Nissan Motor Company Limited

Ube Industries, Inc.

Nichias Corporation

Atsugi Motor Parts Company, Limited

Harumichi Hino

Mikiya Komatsu

Kenichi Shibata

Junichi Ogawa

Mitsushi Wadasako

Masayoshi Sasaki

Yoshitaka Ueda

Fumio Saeki

Shujiro Oki

Yoshikazu Hirasawa

A process of production of alumina short fiber reinforced magnesium or magnesium alloy product features formation of alumina short fiber pre-form utilizing a inorganic binder which is composed of one or more oxides having thermodynamically stability equivalent to or higher than MgO. In the alternative, the composite almina fiber and binder surfaces of the alumina short fiber pre-form can be coated by a baked coating layer. Pressure casting of molten magnesium or magnesium alloy is then performed for forming the final products.

Alumina short fiber reinforced magnesium alloy having stable oxide

A composite material having heat resistance at elevated temperatures and excellent mechanical properties to be used for parts of automotive vehicles, especially for pistons, machine parts or aerospace materials is composed of fiber reinforced magnesium alloy as a matrix having a composition of magnesium alloy containing up to 2 to 15 wt %, but preferably 4 to 7 wt % of neodymium or corresponding amount of neodymium-type metals, for example, didymium containing at least 70 wt % of neodymium. The composite material is composed of 70 to 95 vol % of the matrix and 30 to 5 vol % of short alumina fibers as the reinforcement.

Fiber reinforced magnesium alloy

A method of producing a fiber reinforced metal composition is characterized by a unique and successful pressure exerting program for consolidating a fiber assembly fabricated into a desired configuration and a molten metal matrix. The program is generally constituted a first step in which relatively low pressure is exerted on the molten metal for consolidation of the fiber assembly and the molten metal and a second step in which pressure is instantly increased to a maximum pressure for solidification of the metal matrix.

Method for producing fiber reinforced metal composition

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