ADVANCED ALLOY FIBER AND PROCESS OF MAKING

摘要

A process is disclosed for making fine metallic alloy fibers from a metallic alloy wire (20) having plural alloy components and encompassed by a cladding material (30). Fig 1 is a block diagram illustrating this process. Preferabl y, the cladding material is tightened about the metallic alloy wire in the presence of an inert atmosphere (36). The cladding is drawn for reducing the outer diameter thereof to provide a drawn cladding (40) encompassing a fine metallic alloy fiber. The cladding material is removed for providing the fin e metallic alloy fiber. A portion of the cladding material diffuses into the fine metallic alloy fiber. The cladding material may be selected for providi ng a fine metallic alloy fiber formed from a new alloy material and/or providin g a fine metallic alloy fiber having surface properties in accordance with the properties of the selected cladding material.