Patent ID: 7244329

Claim:
A method for making a composite comprising: (a) providing a first layer of structural material selected from the group consisting of metal, polymer, and ceramic; (b) positioning a solid adhesive layer onto said first layer, said adhesive layer comprising polymer; (c) positioning a second layer of structural material onto said adhesive layer, said structural material of said second layer selected from the group consisting of metal, polymer, and ceramic; and (d) irradiating said first layer, said second layer, and said adhesive layer with electron beam radiation sufficient to inter-bond said first layer to said adhesive layer and to inter-bond said second layer to said adhesive layer; (e) wherein said irradiating occurs within a cavity of a mold, said cavity at least partially defined by at least one surface in a housing of said mold, said housing enabling transmission of an electron beam from an outside surface of said housing through said surface of said cavity and thereby to said composite.