Abstract:
Electrodes for EDM (electric discharge machining) of improved wear performance are provided by consolidated bodies of, by volume, 50 to 90 percent of graphite with the remainder consisting essentially of chromium-iron alloy containing from about one to about 99 volume percent of chromium.
Abstract:
SEMI-CONDUCTOR CRYSTAL SUPPORTS COMPRISING A BASE OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TUNGSTEN AND MOLYBDENUM ARE PREPARED BY OXIDIZING AT LEAST THE SURFACE OF THE BASE TO WHICH A CURRENT LEAD IS TO BE SOLDERED, COATING AT LEAST THAT SURFACE OF THE BASE WITH METAL OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SIVER AND COPPER, AND THEN SUBJECTING THE COATED BASE TO HYDROGEN OR OTHER REDUCING ATMOSPHERE AT A TEMPERATURE ABOVE THE MELTING POINT OF THE COATING METAL. PREFERABLY THE DENSITY OF THE BASE IS AT LEAST 93 PERCENT OF THEORETICAL.
Abstract:
A semi-conductor diode base consists of an outer layer of silver or copper, an intermediate sintered layer consisting of by weight (a) 40-70 parts silver powder with 60-30 parts graphite powder, or (b) 38-69 parts copper powder with 62-31 parts graphite powder and an overlying layer of silver or copper. In the preferred method the outer layers of silver or copper are also sintered but these layers may also be flame sprayed on to the sintered intermediate layer. Separate layers of the required powders of minus 325 mesh are placed in a die and compacted together at 10-40 tons p.s.i. and then sintered at 1500 DEG F. in a vacuum or neutral atmosphere. The sintered composite may then be coined at 20-40 tons p.s.i. Alternatively the powder layers may be hot pressed.