Sintering's a method for making objects from powder, by heating the material in a sintering furnace below its melting point (solid state sintering) until its particles adhere to each other. Sintering's traditionally used for manufacturing ceramic objects, and has also found uses in such fields as powder metallurgy. The word "sinter" comes from the Middle High German Sinter, a cognate of English "cinder". Advantages Particular advantages of this powder technology include: the possibility of very… (More on Sintering)