Method for producing a composite material component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11433626-B2
Application number	US-201916448839-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 21, 2019
Priority date	Dec 21, 2016
Publication date	Sep 6, 2022
Grant date	Sep 6, 2022

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a composite material component, comprising the following steps: providing a negative mold, fine machining of the negative mold, applying at least one functional layer by means of thermal spraying to the negative mold, applying at least one fiber-reinforced plastic layer with a curable matrix material, curing the matrix material, and detaching the composite material component from the negative mold.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for producing a composite material component comprising the following steps:
(a) providing a negative form;
(b) finish treating said negative form at said surface thereof so that said surface of said negative form has a surface characteristic Sa≤5 μm and a surface roughness characteristic of Sz≤80 μm;
(b1) cooling said negative form;
(c) applying at least one functional layer by means of thermal spraying onto said negative form;
(c1) applying an adhesion agent layer consisting of a metal or metal alloy;
(d) applying at least one fiber-reinforced plastic layer including a hardenable matrix material;
(e) hardening said matrix material; and
(f) releasing said composite material component, comprising the at least one functional layer and the at least one fiber-reinforced plastic layer, from said negative form to thereby obtain the composite material component;
wherein said step (b) is performed after said step (a) and before said step (c);
wherein step (c1) is performed after said step (c) and before step (d);
wherein said negative form is made of a material which is selected from the group consisting of metals, metal alloys, ceramics, salts and glasses; and
wherein said material of said negative form and said functional layer are selected so that a difference (Δα) of said coefficients of thermal expansion between said material of said negative form and said functional layer is smaller than 1·10 −4 /K.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said finish treatment within step (b) is performed so that said surface of said negative form has a surface characteristic Sa≤3.5 μm, and a surface roughness characteristic of Sz≤50 μm.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said material of said negative form and said functional layer is selected so that said difference (Δα) of said coefficients of thermal expansion between said material of said negative form and said functional layer is larger than 1·10 −6 /K.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein said material of said negative form and said functional layer is selected so that said difference (Δα) of said coefficients of thermal expansion between said material of said negative form and said functional layer is larger than 10·10 −6 /K.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said negative form before applying at least one functional layer by means of thermal spraying is pre-heated.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said negative form before applying at least one functional layer by means of thermal spraying is pre-heated to a temperature of at least 100° C.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said adhesion agent layer consists of a metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, nickel, steel, zinc, titanium, molybdenum, chromium, cobalt, silicon, alloys, and mixtures thereof.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said functional layer is applied with a thickness of 20 to 1000 μm.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein said functional layer applied in step (c) is selected from the group consisting of a ceramic layer, a cermet layer, and a metal layer.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein said fiber-reinforced plastic material comprises fibers that are selected from the group consisting of organic fibers, inorganic fibers, metallic fibers, natural fibers, and mixtures thereof.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein said fibers are soaked within a hardenable matrix material.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein said matrix material is selected from the group consisting of resins, polymers, and mixtures thereof.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein said fiber-reinforced plastic layer is applied with a thickness of ≥500 μm.

14. A method for producing a composite material component comprising the following steps:
(a) providing a negative form;
(b) finish treating said negative form at the surface thereof so that said surface of said negative form has a surface characteristic Sa≤5 μm and a surface roughness characteristic of Sz≤80 μm;
(c) applying at least one functional layer by means of thermal spraying onto said negative form;
(c1) applying an adhesion agent layer consisting of a metal or metal alloy;
(d) applying at least one fiber-reinforced plastic layer including a hardenable matrix material;
(e) hardening of said matrix material; and
(f) releasing said composite material component, comprising the at least one functional layer and the at least one fiber-reinforced plastic layer, from said negative form to thereby obtain the composite material component,
wherein said step (b) is performed after said step (a) and before said step (c);
wherein step (c1) is performed after step (c) and before step (d);
wherein said negative form is made of a material which is selected from the group consisting of metals, metal alloys, ceramics, salts and glasses; and
wherein said material of said negative form and said functional layer are selected so that a difference (Δα) of said coefficients of thermal expansion between said material of said negative form and said functional layer is smaller than 1·10 −4 /K.

Assignees

• Univ Stuttgart

Inventors

• Gadow Rainer
• Weichand Patrick
• Popa Septimiu
• Killinger Andreas

Classifications

• C23C28/00

  Coating for obtaining at least two superposed coatings either by methods not provided for in a single one of groups C23C2/00 - C23C26/00 or by combinations of methods provided for in subclasses C23C and C25C or C25D · CPC title

• C23C24/04

  Impact or kinetic deposition of particles · CPC title

• B32B2305/77

  Uncured, e.g. green · CPC title

• B32B2311/00

  Metals, their alloys or their compounds · CPC title

• B32B2305/10

  Fibres of continuous length · CPC title