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"University Develops the Perfect Bond"Advanced
Technology Exploitation Programme Currently Funded: “Affordable Diffusion
Bonding (ADB)” The "TEAM" Photo Partners:
HS-Marston, Rolls-Royce PLC, BAE Systems, AJAX TOCCO LtD.,
UNIPART Aerospace. Diffusion
bonding (DB) is a process where materials are joined by placing in an
environment of high pressure and temperature to cause intimate contact and
allowing diffusion of atoms across the joint to form a perfect bond. This bond
is of high integrity and can be used to join dissimilar materials also; and, is
particularly suitable for high performance applications. Currently DB is both
expensive and time consuming. The
project aims to develop DB to speed up the process and make it more affordable
and scaleable to bond larger objects, opening up applications into new areas of
manufacture such as for heat exchangers, engine casings, fuel cells
etc…Deliverables will be a prototype ADB demonstrator test rig, and validated
manufacturing process specifications and design rules embodied in design
software to optimise the process parameters for different products to be
manufactured. For more information please see press release:- Photos courtesy Rolls-Royce PLC, 2007. |
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