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US 6,514,562 B1Granted
Carbon-carbon fiber composite materials
AssigneeSurface Transforms Ltd.
InventorsDavid Thomas Clark, Julio Joseph Faria, Margaret Lillian Steel
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Abstract
Defective, e.g. worn or substandard, carbon-carbon fibre composite materials such as frictional materials in brakes or clutches may be restored and/or upgraded by impregnation with a molten reactive metal source comprising a carbide-forming metal or a derivative thereof such as an oxide.
Claims9
A process for enhancing the properties of used carbon-carbon fibre composite material which comprises impregnating said material with a molten carbide-forming metal or oxide thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.