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The automotive application of discontinuously reinforced TiB-Ti composites

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In 1998, Toyota Motor Corporation adopted intake valves and exhaust valves made of titanium-based alloys for the engine of its Altezza. Both valves were manufactured via a newly developed cost-effective powder metallurgy process. The exhaust valve is made of a newly developed titanium metal-matrix composite (MMC). The valve has achieved sufficient durability and reliability with a manufacturing cost acceptable for the mass-produced automobile engine components.

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  1. the Materials Department at Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Aichi, Japan

    Takashi Saito (director)

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For more information, contact Takashi Saito, Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Materials Department, 41-1 Yokomichi Nagakute Aichi, 480-1192 Japan; 011-81-561-63-3090; fax 011-81-561-63-5441; e-mail saito@mosk.tytlabs.co.jp.

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Saito, T. The automotive application of discontinuously reinforced TiB-Ti composites. JOM 56, 33–36 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-004-0125-3

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