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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
May. 07, 2002
Applicant:
Xiaodi Huang, Houghton, MI (US);
Inventor:
Xiaodi Huang, Houghton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Nanometal, LLC, Reed City, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 19/00 (2006.01); B22D 19/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a clad component in which a cladding workpiece having a section comprising a first metal onto which a number of metal beads are rigidly bonded is inserted into a mold. A molten second metal is poured into the mold, where it flows about and covers the beads and is then permitted to cool. This process forms an article made of the second metal, which is mechanically interlocked to the beads, clad by the first metal. Typically the first metal is a high-melting point strong metal, such as steel, and the second metal is a lower-melting point, weaker, but lighter metal, such as aluminum.