The invention relates to a decorative item made of a cermet material including by weight between 70 and 97% of a ceramic phase and between 3 and 30% of a metal binder phase, the metal binder comprising at least one element or its alloy selected from the list consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, platinum, gold and silver, the ceramic phase including a nitride phase and optionally an oxide and/or oxynitride phase, said nitride phase being present in relation to the total weight of the cermet material in a percentage between 70 and 97% and said oxide and/or oxynitride phase in a percentage between 0 and 15%.

The present invention also relates to the method implemented to produce this item.

The invention relates to a decorative item made of a cermet material including by weight between 70 and 97% of a ceramic phase and between 3 and 30% of a metal binder phase, the metal binder comprising at least one element or its alloy selected from the list consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, platinum, gold and silver, the ceramic phase including a nitride phase and optionally an oxide and/or oxynitride phase, said nitride phase being present in relation to the total weight of the cermet material in a percentage between 70 and 97% and said oxide and/or oxynitride phase in a percentage between 0 and 15%.

The present invention also relates to the method implemented to produce this item.

A manufacturing method for a three-dimensional structure includes forming unit layers using at least one of a first flowable composition including first powder and a second flowable composition including second powder and solidifying at least one of the first flowable composition including the first powder and the second flowable composition including the second powder in the unit layers. In the forming the unit layers, both of the first flowable composition and the second flowable composition are caused to be present in plane directions crossing a thickness direction of the unit layers.

In some examples, techniques of repairing and/or reinforcing oxide-oxide ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials using a metallic material. In one example, a method including applying a metallic material at an edge of an oxide-oxide CMC substrate; and heating the metallic material to diffuse the metal material into the oxide-oxide CMC substrate at the edge. In another example, a method including applying a metallic material onto a damaged area of the oxide-oxide CMC; applying a reinforcing phase material onto the damaged area of the oxide-oxide CMC; and heating the metallic material to diffuse the metallic material into the oxide-oxide CMC and attach the reinforcing phase material to the damaged area of the oxide-oxide CMC.

A tooling assembly, including a cermet tool body and an electrically nonconductive polymer support body at least partially encapsulating the cermet tool body. The cermet tool body and electrically nonconductive polymer body further include a plurality of high magnetic permeability metallic particles distributed therethrough. Each respective high magnetic permeability metallic particle has a magnetic permeability of at least 0.0001 H/m. Each respective high magnetic permeability metallic particle has a relative permeability of at least 100.

A tooling assembly, including a cermet tool body and an electrically nonconductive polymer support body at least partially encapsulating the cermet tool body. The cermet tool body and electrically nonconductive polymer body further include a plurality of high magnetic permeability metallic particles distributed therethrough. Each respective high magnetic permeability metallic particle has a magnetic permeability of at least 0.0001 H/m. Each respective high magnetic permeability metallic particle has a relative permeability of at least 100.

A tooling assembly, including a cermet tool body and an electrically nonconductive polymer support body at least partially encapsulating the cermet tool body. The cermet tool body and electrically nonconductive polymer body further include a plurality of high magnetic permeability metallic particles distributed therethrough. Each respective high magnetic permeability metallic particle has a magnetic permeability of at least 0.0001 H/m. Each respective high magnetic permeability metallic particle has a relative permeability of at least 100.

A system may include a powder source; a powder delivery device; an energy delivery device; and a computing device. The computing device may be configured to: control the powder source to deliver metal powder to the powder delivery device; control the powder delivery device to deliver the metal powder to a surface of an abrasive coating; and control the energy delivery device to deliver energy to at least one of the abrasive coating or the metal powder to cause the metal powder to be joined to the abrasive coating.

A system may include a powder source; a powder delivery device; an energy delivery device; and a computing device. The computing device may be configured to: control the powder source to deliver metal powder to the powder delivery device; control the powder delivery device to deliver the metal powder to a surface of an abrasive coating; and control the energy delivery device to deliver energy to at least one of the abrasive coating or the metal powder to cause the metal powder to be joined to the abrasive coating.

The present disclosure relates to a process to integrate sintered components in a laminate substrate. The disclosed process starts with providing a precursor substrate, which includes a substrate body having an opening through the substrate body, and a first foil layer. Herein, the first foil layer is formed underneath the substrate body, so as to fully cover a bottom of the opening. Next, a sinterable base material is applied into the opening and over the first foil layer, and then sintered at a first sintering temperature to create a sintered base component. A sinterable contact material is applied over the sintered base component, and then sintered at a second sintering temperature to create a sintered contact film. The sintered base component is confined within the opening by the substrate body on sides, by the first foil layer on bottom, and by the sintered contact film on top.