Method of producing a fiber-reinforced composite article
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKeisuke Ban, Akimasa Daimaru, Noriaki Miyake
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Abstract
A method of producing a fiber reinforced composite article comprising forming a shaped fiber body of predetermined configuration from inorganic fibers, placing a tubular member in the shaped fiber body, the tubular member having an opened end and a plurality of communication ports therein and charging a molten matrix alloy by squeeze casting from the outside of the shaped fiber body and, additionally, from the inside of the shaped fiber body through the tubular member. The article can be a connecting rod of an internal combustion engine and the shaped fiber body can be located at a position corresponding to a rib for reinforcing the connecting rod.
Claims10
A method of producing a fiber-reinforced composite article comprising the steps of forming an assembly of a shaped fiber body of a predetermined shape from inorganic fibers with a tubular member in said shaped fiber body, said tubular member having an open end and a plurality of communication ports therein, and charging a molten matrix alloy by squeeze casting from the outside of said shaped fiber body and additionally from the inside of the shaped fiber body through said tubular member thereby to obtain the composite article.
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