A homemade powder consolidation process combining high heating rates obtained by resistive sintering
and dynamic compaction loading has been developed. The Dynamic Compaction Resistance Sintering
(DCRS) device is fully automated and allows a complete regulation of the loading and temperature cycles
under controlled atmosphere conditions. The general principle is to carry the electric currentfor sintering
by means of copper Hopkinson bars. Thus, in addition to the conventional application of a constant
uniaxial loading (5–100 MPa), the Hopkinson bars offer the possibility of multiple dynamic loadings at
velocities up to 30 m/s. The DCRS device was tested at temperatures as high as 1850 ◦C and for heating
rates up to 1000 ◦C/min. Some of the potentialities of this technique are illustrated through the lowtemperature
consolidation of copper under repeated dynamic loadings and high-temperature sintering
of alumina