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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1995
George T Fisher, II, Shedd, OR (US);
Jeffrey S Hansen, Corvallis, OR (US);
Laurance L Oden, Albany, OR (US);
Paul C Turner, Albany, OR (US);
Thomas L Ochs, Albany, OR (US);
Abstract
A method making a titanium ceramic composite involves forming a hot pressed powder body having a microstructure comprising at least one titanium metal or alloy layer and at least one ceramic particulate reinforced titanium metal or alloy layer and hot forging the hot pressed body follwed by hot rolling to substantially reduce a thickness dimension and substantially increase a lateral dimension thereof to form a composite plate or sheet that retains in the microstructure at least one titanium based layer and at least one ceramic reinforced titanium based layer in the thickness direction of the composite plate or sheet.