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Metal Foams: A Design Guide

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12 <strong>Metal</strong> <strong>Foams</strong>: A <strong>Design</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />

a) Select<br />

Ingredients<br />

...and mix<br />

<strong>Metal</strong> alloy<br />

powder<br />

PARTICLE<br />

DECOMPOSITION<br />

IN SEMI-SOLID<br />

Powder<br />

Steel ball<br />

bearings<br />

Rotating<br />

impeller<br />

b) Consolidation & Extrusion<br />

Ram<br />

Preconsolidated billet<br />

c) Shaped mold<br />

Extrusion die<br />

Foaming agent<br />

Dense bar<br />

or plate<br />

Shaped container<br />

Extruded alloy bar or plate<br />

(containing foaming agent)<br />

d) Foaming<br />

Foamed<br />

component<br />

Shaped mold<br />

Furnace<br />

Figure 2.4 The sequence of powder metallurgy steps used to manufacture<br />

metal foams by gas-releasing particles in semi-solids (the Fraunhofer and the<br />

Alulight processes)

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