US Patent Class 419
POWDER METALLURGY PROCESSES




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  DF  CLASS NOTES
1  DF  POWDER METALLURGY PROCESSES WITH HEATING OR SINTERING
2  DF  .~ Making porous product
3  DF  .~ Making articles of indefinite length
4  DF  .~.~ Filaments or fibers
5  DF  .~ Making composite or hollow article
6  DF  .~.~ Powder next to powder
7  DF  .~.~.~ One or more components not compacted
8  DF  .~.~ Powder next to solid
9  DF  .~.~.~ Powder not compacted
10  DF  .~ Metal and nonmetal in final product
11  DF  .~.~ Nonmetal is elemental carbon
12  DF  .~.~ Boride containing
13  DF  .~.~ Nitride containing
14  DF  .~.~ Carbide containing
15  DF  .~.~.~ Complex or multiple carbides
16  DF  .~.~.~.~ With another binary nonmetal
17  DF  .~.~.~ Single carbide
18  DF  .~.~.~.~ Tungsten carbide
19  DF  .~.~ Oxide containing
20  DF  .~.~.~ Rare earth oxide
21  DF  .~.~.~ Silver metal with metal oxide
22  DF  .~.~.~ Copper oxide
23  DF  .~ Powder shape or size characteristics
24  DF  .~.~ Filaments or fibers
25  DF  .~ Controlled cooling after sintering
26  DF  .~ Post sintering operation
27  DF  .~.~ Impregnation
28  DF  .~.~ Subsequent working
29  DF  .~.~ Subsequent heat treatment (e.g., annealing, etc.)
30  DF  .~ Powder pretreatment (prior to consolidation or sintering)
31  DF  .~.~ Heat treatment of powder
32  DF  .~.~ Mechanical blending
33  DF  .~.~ Comminuting
34  DF  .~.~ Chemical blending
35  DF  .~.~ Coating
36  DF  .~.~ Addition of fugitive material
37  DF  .~.~.~ Additional material is solid
38  DF  .~ Consolidation of powder prior to sintering
39  DF  .~.~ Specific pressure or lack or pressure recited
40  DF  .~.~.~ Slip or slurry
41  DF  .~.~ Extruding
42  DF  .~.~ Isostatic or Hydrostatic
43  DF  .~.~ Rolling
44  DF  .~ Pretreatment of consolidated powders
45  DF  .~ Sintering which includes a chemical reaction
46  DF  .~ Alloying occurs during sintering
47  DF  .~ Liquid phase sintering
48  DF  .~ Heat and pressure simultaneously to effect sintering
49  DF  .~.~ Hot isostatic pressing (HIP)
50  DF  .~.~ Hot rolling
51  DF  .~.~ Multiaxial (Not HIP)
52  DF  .~.~ Heating by electrical means other than radiant energy
53  DF  .~ Plural heating steps including sintering
54  DF  .~.~ Different temperatures
55  DF  .~.~ Additional operation between heating steps
56  DF  .~ Special medium during sintering
57  DF  .~.~ Special atmosphere
58  DF  .~.~.~ Hydrogen or hydrogen plus nitrogen (Nitrogen per se in 57)
59  DF  .~.~.~ Hydrocarbon or derivative (e.g., CH4, etc.)
60  DF  .~.~.~ Vacuum
61  DF  FORMING ARTICLES BY UNITING RANDOMLY ASSOCIATED METAL PARTICLES
62  DF  .~ Powder pretreatment
63  DF  .~.~ Includes a chemical reaction
64  DF  .~.~ Includes coating of particles
65  DF  .~.~ Includes adding a binder material
66  DF  .~ Consolidation of powders
67  DF  .~.~ Extrusion
68  DF  .~.~ Isostatic/Hydrostatic pressing
69  DF  .~.~ Rolling