Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference (한국분말야금학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2006.09a
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- Pages.205-206
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- 2006
Development of Ceramic Arc-tube by the PIM Process
- Rhee, Byung-Ohk (Division of Mechanical Engineering, Ajou University) ;
- Choi, Seung-Chul (Division of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Ajou University) ;
- Park, Jeong-Shik (R&D Center, Kinori Co. Ltd.) ;
- Kim, Byoung-Kyu (R&D Center, Kinori Co. Ltd.) ;
- Kim, Hyung-Soo (R&D Center, Kinori Co. Ltd.) ;
- Kim, Sang-Woo (Material Science and Technology Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
- Published : 2006.09.24
Abstract
A ball-shape alumina arc-tube for low-wattage lamp was developed by the PIM process. An ultra high purity translucentgrade alumina powder was used. In injection molding process, a hot-runner type mold was developed. The translucent-grade alumina powder was extremely sensitive to contamination so that the injection molding condition and atmosphere control in the furnace should be taken care of with extreme caution. Contamination sources were pinpointed with EPMA. The arc-tube was molded in half and two halves were bonded in the middle by a new bonding technique at room temperature developed in this study.