Fiber reinforced metal component for an aerospace vehicle and manufacturing process for fiber reinforced metal components

摘要

The present invention provides a manufacturing method for producing a fiber-reinforced metal component (1), which has a metal matrix (2), which is interspersed by a plurality of reinforcing fibers (3). A manufacturing method comprises layering reinforcing fibers (3) into fiber layers, layering and fusing a metal modeling material (4) into matrix material layers, and laminating the metal modeling material (4) in adjacent deposited matrix material layers (5) to form the metal matrix (2) of the fiber-reinforced metal component (1). In this case, the metal component (1) is formed integrally from alternately deposited matrix material layers (5) and fiber layers (6). An alternative manufacturing method comprises inserting an open three-dimensional fiber fabric consisting of reinforcing fibers (3) into a mold, filling a liquid metal modeling material (4) into the mold, and consolidating the metal modeling material (4) to form the metal matrix (2) of the fiber-reinforced metal component (1). The metal member (1) is integrally formed of the consolidated metal modeling material (4) and the reinforcing fibers (3).