Gating mean for metal matrix composite manufacture

Details Gating mean for metal matrix composite manufacture Gating mean for metal matrix composite manufacture

1996-08-23

1998-12-22

Zimmerman, John J.

Stock material or miscellaneous articles

All metal or with adjacent metals

Laterally noncoextensive components

428634, B32B 500, B32B 1520, C22C 109, C22C 110

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058516867

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to the use of a gating means in combination with a spontaneous infiltration process to produce a metal matrix composite body. Particularly, a permeable mass of filler material or a preform is spontaneously infiltrated by molten matrix metal to form a metal matrix composite body. A gating means is provided which controls or limits the areal contact between molten matrix metal and the filler material or preform. The use of a gating means provides for control of the amount of matrix metal which can contact the preform or filler material, which may result in less machining of a formed metal matrix composite body compared with a similar metal matrix composite body made without a gating mean. Moreover, the use of a gating means ameliorates the tendency of a formed metal matrix composite body to warp due to the contact between the formed composite body and matrix metal carcass.

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