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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen E. LeBeau, Northville, MI (US);
D. Matthew Walukas, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Raymond F. Decker, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Thixomat, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 2/100 ;
Abstract
An alloy feedstock for semi-solid metal injection molding. The alloy feedstock is an alloy material in particulate form and has a heterogeneous structure, a temperature range at 20% of the height of the peak of the main melting reaction greater than 40° C., and having a ratio of the height of the peak of the eutectic reaction to the height of the main melting reaction of less than 0.5.