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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4242153 | Methods for hot rolling and treating rod Apparatus and methods for hot rolling and treating rod first by depositing the rod in spread-out ring form on a moving conveyor, then gathering it into a relatively loose somewhat offset bundle and thereafter subjecting it to batch treatments among which ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4204884 | Method of conditioning cast steel for hot working Cast bodies of steel grades which do not undergo phase transformation upon heating for hot working, for example, the austenitic stainless steels, are conditioned to undergo recrystallization upon subsequent heating by cold working the body as the first st... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4198839 | Method for making lightweight composite article An improved lightweight composite article comprises a base portion and a spaced apart cap portion between which is secured a body portion comprising a plurality of thin metallic ribbons secured between the base portion and cap portion. The ribbons are dis... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4151013 | Aluminum-magnesium alloys sheet exhibiting improved properties for forming and method aspects of producing such sheet Described is Al-Mg Sheet, in annealed condition, which has good formability and is further characterized structurally by its ability to be formed in the manufacture of sheet-metal products without being marked by Type A Luder lines. Also described are met... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4132342 | Method for producing a steel strip by hot rolling In a method for producing a hot strip by hot rough rolling, a steel slab heated to a rolling temperature to obtain a steel band, and hot finishing rolling the steel band in a continuous manner, the improvements comprising overlapping a forward end portion... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4119442 | Process for manufacturing a steel product A process for making a steel product so that the ratio of the initial thickness (D) of the cast slab to the final thickness (d) of the rolled product is between 2 to 6. The product has excellent mechanical properties.... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4108691 | Aluminium base alloys A superplastically deformable aluminium base alloy contains 2-8.5% by weight of magnesium and 0.4-1% by weight chromium. It may also contain minor alloying elements.... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4077811 | Process for "Black Fabrication" of molybdenum and molybdenum alloy wrought products A process for the manufacture of molybdenum-base wrought products, commencing with a mass of metallic molybdenum or an alloy containing at least 50% molybdenum that is only moderately heated to within the temperature range of 500° F to about 1200° F; an... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4060428 | Process for forming ferrous billets into finished product A process for forming a ferrous billet into a finished product is disclosed comprising the following steps, in sequence: heating the billet to an appropriate elevated bulk temperature in preparation for rolling; hot rolling the heated billet to produce a ... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4034585 | Process of compression stressing metals to increase the fatigue strength thereof A process of compression stressing metals to increase the fatigue strength or resistance to brittle fractures thereof by shot peening or surface rolling wherein the elastic radial tensile stress of the metal is maintained at a safe low value at the time w... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3997370 | Method of hot reducing ferrous and ferrous alloy products with composite martensitic nodular cast chill iron rolls This invention is directed to a method of hot reducing ferrous and ferrous alloy products, such as plates, strip, bars and rods, where such products are heated to temperatures in excess of 1900° F and subsequently reduced at temperatures within the range... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3977913 | Wrought brass alloy An improved ternary brass alloy includes silicon as the additive material. The composition limits of the constituents of the brass are fixed by two factors: (1) the Ms or Martensite transformation temperature, and (2) the brass must be a totall... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3956027 | Processing copper base alloys A process for obtaining improved bend properties in copper base alloys with retention of other desirable characteristics thereof. The process is characterized by a final cold reduction with a large number of passes coupled with a small reduction per pass.... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3947294 | Method for temper rolling of a thin-gauge steel strip A method for temper rolling of a thin-gauge steel strip comprising applying mechanical working to the steel strip under dry condition and then rolling the steel strip with lubricant between the rolling roll and the steel sheet.... | 03/30/1976 |
