New Manufacturing Process Could Lead to Tougher, More Heat Resistant Components
21.02.10
A manufacturing company making new additive to mix metals with hard ceramic materials and the deposit layer by layer, material contradictions in the form of pasta could lead to a stronger, impetuosity-resistant components for three-dimensional future spacecraft, said a researcher at the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
The analysis involves a process that is less harmful to the environment because it uses braking to reduce the amount of polymer required to bind the metal and ceramic materials, "said Dr. Ming Leu, which is the primary research.
Leu and his colleagues in the Missouri S & T Center for Manufacturing Technology Aerospace (CAMT) develop a means to dream "functionally classified" material elements which could be used for hypersonic aircraft or as parts of ultra sybaritic-temperature engines and booster rockets.
The research combines metal and ceramic through the function of extrusion, which is similar to squeeze through a tube of toothpaste, but is controlled locally.The result of tightening the pulp of metal, ceramic and binder (polymer-pee) is a hybrid material that combines the robustness of the metal with irregular heat ceramics. But the real value of the process, said Leu, is that it allows manufacturers to invent custom parts for aircraft, spacecraft or other products.
Source: Azom.com