An article, such as a hardfaced wearpart, includes a substrate, a sheet metal shell connected to the substrate to define a cavity between the surface of the substrate and the shell, and a composite material filling the cavity and forming a coating on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate, the composite material including a hard particulate material infiltrated with a metallic brazing material. The shell may be connected to the substrate by welding or brazing to the substrate, and may wear away during use. The shell and the substrate may be used as part of an assembly for producing the article, where the shell is used as a mold for forming the composite material by filling the shell with the hard particulate material and subsequently infiltrating with the brazing material.

An article, such as a hardfaced wearpart, includes a substrate, a sheet metal shell connected to the substrate to define a cavity between the surface of the substrate and the shell, and a composite material filling the cavity and forming a coating on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate, the composite material including a hard particulate material infiltrated with a metallic brazing material. The shell may be connected to the substrate by welding or brazing to the substrate, and may wear away during use. The shell and the substrate may be used as part of an assembly for producing the article, where the shell is used as a mold for forming the composite material by filling the shell with the hard particulate material and subsequently infiltrating with the brazing material.

A method for applying a thermal barrier coating (TBC) to a surface of a cast component includes providing a core, applying the TBC to the core to form a coated core, disposing the coated core within a casting mold, casting metal around at least a portion of the coated core to form a casting intermediary, and removing the core from the casting intermediary to form a cast component. The TBC includes hollow microspheres comprising metal, glass, and/or ceramic materials. The hollow microspheres can have an average diameter of about 10 m to about 100 m. The component can be an automotive component, such as an engine intake assembly, an engine exhaust manifold, an engine block, and/or an engine cylinder head. The surface of the cast component can be one or more surfaces which define an engine intake passage, an engine exhaust passage, and an engine combustion chamber.

A method for applying a thermal barrier coating (TBC) to a surface of a cast component includes providing a core, applying the TBC to the core to form a coated core, disposing the coated core within a casting mold, casting metal around at least a portion of the coated core to form a casting intermediary, and removing the core from the casting intermediary to form a cast component. The TBC includes hollow microspheres comprising metal, glass, and/or ceramic materials. The hollow microspheres can have an average diameter of about 10 m to about 100 m. The component can be an automotive component, such as an engine intake assembly, an engine exhaust manifold, an engine block, and/or an engine cylinder head. The surface of the cast component can be one or more surfaces which define an engine intake passage, an engine exhaust passage, and an engine combustion chamber.

A system and method of forming a wear resistant composite material includes placing a porous wear resistant filler material in a mold cavity and infiltrating the filler material with a matrix material by heating to a temperature sufficient to melt the matrix material, then cooling the assembly to form a wear resistant composite material. The system and method can be used to form the wear resistant composite material on the surface of a substrate, such as a part for excavating equipment or other mechanical part. One suitable matrix material may be any of a variety of ductile iron alloys.

A system and method of forming a wear resistant composite material includes placing a porous wear resistant filler material in a mold cavity and infiltrating the filler material with a matrix material by heating to a temperature sufficient to melt the matrix material, then cooling the assembly to form a wear resistant composite material. The system and method can be used to form the wear resistant composite material on the surface of a substrate, such as a part for excavating equipment or other mechanical part. One suitable matrix material may be any of a variety of ductile iron alloys.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a slide member in which the bonding strength between a Bi-containing copper alloy layer and a substrate is enhanced; and a method for manufacturing the slide member. The slide member according to the present invention has a substrate and a copper alloy layer. The copper alloy layer comprises a copper alloy containing 4.0-25.0 mass % of Bi and has a structure in which Bi phases are scattered in a copper alloy structure. The volume ratio of Bi phases in the region of the copper alloy layer extending 10 m from the bonding interface with the substrate is not more than 2.0%. The slide member is manufactured by casting a molten copper alloy onto the substrate and causing the copper alloy to unidirectionally solidify.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a round-rod shaped alloy ingot by hot forging, containing suspending a primary alloy ingot having a round-rod shape in a columnar mold while one end of the primary alloy ingot is held, pouring a molten metal formed of a heat-retaining metal into the columnar mold so as to apply a coating of the heat-retaining metal to the entire circumference of the primary alloy ingot, to obtain a forging alloy ingot, taking the forging alloy ingot out from the columnar mold, then subjecting the forging alloy ingot to a hot forging while an end portion of the forging alloy ingot is gripped as a gripping portion, and removing the coating of the heat-retaining metal.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a round-rod shaped alloy ingot by hot forging, containing suspending a primary alloy ingot having a round-rod shape in a columnar mold while one end of the primary alloy ingot is held, pouring a molten metal formed of a heat-retaining metal into the columnar mold so as to apply a coating of the heat-retaining metal to the entire circumference of the primary alloy ingot, to obtain a forging alloy ingot, taking the forging alloy ingot out from the columnar mold, then subjecting the forging alloy ingot to a hot forging while an end portion of the forging alloy ingot is gripped as a gripping portion, and removing the coating of the heat-retaining metal.

Provided is a cast-iron cylindrical member having projections (P) formed integrally with a casted surface (an outer peripheral surface), and a composite structure including the cast-iron cylindrical member and an outer periphery-side member. The cast-iron cylindrical member satisfies: (A) 0.50 mm>a height (H) of the projections (P)0.20 mm; (B) 180a total number (N) of the projections (P) per cm.sup.2 of the outer peripheral surface61; (C) the projections (P) include a projection (Pn) having a constricted shape; (D) a ratio (NP) of the projections (Pn) to the projections (P)50%; (E) a bonding strength index (S) expressed by: S=H.sup.2NNP is equal to or larger than 310; and (F1) a bonding strength F(Al) obtained when the outer peripheral surface of the cast-iron cylindrical member is cast-in inserted with an aluminum alloy exceeds a boundary bonding strength (Fb) expressed by: Fb=1.325H.sup.2N0.75.