Patent ID: 6202277
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: B22F,B23K,B29C,Y10T

Abstract:
In spaced apart tooling for applying pressure to consolidate a workpiece there-between, the workpiece comprising spaced apart first and second workpiece surfaces at which consolidating pressure is applied:a first plurality of distinct, superimposed sacrificial sheets, in contact one with another, for disposition at the first workpiece surface;a second plurality of distinct, superimposed sacrificial sheets, in contact one with another, for disposition at the second workpiece surface;each of the first and second plurality of sheets including an inner sheet for disposition at and contact with a workpiece surface and an outer sheet for disposition at and contact with a tooling surface, the inner and outer sheets being substantially non-adherent one with the other, the inner sheets being substantially chemically non-reactive with its respective workpiece surface.