Claims
- 1. A method of producing a composite article in which two glass bodies are hermetically joined along opposed sealing surfaces by an intermediate layer of a sealing material, each glass body being molded from a borosilicate glass having a coefficient of thermal expansion in the range of 30 to 40.times.10.sup.-7 /.degree.C., the method comprising the following steps: forming a sealing mixture composed of a sealing glass and a mill addition, the sealing glass having a softening point below 700.degree. C., a coefficient of thermal expansion greater than that of the borosilicate glass parts, and being a zinc silicoborate consisting essentially, expressed in weight percent on the oxide basis, of 60-70% ZnO, 10-16% SiO.sub.2, and 19-25% B.sub.2 O.sub.3, and containing in its composition 1-20% by weight of an infra-red absorbing oxide selected from copper oxide, iron oxide, and mixtures of such oxides, and the mill addition, as compared to the sealing glass, having a substantially higher softening point, a lower coefficient of thermal expansion, and being a glass having the approximate composition of the mineral cordierite; applying a strip-like layer of such sealing material to the sealing surface of at least one part; assembling the glass bodies in contacting relation through the sealing material; and focusing infra-red radiation sources through the walls of the parts onto opposite sides of the sealing material to soften the sealing glass and form a hermetic seal between the glass bodies.
- 2. A method in accordance with claim 1 in which the assembly is preheated to a temperature not over about 500.degree. C. prior to applying infra-red heat to the sealing zone.
- 3. A method according to claim 1 wherein said focused infra-red radiation is directed from two separate sources set at an angle on the order of 60.degree.-90.degree. with respect to each other so that radiation is focused at both the upper and lower surfaces of the sealing glass layer.
- 4. A method according to claim 1 wherein said mill addition does not exceed about 20% by weight of said sealing material.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 11,513, filed Feb. 12, 1979, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,238,704.
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Divisions (1)
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