Description: an SPF operation with diffusion bonding (SPF/DB) of two or more pieces of titanium together to produce integrally stiffened structure containing very few fasteners. Another process for ...

The other bonafide metallurgical joining methods are brazing, welding, and some of the more recent developments that are a combination of these, e.g., diffusion bonding and thermal-compression bonding ...

FIBRE or filament reinforcement of metals is usually carried out by the conventional processes of hot rolling, vacuum infiltration or diffusion bonding of the reinforcement with the matrix metal 1.