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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8062441 | High hardness, high corrosion resistance and high wear resistance alloy There are provided a high hardness, high corrosion resistance and high wear resistance alloy, wherein the alloy is an aging heat treated Cr(chromium)-Al(aluminum)-Ni(nickel)-base alloy, the proportion of a mixed phase of (α phase+γ′ phase+γ phase) precipitated ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7799152 | Method for manufacturing nickel alloy A nickel alloy having an excellent corrosion resistance (hereinafter referred to as “nickel alloy”) used for pipes, structural materials and structural members, such as bolts or the like, in a nuclear power plant or in a chemical plant, and a manufacturing metho... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7682474 | Cutter composed of Ni-Cr-Al Alloy A cutter is composed of a Ni—Cr—Al alloy containing from 32 to 44 mass percent of Cr, from 2.3 to 6.0 mass percent of Al, the balance being Ni, impurities, and additional trace elements and having a Rockwell C hardness of 52 or more. This Ni—Cr—Al alloy prov... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7632363 | Method for refurbishing a service-degraded component of a gas turbine A method for refurbishing service-degraded gas turbine component can recover the microstructure of the alloy of the gas turbine component, whose material is deteriorated or damaged after its operation, to the extent that is equivalent or more than the characteristic... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7531054 | Nickel alloy and method including direct aging Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to nickel-base alloys and methods of direct aging nickel-base alloys. More specifically, certain embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods of direct aging 718Plus® nickel-base alloy to impart improved mecha... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7435307 | Fe-Ni based permalloy and method of producing the same and cast slab A Fe—Ni based permalloy comprises Ni: 30-85 wt %, C: not more than 0.015 wt %, Si: not more than 1.0 wt %, Nin: not more than 1.0 wt %, P: not more than 0.01 wt %, S: not more than 0.005 wt %, O: not more than 0.0060 wt %, Al: not more than 0.02 wt % and, if neces... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7338629 | Integrated metal processing facility A system and method for forming and heat treating a metal casting are provided. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7306683 | Shape memory material and method of making the same The present invention relates generally to a shape memory and/or super-elastic material, such as a nickel titanium alloy. Additionally or alternatively, the present invention relates to a super-elastic or pseudo-elastic material that has an initial transition temper... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7285174 | Method for producing metallic strips A method for producing metallic strips having a high-grade cube texture based on nickel, copper, aluminum, silver or alloys of these metals including austenitic iron-nickel alloys makes it possible to obtain, during a subsequent annealing process and with lower tota... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275582 | Methods and apparatus for heat treatment and sand removal for castings A system and method for heat treating castings and removing sand cores therefrom. The castings are initially located in indexed positions with their x, y, and z coordinates known. The castings are passed through a heat treatment station typically having a series of ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7258755 | Integrated metal processing facility An integrated metal processing facility in which molten metal is poured into a series of molds at a pouring station to form metal castings, which are then transferred to a heat treatment line. Prior to introduction of the castings into a heat treatment station of th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7217330 | Turbine rotor heat treatment process A method of heat treating a turbine rotor disk to obtain different radial properties at different locations in the rotor disk includes a) heating the rotor disk for a period of from 4 to 10 hours at a temperature of 1800° F.; b) cooling the rotor disk to a temperat... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7211346 | Corrosion resistant metallic bipolar plate A corrosion resistant, electrically conductive component such as a bipolar plate for a PEM fuel cell includes 20–55% Cr, balance base metal such as Ni, Fe, or Co, the component having thereon a substantially external, continuous layer of chromium nitride. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198684 | Method for manufacturing articles using a semi-continuous flow of workpieces through metal working and annealing apparatus A plurality of gas turbine components or other articles are manufactured from a plurality of metallic-alloy workpieces using a manufacturing apparatus having a metalworking apparatus, and an annealing apparatus wherein the individual workpieces are annealed by singl... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7156932 | Nickel-base alloys and methods of heat treating nickel-base alloys Embodiments of the present invention relate to nickel-base alloys, and in particular 718-type nickel-base alloys, having a desired microstructure that is predominantly strengthened by γ′-phase precipitates and comprises an amount of at least one grain boundary pr... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7115175 | Modified advanced high strength single crystal superalloy composition The present invention relates to an improved single crystal nickel base superalloy and a process for making same. The single crystal nickel base superalloy has a composition comprising 3 to 12 wt % chromium, up to 3 wt % molybdenum, 3 to 10 wt % tungsten, up to 5 wt... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7041204 | Physical vapor deposition components and methods of formation A PVD component forming method includes inducing a sufficient amount of stress in the component to increase magnetic pass through flux exhibited by the component compared to pass through flux exhibited prior to inducing the stress. The method may further include ori... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037390 | Method of heat treatment for Ni-base alloy tube A method of heat treatment for an efficient forming of two-layered oxide film on the inside surface of a Ni-base alloy tube. The oxide film suppresses the Ni release in a high-temperature water environment. At least two gas supplying devices are provided on t... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033448 | Method for preparing a nickel-base superalloy article using a two-step salt quench An article made of a nickel-base superalloy strengthened by the presence of a gamma-prime phase is prepared by solution heat treating the nickel-base superalloy at a solutionizing temperature above a gamma-prime solvus temperature of the nickel-base superalloy, ther... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6956012 | Method of depositing an electrically conductive oxide buffer layer on a textured substrate and articles formed therefrom An article with an improved buffer layer architecture includes a substrate having a textured metal surface, and an electrically conductive lanthanum metal oxide epitaxial buffer layer on the surface of the substrate. The article can also include an epitaxial superco... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6932877 | Quasi-isothermal forging of a nickel-base superalloy A forging blank of a forging nickel-base superalloy is forged in a forging press having forging dies made of a die nickel-base superalloy. The forging is accomplished by heating the forging blank to a forging-blank starting temperature of from about 1850° F. to abo... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6908518 | Nickel base superalloys and turbine components fabricated therefrom A nickel base superalloy suitable for the production of a large, crack-free nickel-base superalloy gas turbine bucket suitable for use in a large land-based utility gas turbine engine, comprising, by weight percents: Chromium 7.0 t... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908519 | Isothermal forging of nickel-base superalloys in air A superalloy made of a forging nickel-base superalloy such as Rene™ 88DT or ME3 is forged in a forging press having forging dies made of a die nickel-base superalloy. The forging is accomplished by heating to a forging temperature of from about 1700° F. to about ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6901990 | Method and system for processing castings A method and system of processing castings is provided in which one or more castings are deposited into a mobile furnace and moved from one station to another of a multi-station casting processing system. The interior of the mobile furnace is heated so as to maintai... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6902633 | Nickel-base-alloy A nickel-base alloy consists of, by weight, about 15.0 to about 17.0% chromium, about 7.0 to about 10.0% cobalt, about 1.0 to about 2.5% molybdenum, about 2.0 to about 3.2% tungsten, about 0.6 to about 2.5% columbium, less than 1.5% tantalum, about 3.0 to about 3.9%... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6846397 | Physical vapor deposition components and methods of formation A PVD component forming method includes inducing a sufficient amount of stress in the component to increase magnetic pass through flux exhibited by the component compared to pass through flux exhibited prior to inducing the stress. The method may further include ori... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6610154 | Surface treatment of austenitic Ni-Fe-Cr based alloys for improved resistance to intergranular corrosion and intergranular cracking A surface treatment process for enhancing the resistance to intergranular corrosion and intergranular cracking of components fabricated from austenitic Ni--Fe--Cr based alloys comprising the application of surface deformation to the component, to a depth ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6565683 | Method for processing billets from multiphase alloys and the article The invention relates to plastic working of metals and alloys, predominantly low-plastic and hard-to-work ones, e.g., nickel-, titanium-, and iron-base high-temperature alloys, and producing billets for parts made by plastic working of said billets. The m... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6562157 | Manufacturing process of nickel-based alloy having improved high temperature sulfidation-corrosion resistance A manufacturing method, particularly a forging treatment and a heat treatment method of a Ni-based alloy having sulfidation-corrosion resistance used for component members of corrosion-resistant high-temperature equipment, that is, Waspaloy (a trademark o... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6478896 | Differentially heat treated article, and apparatus and process for the manufacture thereof A turbine disk for a gas turbine engine differentially heat treated so as to produce a dual property disk. The process is applicable to superalloy disks, and achieves substantially uniform yet different temperatures in the rim and hub of the disk during h... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6475311 | Alloy materials An alloy having a cube textured substrate is disclosed. The alloy includes two different metals. The alloy can be used as a substrate for a superconductor. Optionally, one or more buffer layers can be disposed between the substrate and the superconductor ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6447624 | Manufacturing process of nickel-based alloy having improved hot sulfidation-corrosion resistance A manufacturing method, particularly a heat treatment method of a Ni-based alloy having sulfidation-corrosion resistance used for component members of corrosion-resistant high-temperature equipment, that is, Waspaloy (a trademark of United Technologies) o... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6416564 | Method for producing large diameter ingots of nickel base alloys A method of producing a nickel base alloy includes casting the alloy within a casting mold and subsequently annealing and overaging the ingot at at least 1200° F. (649° C.) for at least 10 hours. The ingot is electroslag remeelted at a melt rate of at l... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6409853 | Large forging manufacturing process A process for forging large components of Alloy 718 material so that the components do not exhibit abnormal grain growth includes the steps of: a) providing a billet with an average grain size between ASTM 0 and ASTM 3; b) heating the billet to a temperature of bet... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6372063 | Process for manufacturing metallic component and such metallic component The process for manufacturing a metallic component, such as a wheel part for the rolling system of a vehicle, which includes, in an initial stage, forming the component of a metallic material in a semi-solid state and having a thixotropic structure, and i... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6344097 | Surface treatment of austenitic Ni-Fe-Cr-based alloys for improved resistance to intergranular-corrosion and-cracking A surface treatment process for enhancing the intergranular corrosion and intergranular cracking resistance of components fabricated from austenitic Ni--Fe--Cr based alloys comprised of the application of surface cold work to a depth in the range of 0.01 ... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6328827 | Method of manufacturing sheets made of alloy 718 for the superplastic forming of parts therefrom In order to obtain sheets made of a nickel-based superalloy of type 718 having properties of superplasticity, the sheets are manufactured with a final cycle comprising the steps of: a) solution treatment at 1060° C. for 15 minutes; b) precipitation at 730° C... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6315846 | Heat treatment for nickel-base alloys A heat treatment for hot or cold worked 725 corrosion resistant Ni-base alloys to increase the room temperature yield strength of the material to above about 140 ksi (965 MPa). The material is useful for oil patch and gas turbine applications. The process... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6231694 | Process for producing Fe-Ni alloys used for electron gun parts Disclosed is a process for producing Fe--Ni alloys used for electron gun parts. The alloy consists of: all by weight, 30 to 55% of Ni; 0.05 to 2.00% of Mn; 0.001% to 0.050 of S; and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. The process substantially co... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6193823 | Delta-phase grain refinement of nickel-iron-base alloy ingots An article is formed from an ingot of a nickel-iron base alloy having a composition including from about 4.5 weight percent niobium to about 5.5 weight percent niobium and capable of forming delta-phase precipitates, and having fewer than about 1 grain pe... | 02/27/2001 |
