JOINING OF CERAMIC POWDER PRESSED COMPONENTS IN THE GREEN OR SINTERED STATE WITH A GELCAST JOINT

摘要

A method of joining components includes the steps of providing a slurry including a solvent, a ceramic, metal or cermet powder and at least one binder selected from natural monomers or cross linkable polymer compositions. The binder is crosslinked to form a gel. The gel is then placed between the first and at least a second component to be joined. The gel is then sintered to form an article having a gelcast joint binding the first and second components. The resulting joint region will generally have the same strength as the first and second components.