Patent ID: 8512606

Claim:
A method for dimensionally accurate sintering of a shaped piece ( 10 ) manufactured from a blank comprising porous ceramic material, whereby during the sintering the shaped piece remains connected via at least one first connection ( 20 , 22 , 24 ) to a support ( 14 ) that is manufactured from the blank, characterized in that the support ( 14 ) is manufactured as a section that at least in sections surrounds the shaped piece ( 10 ) by materials removal processing from the blank, whereby the support, first, is connected via the at least one first connection ( 20 , 22 , 24 , 34 , 36 ) with the shaped piece, and second, via at least one second connection ( 16 , 18 , 30 , 32 ) with the residual blank ( 12 ), wherein said residual blank surrounds the support and is at least partly spaced from the support.