US3720257A - Method of producing carbon fiber-reinforced metal - Google Patents

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US3720257A
US3720257A US00099521A US3720257DA US3720257A US 3720257 A US3720257 A US 3720257A US 00099521 A US00099521 A US 00099521A US 3720257D A US3720257D A US 3720257DA US 3720257 A US3720257 A US 3720257A
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H Beutler
Lamotte E De
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
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    • C22C49/00—Alloys containing metallic or non-metallic fibres or filaments
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    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T428/12—All metal or with adjacent metals
    • Y10T428/12486—Laterally noncoextensive components [e.g., embedded, etc.]
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T428/12—All metal or with adjacent metals
    • Y10T428/12493—Composite; i.e., plural, adjacent, spatially distinct metal components [e.g., layers, joint, etc.]
    • Y10T428/12535—Composite; i.e., plural, adjacent, spatially distinct metal components [e.g., layers, joint, etc.] with additional, spatially distinct nonmetal component
    • Y10T428/12625—Free carbon containing component
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T428/12—All metal or with adjacent metals
    • Y10T428/12493—Composite; i.e., plural, adjacent, spatially distinct metal components [e.g., layers, joint, etc.]
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    • Y10T428/12743—Next to refractory [Group IVB, VB, or VIB] metal-base component

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  • ABSTRACT A method of producing carbon fiber-reinforced metal wherein the carbon fibers are first coated with nickel, the coated fibers are then combined with a melt of the metal heated in a crucible under a vacuum or protec- 8-Claims, No Drawings METHOD OF PRODUCING CARBON FIBER- REINFORCED METAL troduce carbon fibers into various'metals, which did not bring, however, the expected result in most cases. This seems to be due to the difficulty of achieving a good wetting between the metallic melt and the carbon fibers. For example, attempts at casting pure aluminum or copper around commercial carbon fibers failed completely.
  • the general object of this invention is to provide a method which does not suffer from these disadvantages.
  • the method according to the invention is characterized in that carbon fibers, whose surface is completely covered with nickel, are surrounded with a metallic melt whose temperature is below the melting temperature of nickel, and allowed to solidify to a compound material.
  • the molten metal consists preferably of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. Copper or tin or copper or tin alloys can also'be of advantage for certain uses.
  • the fibers whose starting material was polyacrylicnitrile were first provided electrolytically with a copper coat varying in thickness from 20 to 100 A in order to increase the uniformity of the fiber surface and the electric conductivity of the fibers; subsequently the fibers were covered electrolytically with a nickel coat varying in thickness between 0.l and 1 micron. Then the nickel coated fibers were brought into a crucible with aluminum pieces. The crucible was then heated to the melting point of the aluminum under a vacuum of 10" mm Hg, so that the fibers become surrounded by liquid aluminum. To keep the contact time between the fibers and the liquid metallic melt short, the temperature was brought below the melting point again after 1 to 20 seconds, to allow the aluminum to solidify again after this time. The crucible consisted of graphite and was heated electrically by current induction. The same procedures were carried out with nickel coated carbon fibers and surrounding copper, tin or aluminum-,
  • Tests showed that it is possible to reinforce in this manner a metal with carbon fibers without impairing the good properties of the latter, that the carbon fibers thus treated are uniformly distributed in the metal compound materials with improved properties within a wide range of specific temperatures, cooling rate and chemical composition.
  • the starting material of the carbon fibers is preferably polyacrylic-nitrile.
  • the metallic melt can also contain alloying additions which reduce the specific surface tension of the melt with respect to the carbon fibers.
  • Carbon compound materials can be used, for example, in lightconstruction, where a high specific strength is required. Examples are centrifugal motors, turbine blades, compressor blades and moving parts in looms.
  • Carbon fiber/copper compound materials have good electrical properties and increased strength. Examples for the use of such a material are, for example, locomotive'pantographs, trolley wires and liquid-cooled tubular conductors.
  • Carbon fiber/tin/alloycompound materials have increased strength and improved friction properties. Examples can be found in the highly stressed babbitbearings for diesel engines and turbo rotors.
  • the method of producing a carbon fiber-reinforced metal body which comprises the sequence of steps of enhancing the electrical conductivity of the carbon fibers by initially covering them with a copper coating having a thickness of from 20 to A; completely covering the copper-coated surfaces of the carbon fibers with a uniform layer of nickel having a thickness not greater than 1 micron; surrounding said nickel-coated carbon fibers, in a non-oxidizing environment, with a melt of a metal having a melting temperature lower than that of nickel; and solidifying the melt to a carbon fiber-reinforced metal body.

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US4929513A (en) * 1987-06-17 1990-05-29 Agency Of Industrial Science And Technology Preform wire for a carbon fiber reinforced aluminum composite material and a method for manufacturing the same
US5089356A (en) * 1990-09-17 1992-02-18 The Research Foundation Of State Univ. Of New York Carbon fiber reinforced tin-lead alloy as a low thermal expansion solder preform
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US5259437A (en) * 1990-07-31 1993-11-09 Pechiney Recherche Method of obtaining bimaterial parts by moulding
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US3938579A (en) * 1970-09-10 1976-02-17 United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Method of producing composite bearing materials
US3907514A (en) * 1972-10-19 1975-09-23 Pure Carbon Company Inc Aluminum carbon composite seal material
US3918141A (en) * 1974-04-12 1975-11-11 Fiber Materials Method of producing a graphite-fiber-reinforced metal composite
US4223075A (en) * 1977-01-21 1980-09-16 The Aerospace Corporation Graphite fiber, metal matrix composite
US4226917A (en) * 1977-04-15 1980-10-07 Hitachi, Ltd. Composite joint system including composite structure of carbon fibers embedded in copper matrix
US4341823A (en) * 1981-01-14 1982-07-27 Material Concepts, Inc. Method of fabricating a fiber reinforced metal composite
FR2497843A1 (fr) * 1981-01-14 1982-07-16 Material Concepts Inc Methode de fabrication d'un composite metallique renforce par des fibres
US4357985A (en) * 1981-03-26 1982-11-09 Material Concepts, Inc. Method of isothermally forming a copper base alloy fiber reinforced composite
DE3202957A1 (de) * 1982-01-29 1983-08-11 Material Concepts, Inc., Columbus, Ohio Verfahren zum behandeln einer graphit- oder keramikfaser
US4609449A (en) * 1982-03-16 1986-09-02 American Cyanamid Company Apparatus for the production of continuous yarns or tows comprising high strength metal coated fibers
US4522889A (en) * 1983-01-20 1985-06-11 Bayer Aktiengesellschaft Lightning protection composite material
US4690793A (en) * 1983-02-18 1987-09-01 Hitachi, Ltd. Nuclear fusion reactor
US4685236A (en) * 1984-05-30 1987-08-11 Sam May Graphite/metal matrix gun barrel
US4817853A (en) * 1986-11-26 1989-04-04 Sundstrand Corporation Composite, method of forming a composite, and article of manufacture
WO1988003854A1 (en) * 1986-11-26 1988-06-02 Sundstrand Corporation Composite, method of forming a composite, and article of manufacture
US4929513A (en) * 1987-06-17 1990-05-29 Agency Of Industrial Science And Technology Preform wire for a carbon fiber reinforced aluminum composite material and a method for manufacturing the same
US5244748A (en) * 1989-01-27 1993-09-14 Technical Research Associates, Inc. Metal matrix coated fiber composites and the methods of manufacturing such composites
US5259437A (en) * 1990-07-31 1993-11-09 Pechiney Recherche Method of obtaining bimaterial parts by moulding
US5089356A (en) * 1990-09-17 1992-02-18 The Research Foundation Of State Univ. Of New York Carbon fiber reinforced tin-lead alloy as a low thermal expansion solder preform
US5678298A (en) * 1991-03-21 1997-10-21 Howmet Corporation Method of making composite castings using reinforcement insert cladding
US5578386A (en) * 1991-10-23 1996-11-26 Inco Limited Nickel coated carbon preforms
US5385195A (en) * 1991-10-23 1995-01-31 Inco Limited Nickel coated carbon preforms
US5981083A (en) * 1993-01-08 1999-11-09 Howmet Corporation Method of making composite castings using reinforcement insert cladding
US5803153A (en) * 1994-05-19 1998-09-08 Rohatgi; Pradeep K. Nonferrous cast metal matrix composites
US6736187B2 (en) * 2000-08-31 2004-05-18 Yazaki Corporation Molten metal infiltrating method and molten metal infiltrating apparatus
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US20150375321A1 (en) * 2014-06-30 2015-12-31 General Electric Company Fiber reinforced brazed components and methods
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