Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Hirohide Shibata

Hiroto Shoji

Takaharu Echigo

Katsuhiro Shibata

Yusuke Toyoda

Satoshi Matsuura

Takahiro Mizukami

Masashi Hara

Hiroki Takano

A forming method wherein a billet (B,C) comprising a metal-based composite material () prepared by mixing an aluminum alloy () and a ceramic () is subjected to pressure forming to manufacture a formed article, which comprises carrying out the pressure forming by the use of different compression ratios for different portions of the formed article, wherein a compression ratio means the ratio of the height of a billet before the pressure forming to height of the billet after the pressure forming. The above forming method allows the manufacture of a formed article having different volume contents 8Vf) of the ceramic for different portions thereof.

Method of forming a product of metal-based composite material

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Wako, Japan

Hirohide Shibata