Method of training nitinol wire

Details Method of training nitinol wire Method of training nitinol wire

2004-09-27

2008-08-19

Wyszomierski, George (Department: 1793)

Metal treatment

Process of modifying or maintaining internal physical...

Heating or cooling of solid metal

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07413622

ABSTRACT:
A method of coating a pre-formed trainable material, such as nitinol wire, with a heat resistant substance, heat treating, and cooling to form a desired shape. The substance can be removed by various methods after heat treatment, depending upon the composition of the substance. The method includes forming a trainable material around a mold that dissolves, vaporizes, or can otherwise be removed. The method is useful for forming complicated shapes that would be expensive or impossible to form by conventional methods.

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