Short-Time Sintering for Cost-Efficient Production and Material Development

This article discusses the advantages of reduced sintering times, deducing the motivation for the development of new short-time sintering techniques in line with the conventional sintering methods. An introduction is given into various short-time sintering techniques highlighting their benefits and possibilities as well as their limitations. Finally the most important development trends are presented, which are expected to facilitate further progress in terms of cost and resource efficient production and material development.