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AssigneeSnecma
InventorsJean-Michel Patrick Maurice FRANCHET, Gilles Charles Casimir Klein, Christian Garnier, Patrick Petitpas, Pierre Eric Frayssines, Mikaël Dumont
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The invention relates to a process of coating fibers with a metal by a liquid method. In this process, a fiber (3) is drawn through a bath (15) of molten liquid metal so as to coated with the latter, the liquid metal bath (15) being maintained in a crucible (9) of the “levitation” type, which at least partly eliminates contact between the liquid metal and the crucible (9). The bath (15) is fed with metal, during the process, by a metal powder (16). Thanks to the invention, the molten metal bath is fed in a simple and effective manner.
A device for coating fibers with a metal by a liquid method, for implementing a process of coating fibers with metal, for example ceramic fibers, by a liquid method, in which a fiber is drawn through a bath of molten liquid metal, for example a titanium alloy, in order to be coated with the latter, the liquid metal bath being maintained in a crucible of the “levitation” type, which at least partly eliminates contact between the liquid metal and the crucible, comprising a feed module for feeding metal powder into the molten liquid metal bath.
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