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1. Hot isostatic compression technology
Interest in very high gas pressures dates back to the 1940s, with the manufacture of synthetic diamonds from graphite. However, the invention of hot isostatic pressing dates back to 1955, when researchers at the Battelle Institute in the USA developed a plant capable of processing nuclear fuel elements at temperatures of up to 830°C and 69 MPa of neutral gas pressure. . The aim was to diffusion weld the cladding to the fuel, in particular to improve thermal contact between the two.
The markets that justified developments between 1960 and the 1980s concerned the manufacture of beryllium products...
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Hot isostatic compression technology
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International Conference on Hot Isostatic Pressing: international conference, every 3 years (Stockholm 2014, Sydney 2017).
Euro PM congress and exhibition: annual European conference on powder metallurgy with, since 2012, a session on HIP.
World PM: international conference on powder metallurgy, every 6 years, with sessions on HIP (Florence 2010, Hamburg 2016).
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