MMC’s – Solid State Techniques

• Diffusion Bonding - for making fiber

reinforced MMC’s e.g. SiC whisker reinforced
Al MMC’s
• Process involves placing fibers/ whiskers in
between thin foils and building up to the
required thickness followed by applying heat
and pressure in a furnace
MMC’s – Solid State Techniques

Various steps in Diffusion Bonding

 MMC’s – Solid State Techniques
• Diffusion bonding – also used for producing
laminates by roll bonding
• Roll bonding: placing thin sheets of metals a
followed by rolling at high tempearture ( Roll
Bonding)
• Good surface free from contamination is
essential
 Roll bonding

Roll bonding process

 MMC’s – Solid State Techniques
Advantages of Roll Bonding
• Roll-bonded plates- economical compared to high-alloy
solid plates.
• Optimum property combination - Clad composite provides
excellent corrosion resistance adding to the mechanical
properties of the base material in an
• Much thinner wall thicknesses possible
• Improved workability compared to solid plates.
• More homogeneous bonding and a wider range of
dimensions
• Testing of Composites ( Ultrasonic Testing ) – to check for
bonding as well as thickness
• Applications- Al-SS – corrosion resistant, Al- Al alloy –Al for
aircraft wings. Ni-Cu for Coinage strips
 Roll Bonding – Examples and Applications
Examples of Roll bonded Alloys
• Al-Cu
• C steel with Stainless steel
• C steel with Nickel and Nickel alloys

Applications of Roll bonded products

• clad pipes for oil industry

• evaporators
• Pressure Vessels
• Chemical and Petrochemical industry
• Air and Gas plant components
• Power Plant components
• Industrial Scrubbers
Roll Bonded Composites -Applications
 P/M
Sintering
• consolidation of powder particles
• done by heating the green part to a high temperature
( > 0.7 Tm)
• Difdusion occurs promoting metallurgical bonding
between the neighboring powder particles.
• Simple method, can be used for a wide variety of
metals and alloys
• allows obtaining materials containing up to 50% of
dispersed phase ( liquid processing approx. 20%)
 Al- Particulate MMC’s

1.Stirrer spindle 2. Impeller

position control unit 3.Stirring
electric motor 4.Sprue
5.Electric furnace 6. Impeller
7.Argon gas inlet
8.Thermocouple 9
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Compocasting

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