speed of implementation, is pulsed-current sintering or "flash sparkling” ("Spark Plasma Sintering" in English, abbreviated as SPS).
- Sintering by pulsed current differs from other sintering processes by the heating means of the material used.
- the material to be sintered is traversed by a pulsed electric current.
- the pulsed electric current causes the appearance of electric discharges between the grains of the material. It is these electric shocks which, by Joule effect, heat the material and thus allow the grains to be welded together, so as to form the product of a single desired piece.
- Document US 6183690 B1 describes, for example, a process for pulsed current sintering of a material.
- a first step of this process two walls between which the material is placed are rotated relative to the purpose of discharging certain particles via conduits.
- a second step of this process implemented after the first step, the two walls are brought closer together to apply to the material a pressure ranging from 1 MPa and 2 GPa.
- the pulsed-current sintering has a drawback: if the material to be sintered is too strongly compressed while the material is traversed by an electric current, the electric discharges do not appear between grains of the material, thus compromising the welding of these materials. grains and obtaining a product in one piece.
- pulsed current sintering of a material such as diamond is particularly difficult to implement.
- An object of the invention is to quickly sinter a material requiring to be highly compressed without degrading the material or compromise the appearance of advantageous properties in the product resulting from sintering.
- a pulsed current sintering device comprising:
- a sintering cell comprising two walls facing one another and defining between them a cavity for receiving a material to be sintered
- a press configured to move one of the walls towards the other wall, so as to compress the material, when the material is received in the cavity,
- ⁇ Means for rotating one of the walls relative to the other wall, so as to apply a torsional force to the material, when the material is compressed in the cavity.
- the proposed sintering device may further include the following optional features, taken alone or in combination when technically possible.
- the sintering device may comprise a frame, the rotating means being also configured to rotate the sintering cell relative to the frame.
- the sintering device may comprise a frame, the rotating means being configured to rotate the walls relative to the frame in two opposite rotational directions.
- the press may be configured to move one of the walls in translation to the other wall parallel to an axis of rotation of one of the walls relative to the other wall.
- the two walls may have a shape of revolution about an axis of rotation of one of the walls relative to the other wall.
- the sintering cell may comprise a seal arranged so that the cavity is sealed by the seal and the two walls.
- the seal is for example made of cooked pyrophyllite.
- the press may comprise two anvils between which the sintering cell is arranged, at least one of the anvils being movable towards the other anvil so as to come into contact with the sintering cell and move one of the walls towards the other wall so as to compress the material, and the rotating means may comprise the two anvils.
- a movable anvil may have a bore and the sintering cell have a protuberance arranged to be received in the bore when the movable anvil is moved to the other anvil, the bore and the protuberance being of complementary shapes.
- At least one of the anvils is for example made of tungsten carbide.
- the sintering device may comprise two electrodes for applying pulsed current to the material when the material is received in the cavity, wherein at least one of the electrodes extends through one of the walls, and wherein an anvil comprises a conductor electrical arranged to be electrically connected to one of the electrodes.
- the sintering cell may furthermore comprise two lateral walls facing one another and defining between them the cavity, and the press can be configured to move one of the bottom and top walls to the other of the bottom and top walls, and configured to simultaneously move one of the walls lateral to the other side wall, so as to compress the material in two different directions when the material is received in the cavity.
- a pulsed current sintering method comprising steps of:
- FIG. 1 is a side view of a pulsed current sintering device according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a sintering cell forming part of the sintering device shown in FIG.
- a pulsed current sintering device 1 comprises a press 2 and a sintering cell 4.
- the press 2 comprises a frame 6 and two jaws 8a, 8b arranged at a distance from one another: an upper jaw 8a and a lower jaw 8b.
- the frame 6 comprises a plurality of columns 7 extending parallel to an axis Z.
- At least one of the jaws 8a, 8b is movable in translation parallel to the Z axis to the other jaw.
- the two jaws 8a, 8b are each movable in translation parallel to the same axis Z.
- Each of the two jaws comprises a plurality of through holes, a column 7 being engaged in each through hole. In this way each of the two jaws slides along the plurality of columns 7.
- only one of the two jaws 8a, 8b is movable in translation relative to the frame 6 parallel to the Z axis and the other jaw 8b is fixed relative to the frame 6.
- the press 2 comprises means for moving one of the jaws to the other jaw (not shown).
- These means comprise for example at least one hydraulic cylinder comprising a piston movable in a cylinder, one of the piston and the cylinder being fixed to the frame 6 and the other of the piston and the cylinder being fixed to a jaw 8a or 8b.
- the press 2 further comprises two anvils 10a, 10b disposed between the two jaws 8a, 8b, the sintering cell 4 being arranged between the two anvils 10a, 10b.
- the two jaws 8a, 8b can be brought closer to one another by relative translation along the Z axis until the two anvils grip and compress the sintering cell 4, when the sintering cell 4 is disposed between the two anvils 10a, 10b.
- the upper anvil 10a is rotatably mounted on the upper jaw 8a about the Z axis.
- the other anvil 10b is rotatably mounted on the other jaw 10b about the Z axis.
- the device further comprises means for rotating one of the anvils 10a, 10b relative to the other anvil.
- the rotating means comprise for example a first motor (not shown) adapted to rotate the upper anvil 10a relative to the jaw 8a and relative to the frame 6, and / or a second motor (not shown). ) adapted to rotate the lower anvil 10b relative to the jaw 8b and relative to the frame 6.
- the two motors are for example respectively arranged in the two jaws 8a, 8b.
- Each anvil 8a, 8b is movable relative to the frame 6 in two opposite directions of rotation.
- Each anvil 10a, 10b is locked in translation along the axis Z relative to the jaw to which it is rotatably mounted. At least one of the two anvils 10a, 10b can be driven in translation by the jaw to which it is mounted, towards the other anvil parallel to the axis Z.
- the rotation means are furthermore configured to rotate the sintering cell 4 with respect to the frame 6.
- Such a rotation of the sintering cell 4 may for example be obtained when the two anvils 10a, 10b are put into position. in rotation in the same direction of rotation and at the same speed of rotation, once the two anvils 10a, 10b firmly grip the sintering cell 4.
- the anvil 10a has a bore 12a.
- the bore 12a is oriented to face the sintering cell 4, when the sintering cell 4 is disposed between the two anvils 10a, 10b.
- the anvil 10b has a bore 12b.
- the bore 12b is oriented to face the sintering cell 4, when the sintering cell 4 is disposed between the two anvils 10a, 10b.
- Each anvil 10a, 10b further comprises an electrical conductor intended to be connected to a pulsed electric current generating source 3.
- the electrical conductor of each anvil 10a, 10b opens into the corresponding bore 12a, 12b.
- the press 2 is configured to apply a pressure of 100 MPa to 5 GPa to the sintering cell 4.
- the pressure is for example greater than 2 GPa.
- the sintering device 1 further comprises a pulsed electric current generator 3.
- the generator 3 is electrically connected to the electrical conductors of the anvils 10a, 10b.
- the pulsed electric current generator 3 comprises, for example, a plurality of capacitors connected in parallel whose discharges are managed by a metal-oxide insulated gate field effect transistor (known by the acronym MOSFET).
- MOSFET metal-oxide insulated gate field effect transistor
- An advantage of such a pulsed generator 3 is that it is connectable to any DC power source. The generator 3 thus makes the installation autonomous, economical and small in terms of its power supply.
- the pulsed electric current generator 3 when the pulsed electric current generator 3 is itself supplied with electrical energy by a source delivering voltage between 0 and 7 volts and a current between 0 and 300 amps, a current density of about 1000 A / cm 3 maximum can be delivered to the electrodes 26a, 26b via the anvil conductors 10a, 10b.
- the sintering device 1 may further comprise at least one micron displacement sensor along the Z axis configured to acquire dilatometry data of a material contained in the sintering cell 2 during the sintering of this sintering device. material.
- at least one anvil 10a, 10b comprises such a micrometric displacement sensor.
- the sintering device 1 may further comprise at least one temperature sensor arranged to measure a temperature in the sintering cell 2.
- At least one temperature sensor is for example a thermocouple.
- each anvil is pierced (1 mm) at its center to allow the introduction of a thermocouple into the sintering cell 2.
- the sintering device 1 may also include, or be coupled to, a device for non-destructive testing of the material received in the cavity (for example during its sintering).
- This control device comprises, for example, a source S adapted to generate X-rays in the direction of the sintering cell 4.
- the source S is configured to project neutrons onto the sintering cell 4.
- the control device further comprises a sensor D arranged to acquire the rays emitted by the source S after the rays have passed through the material contained in the sintering cell 4.
- the control device 1 is fixed relative to the frame so as not to weigh down the sintering cell 4 or the press 2.
- the sintering device 1 may also comprise a control unit T arranged to receive the data acquired by the sensor D.
- the control unit T is configured to adjust the parameters relating to the pulsed current generated by the source (number of pulses, pulse duration, intensity, etc.) as a function of the data acquired by the sensor D. As indicated above, this current pulsed has the effect of heating a material to be sintered. Consequently, the control unit indirectly makes it possible to adjust the heating parameters used by the sintering device 1 (set temperature, heating time, etc.) as a function of the data acquired by the sensor D and / or the the temperature sensors used.
- the control unit T is furthermore configured to adjust the pressure parameters used by the press 2 according to the data acquired by the sensor D.
- the sintering cell 4 comprises two walls (an upper wall 14a and a bottom wall 14b) between which is defined a cavity C to receive a material to be sintered.
- the upper wall 14a is intended to be brought into contact with the upper anvil 10a, so as to be rotated by this anvil 10a. Furthermore, the bottom wall 14b is intended to be brought into contact with the lower anvil 10b so as to be rotated by this anvil 10a.
- the device 1 comprises means for rotating one of the walls 14a, 14b relative to the other wall about a torsion axis; these means comprise the means of relative rotation of the two anvils 10a, 10b.
- the torsion axis is the Z axis.
- the press 2 is configured to move one of the walls 14a, 14b to the other wall, so as to compress a material received in the cavity C in a direction of compression.
- the compression direction is parallel to the Z axis.
- the upper wall 14a has a shape of revolution about the Z axis.
- the top wall 14a includes an outer portion 16a and a mold member 18a.
- the outer portion 16a has a free outer surface 17a facing the bore 12a formed in the upper anvil 10a, and has an inner surface opposite the free outer surface 17a.
- the outer portion 16a has a disc shape.
- the mold member 18b is attached to the inner surface of the outer portion 16a, and opens into the cavity C.
- the mold member 18b comprises for example three superimposed plates: an outer plate 20a, an intermediate plate 22a, and an inner plate 24a.
- the outer plate 20a is attached to the inner surface of the outer portion 16a.
- the cavity of the mold element is formed in the inner plate 24a, which opens into the cavity C.
- the intermediate plate 22a is arranged between the inner plate 24a and the outer plate 20a.
- the bottom wall 14b of the sintering cell 4 comprises the same elements as the top wall 14a, arranged symmetrically with respect to a plane perpendicular to the Z axis (the numerical references of the elements of the bottom wall 14b are by convention the same as those of the elements of the upper wall, except that the suffix "a" is replaced by the suffix "b").
- the free outer surface 17b of the bottom wall 14b is opposite the bore 12b formed in the lower anvil 10b.
- the sintering cell 4 further comprises two electrodes 26a, 26b for applying a pulsed current to a material received in the cavity C.
- One of the electrodes 26a extends through the upper wall 14a and opens into the free outer surface 17a facing the upper anvil 10a, so that when the upper anvil is brought into contact with the sintering cell 4, the electrode 26a and the electrical conductor of the anvil 10a are electrically connected.
- the other electrode 26b extends through the bottom wall 14b and opens into the surface 17b of the bottom wall 14b facing the lower anvil 10b, so that when the anvil 10b is put into position. contact with the sintering cell 4, the electrode 26b and the electrical conductor of the anvil 10b are electrically connected.
- the electrodes 26a, 26b may in this respect comprise the upper and lower mold members 18a, 18b (in the sense that these mold members are adapted to be traversed by an electric current pulsed so as to sinter a material in the cavity VS).
- the cell further comprises a seal 28.
- the seal 28 has an annular shape around the Z axis.
- the seal 28 forms a closed side wall on itself is connected to each of the upper and lower walls 14a and 14b.
- the two walls 14a and 14b are each rotatable about the Z axis relative to the gasket 28.
- the two walls 14a and 14b are also movable in translation parallel to the axis Z with respect to the gasket 28.
- the seal 28 extends around the upper 14a and lower 14b walls, so that the cavity C is sealed in the upper walls 14a, lower 14b and the seal 28.
- the seal 28 has a shape of revolution about the Z axis. It comprises a closed side wall having a radially inner surface with respect to the Z axis, and a radially outer surface 31 relative to the Z axis. Z-axis.
- the side wall closed on itself thus comprises two side wall portions facing each other (left and right of the cavity C in the section plane of Figure 2).
- the radially inner surface 30 is cylindrical of revolution.
- the diameter of the radially inner surface 30 is substantially equal to the diameter of the outer portions 16a, 16b, so as to seal the cavity C.
- At least one side mold member 32 is attached to the radially inner surface.
- the mold elements 18a, 18b and 32 together form a mold whose function is to give the sintering material received in the cavity C a predetermined shape.
- the seal 28 has a shape that tapers in a centripetal radial direction relative to a point of the Z axis.
- the height of the radially outer surface of the gasket 28, measured parallel to the Z axis is less than the height of the radially inner surface of the gasket 28, measured parallel to the Z axis.
- the seal 28 has two free surfaces 34a and 34b connecting the radially inner surface 30 to the radially outer surface 31: an upper inclined surface 34a and a lower inclined surface 34b.
- the two surfaces 34a and 34b are said to be "inclined” in the sense that their profile in a plane comprising the Z axis (the plane of FIG. 2) is generally formed at an angle of between 0 and 90 degrees with the Z axis. for example between 30 and 60 degrees.
- the upper inclined surface 34a surrounds and continuously extends the outer surface 17a of the top wall 14a.
- the upper inclined surface 34a and the outer surface 17a of the upper wall 14a together form the surface of an upper protuberance receivable in the upper bore 12a.
- the lower inclined surface 34b surrounds and continuously extends the outer surface 17b of the bottom wall 14b.
- the lower inclined surface 34b and the outer surface 17b of the bottom wall 14b together form the surface of a lower protuberance receivable in the lower bore 12b.
- the inclined surfaces are of revolution about the Z axis.
- the inclined surfaces 34a, 34b are for example frustoconical. Their profile in the plane of Figure 2 is then rectilinear, for example inclined at 45 degrees to the Z axis.
- Each protuberance is of complementary shape to the bore in which the protuberance is intended to be received.
- the bores are of trapezoidal profile.
- the seal 28 not only provides a sealing function for the cavity C, but also a function for transmitting pressure towards the cavity C in two different directions: on the one hand, the axis Z, and on the other hand a direction perpendicular to the Z axis.
- the sintering cell further comprises a ring 36 which surrounds the gasket 28.
- the ring 36 is fixed to the radially outer surface 31 of the gasket 28.
- the function of the ring 36 is to prevent excessive elongation of the gasket in a plane perpendicular to the Z axis, when the sintering cell 4 is pressed by the two anvils along the axis Z. In this way, the ring 36 allows the seal to withstand high pressures caused by the press 2, so that the sealing of the cavity is not compromised and that the structure of the sintering cell 4 is not degraded.
- At least one of the anvils 10a, 10b is made of tungsten carbide.
- This material serves as an electrical conductor and also has the advantage of being very strong.
- the various elements of the sintering cell 4 are adapted to be traversed by the rays emitted by the source S (X-rays or neutrons).
- the seal 28 is for example made of cooked pyrophyllite.
- the outer plate 20a and / or 20b is for example made of tantalum.
- the intermediate plate 22a and / or 22b is for example made of graphite.
- the inner plate 24a and / or 24b is for example made of electrically conductive flexible graphite, for example Papyex®.
- the mold elements are for example also made of graphite.
- the ring is for example polyetheretherketone (PEEK).
- the electrodes 27a, 27b may be molybdenum.
- the outer portions 16a, 16b of the walls 14a, 14b are for example made of the material marketed under the trademark Macor®.
- the sintering device 1 has reduced dimensions to the point of being portable.
- the frame can be 84cm high along the Z axis, 24 cm wide and 24 cm deep.
- the cavity has a volume of the order of 100 mm 3 , and / or has a diameter ranging from 7 to 8 millimeters.
- the sintering cell 4 is opened by removal of the upper wall 14a.
- a powdery material is placed in the cavity C of the sintering cell 4, via the opening thus formed.
- the upper wall 14a is replaced in the sintering cell 4 so as to seal the cavity C.
- the sintering cell 4 is deposited on the anvil 10b. More specifically, the lower protrusion of the sintering cell 4 is received in the bore 12b of the lower anvil 10b rotatably mounted on the lower jaw 10b. The lower electrode 26b is then electrically connected to the electrical conductor of the lower anvil 10b. The two jaws 8a, 8b are displaced in translation towards each other parallel to the Z axis, causing a mutual approximation of the two anvils 10a, 10b.
- the upper protuberance is received in the bore 12a of the upper anvil 10a.
- the upper electrode 26a is then also electrically connected to the electrical conductor of the upper anvil 10a.
- the two anvils 10a, 10b urge the two walls towards one another, having the effect of compressing the material received in the cavity C along the Z axis.
- the two anvils 10a, 10b compress the seal 28 in the inclined surfaces 34a, 34b.
- This has the effect of causing the joint to elongate in a plane perpendicular to the Z axis.
- the seal can only deform in this plane perpendicular to the Z axis towards the inside, therefore to the cavity C.
- the compression of the seal 28 by the anvils 10a, 10b causes a mutual approximation of the side wall portions of the seal 28, and compresses the material received in the cavity C in a horizontal direction, perpendicular to the Z axis.
- the material received in the cavity C is thus compressed by the press 2 simultaneously in at least two different directions: a direction parallel to the axis Z and following at least one direction perpendicular to the axis Z.
- the pulsed current generator 3 is activated.
- a pulsed current generated by the generator 3 is thus propagated in the anvils 10a, 10b, in the electrodes 26a, 26b to which they are connected, and passes through the material received in the cavity C substantially parallel to the axis Z.
- One of the electrodes 26a, 26b emits electrons and the other electrode receives the electrons after passing through the cavity C.
- the pulsed current delivered is adapted to raise the temperature in the cavity C to at least 1500 degrees Celsius.
- the fact of arranging the two electrodes in the movable walls 14a, 14b makes it possible to ensure that the pulsed current can not be delivered into the cavity C provided that the two jaws 8a, 8b of the press 2 are sufficiently close to each other. from each other (so that the conductors of the anvils 10a, 10b can transmit the pulsed current delivered by the generator 3 to the electrodes 26a, 26b). Thus, as long as the jaws 8a, 8b are spaced from each other, no pulsed current can be delivered into the cavity C.
- the heating means of the sintering device 1 are activated to heat the material received in the cavity C.
- the heating means are for example configured to raise the temperature in the cavity C to at least 1500 degrees Celsius.
- one of the anvils 10a, 10b is rotated relative to the other anvil.
- the two anvils 10a, 10b are rotated in two opposite directions about the Z axis.
- the upper anvil 10a pressed against the upper wall 14a adheres thereto and rotates the upper plate 14a in a reference direction about the Z axis.
- the lower anvil 10b pressed against the bottom wall 14b adheres thereto and rotates the bottom plate 14b in a direction opposite to the reference direction about the Z axis.
- This relative rotation combined with the compression exerted by the press 2, has the effect of applying to the compressed material in the cavity C a torsion force. Thanks to this torsional force, the grains of the material move away from each other in a plane perpendicular to the Z axis.
- the two anvils are rotated at identical rotational speeds (but in opposite directions) relative to the frame 6. It is however possible to rotate the anvils 10a, 10b at angular speeds of different absolute values.
- the relative rotation of the walls 14a, 14b implemented improves the sintering conditions, especially when the material to be sintered is a composite material and / or extremely hard (for example borides).
- Very high pressures can be implemented by the press 2 without compromising the occurrence of electric discharges, and therefore the success of pulsed current sintering. These high pressures thus make it possible to reduce the heating temperature of the sintering used by the device 1.
- the use of pulsed current reduces the sintering time compared to other sintering techniques.
- the use of very high pressures now permitted by the sintering device 1 because of the means for rotating the walls 14a and 14b, further reduces the sintering time, and therefore the energy cost of manufacturing. of the resulting sintered product.
- the two anvils 10a, 10b are rotated in the same direction of rotation about the Z axis relative to the frame 6, at the same speed of rotation. This has the effect of driving the sintering cell 4 complete in rotation relative to the frame 6, and thus also cause the material received in the cavity C relative to the frame 6.
- the two walls 14a, 14b are immobile. With respect to each other, the material does not undergo torsional stress.
- This second mode of operation is particularly advantageous for carrying out an inspection of the material being sintered, for example by means of the non-destructive inspection device.
- the source S projects towards the X-ray or neutron cell. Since the control device is fixed relative to the frame 6, the rotation of the sintering cell 4 enables the sensor D to acquire complete information covering the entire volume of the material received in the cavity C and traversed by rays emitted by the source S. This complete information is for example used by the control unit T to implement a tomographic analysis. Tomography can locate defects in real time (we can for example know the evolution of the volume of porosities, air bubbles, cracks, have a better understanding of the sintering of composite materials, etc.). Furthermore, depending on the information acquired, the control unit T can adjust the heating and / or pressure parameters implemented by the device 1 during sintering, so as to obtain a sintered part without defects.
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| FR1660737A FR3058340B1 (fr) | 2016-11-07 | 2016-11-07 | Dispositif de frittage par courant pulse et procede associe |
| PCT/EP2017/078409 WO2018083325A1 (fr) | 2016-11-07 | 2017-11-07 | Dispositif de frittage par courant pulsé et procédé associé |
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