Chapter 13. Ceramic Light Metal Composites – Product Development and Industrial Application
- Hau-Tay Lin,
- Mrityunjay Singh
Published Online: 26 MAR 2008
DOI: 10.1002/9780470294758.ch13
Copyright © 2002 The American Ceramic Society
Book Title
26th Annual Conference on Composites, Advanced Ceramics, Materials, and Structures: B: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 23, Issue 4
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How to Cite
Buchmann, M., Gadow, R., Lopez, D. and Scherer, D. (2008) Ceramic Light Metal Composites – Product Development and Industrial Application, in 26th Annual Conference on Composites, Advanced Ceramics, Materials, and Structures: B: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 23, Issue 4 (eds H.-T. Lin and M. Singh), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9780470294758.ch13
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- Published Online: 26 MAR 2008
- Published Print: 1 JAN 2002
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Print ISBN: 9780470375792
Online ISBN: 9780470294758
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Keywords:
- ceramic light metal composites;
- lightweight engineering;
- high performance automobile;
- energy consumption;
- light metal alloys
Summary
Lightweight design offers a lot of interesting manufacturing and operation features, e.g. concerning production costs and energy consumption. Despite of all advantages the universal industrial implementation of light metals is often inhibited by their poor surface properties especially concerning tribological aspects.
By using protective coatings the functional behaviour of light metal surfaces can be individually improved. The paper describes different coating technologies for the deposition of ceramic, metallurgical and polymer coatings on various light metal substrates and the subsequent product and manufacturing technology. The specific characteristics and advantages of these composites are presented for several industrial applications.