US 11,980,922 B2
Methods for producing metal matrix composite strip product
Karl R. Ziegler, Mayfield Heights, OH (US); Fritz Grensing, Mayfield Heights, OH (US); Jeffrey R. Campbell, Mayfield Heights, OH (US); Todd S. Osborn, Mayfield Heights, OH (US); and Thomas F. Sirgey, Mayfield Heights, OH (US)
Assigned to Materion Corporation, Mayfield Heights, OH (US)
Appl. No. 17/271,533
Filed by MATERION CORPORATION, Mayfield Heights, OH (US)
PCT Filed May 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/030850
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/217278, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/668,434, filed on May 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0252571 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. B21B 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B21B 3/00 (2013.01) [B21B 2261/20 (2013.01); B21B 2265/12 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for producing a strip of a metal matrix composite (MMC) material, comprising:
hot working a rectangular input of the MMC material to produce a hot rolled MMC material; and
warm working the hot rolled MMC material to obtain the strip of MMC material, wherein the warm working is performed using heated rolls.