Fabrication of tile reinforced composite armor casting
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1. A method of fabricating a composite product made from metallic material reinforced by tiles embodied therein, involving the steps of:
- positioning the tiles within a mold within which centrifugal casting of said metallic material about the tiles is performed to produce said product, the improvement residing in additional steps of;
assembling each of the tiles within metallic framing grooves prior to said positioning thereof within the mold; and
heating the metallic material to a molten state for deposit into the mold after said positioning therein of the tiles assembled within the metallic framing which is bonded to the metallic material by said casting thereof wherein said centrifugal casting is performed by rotation of the mold at 450 RPM with the metallic material in the molten state at a temperature of 1350-1400°
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Abstract
Alumina tiles within aluminum framing jigs are fixedly positioned by lock ns within an internally coated mold for centrifugal casting within a block of an aluminum alloy material. Such jigs and the tiles framed therein are coated with silver before casting to prevent aluminum oxidation by heating of the aluminum material to a molten state for deposit into the mold. Bonding of the tiles and framing of the jigs with the aluminum material being cast is also enhanced by such silver coating.
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1. A method of fabricating a composite product made from metallic material reinforced by tiles embodied therein, involving the steps of:
- positioning the tiles within a mold within which centrifugal casting of said metallic material about the tiles is performed to produce said product, the improvement residing in additional steps of;
assembling each of the tiles within metallic framing grooves prior to said positioning thereof within the mold; and
heating the metallic material to a molten state for deposit into the mold after said positioning therein of the tiles assembled within the metallic framing which is bonded to the metallic material by said casting thereof wherein said centrifugal casting is performed by rotation of the mold at 450 RPM with the metallic material in the molten state at a temperature of 1350-1400°
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- positioning the tiles within a mold within which centrifugal casting of said metallic material about the tiles is performed to produce said product, the improvement residing in additional steps of;
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