Engine or engine part and a method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeBayer International SA
InventorsHenning Zoz, Michael Dvorak, Horst Adams
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an engine 52, in particular a combustion engine or a jet-power unit, or an engine part 54, 56 made from metal, and in particular Al or Mg, or an alloy comprising one or more thereof. The engine or engine part is made from a compound material of said metal reinforced by nanoparticles, in particular CNT, wherein the reinforced metal has a microstructure comprising metal crystallites at least partly separated by said nanoparticles
Claims21
1-49. (canceled)
An engine or an engine part made from a compound material of a metal reinforced by nanoparticles, wherein the reinforced metal has a microstructure comprising metal crystallites at least partly separated by said nanoparticles.
A method of manufacturing an engine part comprising the following steps:
- producing a composite powder material, said material comprising a metal and nanoparticles,
- said composite powder particles comprising metal crystallites at least partly separated from each other by said nano particles, and
- a step of compacting the composite powder into a finished engine part or a blank for said engine part.
A gear wheel made from a compound material of a metal reinforced by nanoparticles, wherein the reinforced metal has a microstructure comprising metal crystallites at least partly separated by said nanoparticles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.