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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2001
Peter Conrad Hubert Ament, Wormerveer, NL;
Nicolaas Dirk Adrianus Kooij, Nieuwegein, NL;
Christiaan Johannes Kooij, Alkmaar, NL;
Anthony Stephan Verdier, Heemskerk, NL;
Peter Conrad Hubert Ament, Wormerveer, NL;
Nicolaas Dirk Adrianus Kooij, Nieuwegein, NL;
Christiaan Johannes Kooij, Alkmaar, NL;
Anthony Stephan Verdier, Heemskerk, NL;
Corus Aluminium Walzprodukte GmbH, Koblenz, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for forming a laminate comprising a core of a compressed metal powder mixed with a foaming agent between two metal layers, comprising the successive steps of providing two metal strips and a stock of powder comprising a metal powder mixed with a foaming agent; applying a layer of the powder between the two metal strips; feeding the metal strips, with the powder between them, to a rolling mill; rolling the two strips with the powder between them to form a laminate of compressed powder between two metal layers. The invention also relates to an associated device and to the product formed using the process.