Abstract:
A brake drum includes a ring-shaped drum body (13), and a friction member (16) secured to the inner circumferential surface (18) of the drum body. Because the drum body is formed of a lightweight A1 alloy and the friction member is formed of an A1-base composite material, the brake drum can be reduced in weight as a whole. Further, because the friction member, having projecting portions (17a) formed on its outer periphery (17), is cast-enveloped by molten metal of the A1 alloy, the friction member and the drum body can be firmly fastened together. Thus, even when a great braking force is applied to the drum brake, the friction member can be prevented from being undesirably detached from the drum body.
Abstract:
The present invention describes a diamond tool (10) with diamond bonded chemically by a braze (28) that contains either Cr, Mn, Si, or Al or mixtures or alloys thereof. The diamond tool (10) is made by infiltrating the braze (28) into a matrix metal (24) that contains diamond (20) in either form of grits or polycrystalline bodies.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for the production of heat-resistant composite materials comprising a ceramic and a metallic phase with melting points of at least 1100° C. The invention also relates to said composite materials and to their possible applications.
Abstract:
A composite material having less than about 25 volume percent refractory particles in a metal matrix is concentrated to have about 37-45 volume percent refractory particles. The concentrating is preferably accomplished by heating the composite material to melt the matrix, and then contacting the molten composite material to a porous element having an average pore size greater than that of the average particle size. A small pressure differential, on the order of about one atmosphere, is applied across the porous element, so that metal matrix material separates from the composite material and flows through the porous element. The particulate volume fraction in the composite material gradually increases. When the particulate volume fraction exceeds about 37 volume percent, the mass of composite material becomes semi-solid and freestanding. The resulting composite material may be further processed, as by forming to a useful shape or diluting with another matrix material.
Abstract:
There are disclosed a method for producing a composite material composed of a dispersing agent and a matrix, and a composite material produced by the method. The matrix is formed by the steps of coating a metal-coated dispersing agent to form a metal-coated layer on the surface of the dispersing agent, filling the metal-coated dispersing agent in a jig prepared in a fixed shape, and then causing the reaction of the metal-coated layer with a molten A1 by impregnating the metal-coated dispersing agent with the molten A1 filled in the jig.
Abstract:
A porous composite material includes a metal material for forming a matrix, and at least two kinds of fine particle materials having different wettabilities with respect to the metal material. The porous composite material is provided by melting and impregnating the metal material for forming a matrix with the mixture of at least two kinds of fine particle materials. The porous composite material has excellent characteristics in shock absorbency, acoustics, non-combustibility, lightness, rigidity, and so forth.
Abstract:
Golf club structures, including club heads and shafts, composed of composites comprised of a matrix of metal, such as an aluminum alloy, or a plastic material and a fiber such as graphite or a ceramic, which may be whiskerized, and which may also be selectively weighted as in the toe and heel of a club head, with heavy particles such as tungsten metal. The club structure may also be surface hardened by applying a coating of fullerenes to a metal club structure and heat treating it to produce a hard coating of metal carbide, preferably by coating a titanium golf club structure with fullerenes and heat treating the coated structure to produce a titanium carbide surface.
Abstract:
Complex-shaped, ceramic-metal composite articles are prepared by: a) contacting a non-wettable powder that is non-wetting and non-reactive to a metal to be used for infiltration with a shaped ceramic body having a removable portion not present in said article to form a layer of the non-wettable powder covering the surface of the shaped ceramic body except for said removable portion, wherein the shaped ceramic body is comprised of a ceramic which is reactive with the metal under the conditions of step (b); b) infiltrating the shaped ceramic body with the metal through said removable portion, where there is no layer of the non-wettable powder, such that a complex-shaped ceramic-metal composite comprising one or more metal phases and one or more ceramic phases is formed, wherein undesirable regions of excess metal on the surface and undesirable phases within the complex-shaped ceramic-metal composite article near the surface are located only in said removable portion; and (c) removing said removable portion, whereby the article has substantially the net shape of the shaped ceramic body without said portion.
Abstract:
Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Metall-Matrix-Composite- (MMC-) Bauteiles umfassend eine keramische, poröse Konsistenz aufweisende Vorform, deren Poren mit Matrix-Metall gefüllt sind, wobei zur Herstellung der Vorform keramisches Pulver mit einem flüssigen Träger ohne Zugabe eines Bindemittels zu einem thixotrope Eigenschaften aufweisenden Schlicker (2) vermischt wird, dieser Schlicker (2) in eine im wesentlichen dichte Konsistenz aufweisende Gußform (5) eingebracht wird, welche Gußform (5) zumindest nach Abschluß des Schlicker-Einbringens, vorzugsweise auch während des Schlicker-Einbringens mit Vibrationen beaufschlagt wird, und der Schlicker (2) durch Abstellen der Vibrationen und InRuhe-Halten der Gußform (5) erstarren gelassen wird, wobei weiters der Schlicker (2) in der Gußform (5) zu einem Vorformkörper verfestigt wird und Metall in die Poren dieses Vorformkörpers eingegossen wird, und die Gußform (5) nach Abschluß des Schlicker-Einbringens und vor dem Erstarren-Lassen weiterhin mit Vibrationen beaufschlagt gehalten wird, wodurch der im Schlicker (2) enthaltene flüssige Träger von den Keramikpartikeln abgetrennt wird und auf diesen aufschwimmt und der Schlicker (2) gleichzeitig zu einem Vorformkörper verfestigt wird, der auf den Keramikpartikeln aufschwimmende flüssige Träger nach Abstellen der Vibrationen entfernt wird, der Vorformkörper keinen weiteren Verfestigungsmaßnahmen, wie z.B. Sintern, Pressen od. dgl. unterworfen wird und zum Eingießen des Metalles in seine Poren in der Gußform (5), in welcher er hergestellt wurde, belassen wird.