The present invention provides a magnetic core having insulating properties, and a method for manufacturing the magnetic core. Provided is a magnetic core manufactured by compression molding and subsequent thermal curing of an iron-based soft magnetic powder having a resin coating formed on particle surfaces thereof. The iron-based soft magnetic powder is one in which the particle surfaces have been coated with an inorganic insulator; the resin coating is an uncured resin coating formed by dry blending the powder with a thermosetting resin at a temperature equal to or greater than the softening point of the thermosetting resin and lower than the thermal curing initiation temperature of the resin; the compression molding is carried out by using a mold to produce a compression molded body; and the thermal curing is carried out at a temperature equal to or greater than the thermal curing initiation temperature of the thermosetting resin.

A method for binder jetting additive manufacturing of an object, the method comprising: (i) separately feeding a powder from which said object is to be manufactured and a solution comprising an adhesive polymer dissolved in a solvent into an additive manufacturing device, wherein said adhesive polymer is an amine-containing polymer having a molecular weight of at least 200 g/mole and is present in said solution in a concentration of 1-30 wt % to result in said solution having a viscosity of 2-25 mPa.Math.s and a surface tension of 25-45 mN/m at room temperature; and (ii) dispensing selectively positioned droplets of said adhesive polymer, from a printhead of said additive manufacturing device, into a bed of said powder to bind particles of said powder with said adhesive polymer to produce a preform having a shape of the object to be manufactured.

Provided are: a sintering binder including nanoparticles, a method for producing the sintering binder, and a method for bonding using the sintering binder. The sintering binder mainly includes cuprous oxide nanoparticles, combines particle stability with bondability, and less undergoes ion migration. A composite particle including metallic copper with the remainder being cuprous oxide and inevitable impurities is used for bonding typically of metals. The composite particle structurally includes metallic copper dispersed inside the particle and has an average particle size of 1000 nm or less.

A method for connecting components involves providing an arrangement of at least two components each containing at least one metallic contact surface and a metallic sintering agent in the form of a metallic solid body having metal oxide surfaces arranged between the components and pressuring sintering the arrangement whereby metal oxide surfaces of the metallic sintering agent and the metallic contact surfaces of the components each form a joint contact surface. The pressure sintering is carried out in an atmosphere containing at least one oxidizable compound and/or the metal oxide surfaces are provided with at least one oxidizable organic compound before formation of the corresponding joint contact surface.

A method for preparing a Nd—Fe—B-based sintered magnet. The method includes: 1) providing a master alloy and an auxiliary alloy, the master alloy being a Nd—Fe—B alloy ingot or cast strip, the auxiliary alloy being a heavy rare earth alloy; 2) breaking up the master alloy using a hydrogen decrepitation process to yield a crude powder, conducting hydrogen absorption treatment on the auxiliary alloy and breaking up the hydrogenated auxiliary alloy to yield hydride particles; 3) uniformly mixing and stirring the crude powder of the master alloy and the hydride particles of the auxiliary alloy to yield a mixture; 4) milling the mixture obtained in step 3) to yield powders; 5) uniformly stirring the powders obtained in step 4) and conducting orientation forming treatment on the powders, to yield a raw body of a Nd—Fe—B based magnet; and 6) sintering the raw body of the Nd—Fe—B based magnet.

A method for preparing a Nd—Fe—B-based sintered magnet. The method includes: 1) providing a master alloy and an auxiliary alloy, the master alloy being a Nd—Fe—B alloy ingot or cast strip, the auxiliary alloy being a heavy rare earth alloy; 2) breaking up the master alloy using a hydrogen decrepitation process to yield a crude powder, conducting hydrogen absorption treatment on the auxiliary alloy and breaking up the hydrogenated auxiliary alloy to yield hydride particles; 3) uniformly mixing and stirring the crude powder of the master alloy and the hydride particles of the auxiliary alloy to yield a mixture; 4) milling the mixture obtained in step 3) to yield powders; 5) uniformly stirring the powders obtained in step 4) and conducting orientation forming treatment on the powders, to yield a raw body of a Nd—Fe—B based magnet; and 6) sintering the raw body of the Nd—Fe—B based magnet.

[Object] There is provided a porous sintered body has a uniform porosity, a high level of freedom in body formation which allows formation into varieties shapes and various levels of porosity, and a very large surface area. [Solution] The porous sintered body includes: hollow cores which follow a vanished shape of an interlaced or otherwise structured fibriform vanisher material; sintered walls 226 which extend longitudinally of the cores and obtained by sintering a first sintering powder held around the cores; and voids formed between the sintered walls. The cores and the voids communicate with each other via absent regions formed in the sintered walls. The sintered walls have surfaces formed with a sintered microparticulate layer 232 made from a material containing a second sintering powder which has a smaller diameter than the first sintering powder, and has predetermined pores 231.

This method for producing porous sintered aluminum includes: mixing aluminum powder with a sintering aid powder containing titanium to obtain a raw aluminum mixed powder; mixing the raw aluminum mixed powder with a water-soluble resin binder, water, and a plasticizer containing at least one selected from polyhydric alcohols, ethers, and esters to obtain a viscous composition; drying the viscous composition in a state where air bubbles are mixed therein to obtain a formed object prior to sintering; and heating the formed object prior to sintering in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, wherein when a temperature at which the raw aluminum mixed powder starts to melt is expressed as Tm (° C.), a temperature T (° C.) of the heating fulfills Tm−10 (° C.)≤T≤685 (° C.).

A method for preserving the shape of an object during sintering includes filling at least one volume defined by a surface of the object with a plurality of balls, sintering the object together with the balls and separating the object from the balls post sintering. The balls have a diameter of 0.5 mm-12 mm.

A method of additively manufacturing is provided. The method may include successively depositing and fusing together layers of a superalloy powder mixture comprised of a base material powder and a eutectic powder, to build up an additive portion, which eutectic powder has a solidus temperature lower than the solidus temperature of the base material powder. The method may also include heat treating the additive portion at a temperature greater than 1200° C. to heal cracks and/or fill pores and to homogenize the alloy of which the additive portion is comprised. The additive portion alloy has a chemistry defined by the superalloy powder mixture. The base material powder may be formed of a nickel-base superalloy with an aluminum content by weight of at least 1.5%. The eutectic powder may be a nickel-base alloy including by weight about 6% to about 11% chromium, about 5% to about 9% titanium, and about 9% to about 13% zirconium, with balance nickel as its primary components.