Systems and methods for forming a layer onto a surface of a solid substrate and products formed thereby
AssigneeAts Mer, LLC
InventorsLori Bracamonte, James Withers, Jowie Abcede
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Abstract
A method for forming a vehicular brake rotor involving loading a shaped metal substrate with a mixture of metal alloying components and ceramic particles in a dieheating the contents of the die while applying pressure to melt at least one of the metal components of the alloying mixture whereby to densify the contents of the die and form a ceramic particle-containing metal matrix composite coating on the metallic substrate; and cooling the resulting coated product.
Claims12
A method for forming a vehicular brake rotor comprising loading a shaped metal substrate and a mixture of metal alloying components and ceramic particles in a die;
- heating the loaded contents of the die while applying pressure to melt at least one of the metal components of the alloying mixture whereby to densify the contents of the die and cause at least one melted metal alloying component to infiltrate a surface of the metallic substrate to form a ceramic particle-containing alloy coating in direct contact with the surface of the metallic substrate;
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- cooling the resulting coated product, whereupon the ceramic particle-containing alloy coating is directly bonded to the surface of the metallic substrate without any intervening layer, and
- optionally heat treating the coated product.
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