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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120051919 | POWDER COMPACT ROTOR FORGING PREFORM AND FORGED POWDER COMPACT TURBINE ROTOR AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME A forging preform for a turbine rotor disk is disclosed. The preform includes a body of a superalloy material having a mass of about 5000 lbs or more, the superalloy material having a substantially homogeneous grain morphology and an ASTM average grain size of 10 or sma... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120039739 | CUTTER RINGS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Disclosed herein is a ring cutter for a tunneling apparatus, the ring cutter formed by a process in one form comprising several steps. In one form, this mold is sacrificial, and may be a pair of parallel cylinders such as an outer and an inner cylinder with a gap there ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120012460 | SODIUM / MOLYBDENUM METAL ARTICLES AND POWDER COMPACTS A metal article formed by compacting a sodium/molybdenum composite metal powder under sufficient pressure to form a preformed article; placing the preformed article in a sealed container; raising the temperature of the sealed container to a temperature that is lower tha... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120009080 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING MOLYBDENUM/MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE METAL ARTICLES A method for producing a metal article according to one embodiment may involve the steps of: Providing a composite metal powder including a substantially homogeneous dispersion of molybdenum and molybdenum disulfide sub-particles that are fused together to form individu... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110123386 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MULTIPLE COMPOSITION COMPONENT The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a multiple composition component 10, comprising: arranging first, second and third constituent parts 40, 30, 42 having first, second and third compositions respectively A, B, C so that the first co... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110058975 | METHOD OF PROCESSING A BIMETALLIC PART A method of processing a bimetallic part includes depositing an intermediary material having a metal powder onto a tooling surface of a cavity of a tool, transforming the intermediary material into a metal layer having a first composition on the tooling surface, and for... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110052441 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING OF ALLOYED MATERIALS A method and container for forming billets using hot isostatic pressing is provided. The method and container prevent or minimize the diffusion of metals between a high value powder alloy and the container used for hot isostatic pressing. In one exemplary embodiment, a ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110044839 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING CONTAINER HAVING ADJUSTABLE VOLUME AND CORNER An improved container and method for forming billets using hot isostatic pressing is provided. The method and container allows for adjusting the volume of the container so as to obtain a billet of the desired shape based on selected powder charge for the container. In a... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044840 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING CONTAINER An improved method and container for forming billets using hot isostatic pressing is provided. The improved method and container have features that control the deformations of the container during the high temperatures and pressures experienced in such processing so as ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110027120 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING Improved methods and containers for forming billets using hot isostatic pressing are provided. The methods and containers have features that control the deformations of the container during the high temperatures and pressures experienced in such processing so that the l... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100297462 | PREPARATION OF FORMED ORTHOPEDIC ARTICLES In one embodiment, the present invention may be a method of forming a porous and/or dense article from metal powder (12), including adding to a mold a first feedstock comprising an agglomerated metal powder (12) and an agglomeration agent, forming said fir... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100215978 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF A DUAL ALLOY IMPELLER There is provided a method for fabricating a dual alloy structure that may in turn be machined to fabricate a rotary component for use in a gas turbine engine. The method provides a powder metal (PM) nickel based superalloy and a nickel aluminide intermetallic based all... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100158742 | Manufacture of an article by hot isostatic pressing In a hot isostatic pressing (HIP) process, for example for securing blades (5) to a disc (3) to form a blisk (1), the temperature of the powder (6) to be consolidated is raised to a predetermined temperature, which may be the eventual require... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20090277301 | METALLIC POWDER MIXTURES The invention relates to mixtures of metal, alloy or composite powders which have a mean particle diameter D50 of not more than 75 μm, preferably not more than 25 μm, and are produced in a process in which a starting powder is firstly deformed to give platelet-like pa... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090110556 | Process of making a shrouded impeller A method of fabricating a shrouded impeller is disclosed. The method includes providing an open faced impeller, the open faced impeller including a plurality of blades extending at least partially radially from a hub. The method also includes performing a first powder m... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20080115358 | Superalloy rotor component and method of fabrication A rotor component assembly including at least one void space formed therein that provides for reduction in weight of the component and/or cooling of the component during operation. The rotor component is formed by positioning a coated mild steel insert within a mold hav... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080008616 | FABRICATION OF HARDMETALS HAVING BINDERS WITH RHENIUM OR NI-BASED SUPERALLOY Hardmetal compositions each including hard particles having a first material and a binder matrix having a second, different material comprising rhenium or a Ni-based superalloy. A two-step sintering process may be used to fabricate such hardmetals at relatively low sint... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070189915 | METHOD OF INTEGRATING THERAPEUTIC AGENT INTO A BIOERODIBLE MEDICAL DEVICE A method of making a medical device which is at least partially bio-erodible and which exhibits controlled elution of therapeutic agent. ... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070116592 | Fabrication of Ruthenium and Ruthenium Alloy Sputtering Targets with Low Oxygen Content Sputtering targets of ruthenium, ruthenium alloy, and mixtures thereof with other elemental metals, alloys, nonmetals, or ceramic materials are prepared with low oxygen content of 200 ppm or less by hydrogen reduction of the preform prior to encapsulation, HIPing (hot i... | 05/24/2007 |
| 20070092855 | Molding made from a dental alloy for producing dental parts A molding can be worked by removing material to produce dental parts of improved mechanical properties is provided, the molding consisting of a dental alloy powder dense-sintered by hot-isostatic pressing. ... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20060201589 | Components comprising metallic material, physical vapor deposition targets, thin films, and methods of forming metallic components The invention includes components containing metallic material. The metallic material can be comprised of a plurality of grains, with substantially all of the grains being substantially equiaxial, and the grains having an average grain size of less than or equal to abou... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060110614 | Method for manufacturing multimaterial parts and multimaterial part The invention relates to method for manufacturing multimaterial parts, the multimaterial used in the method containing a tough material component (B) and a hard, wear-resistant material (A), in which method a green body is prepared from the tough material component (B) ... | 05/25/2006 |
| 20060078455 | Method and system for manufacturing of multi-component complex shape parts consisting of monolithic and powder materials working at different performance conditions Method and system for manufacturing multi-component complex shape parts consisting of monolithic and powder materials working at different performance conditions based on hot isostatic pressing of the monolithic elements and powder material including preliminary heat tr... | 04/13/2006 |
| 20050230244 | Sputter target material and method of producing the same A sputter target material which is of a sintered material, wherein the sputter target material consists of 0.5 to 50 atomic % in total of at least one metal element (M) selected from the group of Ti, Zr, V, Nb and Cr, and the balance of Mo and unavoidable impurities, an... | 10/20/2005 |
| 20050214156 | Method and system for manufacturing of complex shape parts from powder materials by hot isostatic pressing with controlled pressure inside the tooling and providing the shape of the part by multi-layer inserts Method for manufacturing complex shape parts including parts with cavities from powder materials by Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) with controlled pressure inside the HUP tooling and multi-layer inserts including hollow inserts. Controlled pressure inside the HIP tooling ... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050152806 | High density, metal-based materials having low coefficients of friction and wear rates High theoretical density, metal-based materials containing graphite or hexagonal boron nitride have low coefficients of friction and wear rates are useful for bearings, bushings and other articles subject to bearing loads. ... | 07/14/2005 |
| 20050135958 | HIP manufacture of a hollow component Forming a hollow structure having an internal coating includes the steps of placing a core shaped to form the internal surface of the structure in a mould, filling the mould with a material powder, hot isostatically pressing the powder about the mould to consolidate the... | 06/23/2005 |
| 20050106058 | Method for binder extraction and sintering of green bodies in a state of weightlessness Gravitational sag and shape distortion by friction over supporting hardware during binder removal and sintering of green bodies made from sinterable particulate materials are overcome by processing in a supercritical fluid medium at a pressure whereby the density of the... | 05/19/2005 |
| 20050008524 | Process for the production of a titanium alloy based composite material reinforced with titanium carbide, and reinforced composite material obtained thereby Object of the present invention is a process for the production of a Titanium alloy based composite material with satisfactory mechanical features at high temperature, characterised in that Titanium alloy powders and Titanium carbide powders are blended, hot-pressed and... | 01/13/2005 |