Patent ID: 7066235

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a clad component comprising: (a) providing a cladding workpiece having a section comprising a first metal, said section having an external surface area; (b) providing a multiplicity of metal beads separate from the cladding workpiece, each metal bead having a cross-section of at least 0.5 mm; (c) bonding the multiplicity of metal beads rigidly to at least a portion of said external surface area: (d) inserting said workpiece into a mold; (e) providing a molten second metal; and (f) pouring said molten second metal into said mold so that it flows about and covers said beads and permitting said molten second metal to cool, thereby forming an article made of said second metal, which is mechanically interlocked to said beads, clad by said first metal.