Patent ID: 11906010
Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  F  B | IPC C  F

Claim 0:
1. A method of forming a composite component, comprising:
mixing a slurry with sacrificial fibers, wherein the slurry is a ceramic particulate including an aqueous B4C based slurry, and wherein the sacrificial fibers contain at least one micro polyester particle;
injecting the mixed slurry into a fibrous preform, wherein the sacrificial fibers are suspended in the fibrous preform along an injection pathway, wherein the injection pathway is oriented substantially parallel to the Z-axis, and wherein injecting comprises penetrating the fibrous preform;
heating the fibrous preform to form channels in the fibrous preform by burning away the sacrificial fibers suspended in the injection pathway; and
densifying the fibrous preform.