Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
213 words
A method of sintering an alloy powder molding which comprises placing an alloy powder molding which is formed by rolling a mixture of an alloy powder and a synthetic resinbased pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, on a metal base material by interposing a composition between the alloy powder molding and the metal base material, keeping the assembly at 150° to 400° C. for at least 5 minutes under a non-oxidizing atmosphere, and sintering the alloy powder molding at a sintering temperature, the improvement wherein the composition at a sintering temperature, the improvement wherein the composition comprises as a main component an acrylic copolymer which comprises about 80 to 99.5% by weight of alkyl (meth)-acrylate having an average carbon atom number of 2 to 12 in the alkyl moiety and about 20 to 0.5% by weight of a polymerizable monomer having a functional group in the molecule or a mixture of 100 parts by weight of the copolymer and about 0.1 to 100 parts by weight of a resin which gives adhesive property, the composition having a 10 second shear creep compiance of about 0.1 to 30×10 -6 cm 2 /dyne at room temperature and at least about 30% by weight of non-volatile materials when heated at 300° C. for 80 minutes under a non-oxidizing atmosphere.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
213 words
A method of sintering an alloy powder molding which comprises placing an alloy powder molding which is formed by rolling a mixture of an alloy powder and a synthetic resinbased pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, on a metal base material by interposing a composition between the alloy powder molding and the metal base material, keeping the assembly at 150° to 400° C. for at least 5 minutes under a non-oxidizing atmosphere, and sintering the alloy powder molding at a sintering temperature, the improvement wherein the composition at a sintering temperature, the improvement wherein the composition comprises as a main component an acrylic copolymer which comprises about 80 to 99.5% by weight of alkyl (meth)-acrylate having an average carbon atom number of 2 to 12 in the alkyl moiety and about 20 to 0.5% by weight of a polymerizable monomer having a functional group in the molecule or a mixture of 100 parts by weight of the copolymer and about 0.1 to 100 parts by weight of a resin which gives adhesive property, the composition having a 10 second shear creep compiance of about 0.1 to 30×10 -6 cm 2 /dyne at room temperature and at least about 30% by weight of non-volatile materials when heated at 300° C. for 80 minutes under a non-oxidizing atmosphere.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the acrylic copolymer comprises 90 to 98% by weight of the alkyl (meth)acrylate and 10 to 2% by weight of the polymerizable monomer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the alkyl (meth)acrylate is an ester of alcohols wherein the alkyl group is selected form the group consisting of n-butyl, isobutyl, 1-ethylpropyl, 1-methylpentyl, 2-methylpentyl, 3-methylpentyl, 1-ethylbutyl, 2-ethylbutyl, isooctyl, 2-ethylhexyl, 3,5,5-trimethylhexyl, decyl and dodecyl.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
67 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the polymerization monomer is selected from the group consisting of a monomer having a carboxyl group as the functional group, a monomer hving a hydroxyl group as the functional group, a monomer having an epoxy group as the functional group, a monomer having a methylol group as the functional group and a monomer having an amino group as the functional group.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the amount of the resin which gives adhesive property is 5 to 70 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the acrylic copolymer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the resin which gives adhesive property is selected from the group consisting of phenol resin, coumarone-indene resin, polyterpene resin, rosin resin, petroleum resin and polyvinyl ether resin.