Patent ID: 8685314
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: B22F,B23K,B23P,F01D,F05D

Abstract:
1. A method of joining a first component and a second component, the method comprising: (a) placing a containment device in contact with the first component so that a faying surface of the first component is exposed to an interior of the containment device; (b) introducing a sinterable powder into the containment device so that the sinterable powder accumulates on the faying surface of the first component; (c) agitating the sinterable powder to thereby fluidize the sinterable powder; (d) displacing the first component and the second component relative to each other to move a faying surface of the second component and the faying surface of the first component towards each other within the containment device, to thereby compress the agitated sinterable powder in a fluidized state in a bonding region between the faying surface of the first component and the faying surface of the second component; and (e) sintering the compressed sinterable powder to consolidate the sinterable powder in the bonding region to form a joint between the first component and the second component, wherein