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US 5,884,388 AGranted
Method for manufacturing a friction-wear aluminum part
AssigneeAluminum Company of America
InventorsEdward P. Patrick, A. Victor Pajerski, Roger W. Kaufold, Robert J. Speer
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Abstract
A friction-wear aluminum part which includes a metal substrate and friction-wear coating applied to at least a portion of the outer surface to said substrate. The coating is a mixture of both aluminum and stainless steel. On a preferred basis, the surface of the substrate is intentionally roughened or grooved to facilitate bonding of the coating thereto. An associated method is also disclosed.
Claims22
A method of producing a friction-wear automotive part comprises:
- (a) providing a metal article with at least one outer surface;
- (b) heating the outer surface of said metal article to one or more temperatures between about 200.degree. to 1000.degree. F.;
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- (c) applying a metallic, friction-wear coating to said heated outer surface to produce said friction-wear automotive part, said metallic coating containing both aluminum and steel.
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