Slurry PM: lower cost for high performance MMCs

摘要

Fibre reinforced metal matrix composites are getting closer to winning major roles in high performance applications, such as critical components in aero-engines. Cost and processing considerations, however, continue to present barriers to theircommercial adoptions Slurry powder metallurgy is a new processing route attempting to overcome these problems. Dr Z. Xiao Guo of Queen Mary and Westfield College in London, UK, outlines the technique and its capabilities.