METHODS OF MAKING METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE AND ALLOY ARTICLES

• Main Authors: ZHENG Qingjun, SUBBAIYAN Sudharsan, FAUST James A, DE WET Danie J, ROWE Mark J, LIU Yixiong, MEYER Michael J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.05.2017
• Subjects: ALLOYS; CASTING; CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES; CHEMISTRY; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; MACHINE TOOLS; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; METALLURGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POWDER METALLURGY; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM; WORKING METALLIC POWDER

In one aspect, methods of making freestanding metal matrix composite articles and alloy articles are described. A method of making a freestanding composite article described herein comprises disposing over a surface of the temporary substrate a layered assembly comprising a layer of infiltration metal or alloy and a hard particle layer formed of a flexible sheet comprising organic binder and the hard particles. The layered assembly is heated to infiltrate the hard particle layer with metal or alloy providing a metal matrix composite, and the metal matrix composite is separated from the temporary substrate. Further, a method of making a freestanding alloy article described herein comprises disposing over the surface of a temporary substrate a flexible sheet comprising organic binder and powder alloy and heating the sheet to provide a sintered alloy article. The sintered alloy article is then separated from the temporary substrate.