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hot isostatic pressing

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hot isostatic pressing [¦hät ‚ī·sō¦stad·ik ′pres·iŋ]
(engineering)
A process in which a ceramic or metal powder is consolidated by heating and compressing the powder equally from all directions inside a sealed flexible mold. Abbreviated HIP.


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Metallurgies based on hot isostatic pressing (HIP) of metal powders are growing in popularity for adding abrasion and corrosion resistance to twin-screw equipment.
With a plant in Sweden, Metso produces powder-metallurgy-based billets via hot isostatic pressing primarily for customers in the offshore and energy industries.
Hot isostatic pressing (hipping) is a well-developed technique for processing powdered ceramics and metals to get an isotropic, defect-free, and void-free material (1).
 
 
 
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