Abstract
Aluminium composite materials are becoming very popular as a result of
their physical and mechanical characteristics, which are making them relevant to
various applications. The addition of reinforcement materials with unique
characteristics into aluminium produces aluminium composites with superior
quality. Wear resistance, stiffness, strength and hardness are some of the improved
properties obtained when reinforcement materials were added to the primary
aluminium. This chapter presents some of the manufacturing processes of
aluminium, its alloys and composites. The effects of reinforcements on aluminium
composites from existing work and research direction on the fabrication of
aluminium composite materials were discussed in this chapter.