公开(公告)号：WO2023023259A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-23

申请号：PCT/US2022/040776

申请日：2022-08-18

Applicant: AGILE ULTRASONICS CORP. ,  SHORT, Matthew, A. ,  STRATTON, James

Inventor： SHORT, Matthew, A. ,  STRATTON, James

IPC: B23K20/10 ,  B29C65/08

Abstract: A system for consolidating materials, comprising a sonotrode configured to direct ultrasonic energy into materials to be consolidated, wherein the materials to be consolidated have both a glass transition temperature and a melting temperature; a non-rigid consolidating material in proximity to the sonotrode, wherein the non-rigid consolidating material and sonotrode define a region therebetween for receiving the materials to be consolidated, and wherein the non-rigid consolidating material has a glass transition temperature that is higher than the glass transition temperature of the materials to be consolidated and a melting temperature that is higher than the melting temperature of the materials to be consolidated.