METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPEN-CELL BODIES AND BODIES MANUFACTURED USING SAID METHOD

In the method in accordance with the invention of manufacturing an open-cell body from a metal or ceramic material, a procedure is followed such that individual parts of an open pore plastic in a size which corresponds to the size of the bodies to be manufactured while taking account of the shrinkage on a sintering or an open pore plastic element having predetermined break points which take account of the size and geometrical design of bodies to be manufactured while considering the shrinkage in the sintering are/is infiltrated and coated with a suspension in which, in addition to a liquid, at least one powdery material is contained with which the bodies are manufactured. Organic components are expelled after a first heat treatment. Subsequently, a sintering is carried out in which open-cell bodies are obtained, wherein the parts of porous plastic provided with the suspension are separated before the first heat treatment and/or sintering or wherein, after the sintering, the open-cell element which is obtained from the plastic element from the material with which the bodies are formed is cut by forces acting at the desired break points and thereby bodies can be obtained which are present in separated form.