A ceramic article includes a flexible backing selected from paper, woven fabric, non-woven fabric, polymeric films, metal foils, and combinations thereof. A green ceramic layer is on a first side of the flexible backing, wherein the green ceramic layer includes a ceramic material and a polymeric binder. A major surface of the green ceramic layer includes a pattern of features.

A process of producing a ceramic matrix composite component. The process includes positioning a plurality of ceramic matrix composite plies on top of one another and forming a cavity therein. At least a portion of the cavity includes a terminal diameter sufficiently small to permit infiltration of a densifying material. The plurality of ceramic matrix composite plies are densified to form a densified body. The densifying results in the portion of the cavity including the terminal diameter being filled with densifying material and the cavity is present in the densified body. A ceramic matrix composite having cavities therein is also disclosed.

An elongate shaped abrasive particle comprises an elongate shaped ceramic body having opposed first and second ends joined to each other by at least two longitudinal sidewalls. At least one of the at least two longitudinal sidewalls is concave along its length. At least one of the first and second ends is a fractured surface. Methods of making elongate shaped abrasive particles and abrasive articles including them are also disclosed.

A handheld, portable hot air device (1, 30) comprising an electrical heating element (31), a fan (33) for inducing an air stream to pass the heating element (31) and an accumulator (34) for powering the heating element (31) and the fan (33), and in that said heating element (1, 31) comprises a ceramic tube (35) having a rear end and a front end and in which rear end a wire circuit (41, 42) with at least one heating wire (32) enters and leaves the ceramic tube (35) and in that the heating wire (32) either protrudes out from the front end of the ceramic tube (35) or enters the front end of the ceramic tube (35) in a spiral formed shape and in that one heating wire (421) is wrapped around a central ceramic conduit (43) located in the center of the ceramic tube (35).

A tool includes a flexible section; a head that extends form the flexible section; and an exciter within the head. A method of additively manufacturing a component including burrowing a tool into a conglomerated powder within an internal passage of an additively manufactured component, the tool vibrating in a manner to facilitate removal of the conglomerated powder.

A method for the joining of ceramic pieces with a hermetically sealed joint comprising brazing a continuous layer of joining material between the two pieces. The wetting and flow of the joining material is controlled by the selection of the joining material, the joining temperature, the time at temperature, the joining atmosphere, and other factors. The ceramic pieces may be aluminum nitride and the pieces may be brazed with an aluminum alloy under controlled atmosphere. The joint material is adapted to later withstand both the environments within a process chamber during substrate processing, and the oxygenated atmosphere which may be seen within the shaft of a heater or electrostatic chuck.

A reinforced oxide-oxide CMC component for a gas turbine engine includes a composite body and a structural element embedded in the composite body, where the composite body comprises a 2D oxide-oxide composite and the structural element comprises a 3D oxide-oxide composite. The 2D oxide-oxide composite includes 2D woven or nonwoven oxide fibers in a first oxide matrix, and the 3D oxide-oxide composite includes 3D woven oxide fibers in a second oxide matrix. The first oxide matrix and the second oxide matrix may comprise the same or a different oxide.

The disclosure relates to a polycrystalline diamond composite sheet having a ripple-shaped gradient layer and a preparation method thereof. The polycrystalline diamond composite sheet consists of a cemented carbide substrate, a ripple-shaped gradient layer of a multi-layer structure, and a polycrystalline diamond layer from bottom to top. In the ripple-shaped gradient layer, a content of polycrystalline diamond increases from bottom to top, and a content of cemented carbide decreases from bottom to top. In the ripple-shaped gradient layer, an amplitude of a ripple-shaped structure is 0.2 to 0.6 mm, a wavelength is 1 to 2 mm, a spacing between an upper ripple and a lower ripple of a top layer is set to a gradient of (t/2 to t) mm to t mm from a peak to a trough, and spacings between an upper ripple and a lower ripple of remaining layers are all t mm, wherein t is 0.05 to 0.4.

The application is directed to products and methods related to a TiB.sub.2 substrate with a directing feature, wherein the directing feature is configured to direct TiB.sub.2 wettable material in a predetermined direction. In some embodiments, the TiB.sub.2 substrate is at least partially covered with solid aluminum metal.

A ceramic composite tubular structure includes a monolithic ceramic preform being tubular-shaped created using an additive manufacturing process. The monolithic ceramic preform includes a first end, a second end, an inner surface, and an outer surface. The monolithic ceramic preform includes one or more apertures formed between the inner surface and the outer surface where at least one of the one or more apertures is open to at least one of the first end or the second end. An inner face sheet is formed on the inner surface of the monolithic ceramic preform by a first quantity of ceramic matrix composite plies. An outer face sheet is formed on the outer surface of the monolithic ceramic preform by a second quantity of ceramic matrix composite plies.