Inventors:
Leon Stoltze - East Hartland CT
Harry A. Nutter - Longmeadow MA
Robert F. Wilson - Springfield MA
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation - Hartford CT
International Classification:
B23P 1700, B30B 1506, B32B 3100, B01D 4700
Abstract:
A method for fabricating a filament reinforced metal matrix composite comprises bonding a plurality of filaments to a perforated metal foil with a fugitive binder, overlaying the filaments with a second perforated metal foil to form a stack, positioning the stack in a vacuum die, heating the stack in a vacuum to cause vaporization of the binder and evacuation of the vapors through the perforations in the foils and hot pressing to consolidate the stack.