P/M titanium composite casting

US5897830A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dynamet Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Stanley Abkowitz · Lexington, US
• Susan M. Abkowitz · Winchester, US
• Paul F. Weihrauch · Newton, US
• Harold L. Heussi · Essex, US
• Walter Zimmer · Princeton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 6, 1996
• Grant date: Apr 27, 1999
• Expiry date: Dec 6, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B22F2998/10
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A consumable billet for melting and casting a metal matrix composite component is made of a consolidated powder metal matrix composite having a titanium or titanium alloy matrix reinforced with particles. The preferred billet is a blended and sintered powder metal composite billet incorporating titanium carbide or titanium boride into a Ti--6Al--4V alloy.