Refractory metal and alloy refining by laser forming and melting
    2.
    发明授权
    Refractory metal and alloy refining by laser forming and melting 有权
    耐火金属和合金精炼通过激光成形和熔化

    公开(公告)号:US07651658B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-01-26

    申请号:US10501837

    申请日:2003-01-22

    CPC classification number: B22F5/00 C23C14/3414 C23C24/10

    Abstract: A process to chemically refine and consolidate tantalum, niobium and their alloys to a fabricated product of net shape or near-net shape with higher throughput, more consistency, and lower manufacturing costs compared to prior art routes or rejuvenate damaged and deteriorated refractory metal parts. Powder metal is loaded into hoppers to be fed into laser forming/melting equipment. A suitable substrate is loaded into a laser forming/melting chamber onto which the powder will be deposited and consolidated in a point-scan process. As the powder is fed onto successive points of the surface of the substrate in linear traces, the laser is used to heat and partially melt the substrate and completely melt the powder. A combined deposition and melt beam traces the substrate surface repeatedly over a selected area to build up a dense coating of controlled microstructure in multiple layers. A fully dense deposit is built up that becomes the desired shape.

    Abstract translation: 与现有技术路线相比,将钽,铌及其合金化学改善和固结成网状或近净形状的制造产品,具有更高的生产能力,更高的一致性和更低的制造成本,或者使受损和劣化的难熔金属部件恢复活力。 将粉末金属装入料斗中以供入激光成形/熔化设备。 合适的基底被加载到激光成形/熔化室中,粉末将在其中沉积并在点扫描过程中固结到其上。 当粉末以线性迹线供给到基底表面的连续点时,激光用于加热和部分熔化基底并完全熔化粉末。 组合的沉积和熔体束在选择的区域上重复地跟踪衬底表面,以在多层中建立受控微结构的致密涂层。 建立了一个完全致密的沉积物,成为所需的形状。

    Refractory metal pots
    7.
    发明授权
    Refractory metal pots 有权
    耐火金属锅

    公开(公告)号:US08061177B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-11-22

    申请号:US10593620

    申请日:2005-03-23

    Inventor: Peter R. Jepson

    Abstract: Computer-implemented processes for making refractory metal pots, including: cutting an a refractory metal ingot into a first workpiece; subjecting the first workpiece to multiple upset forgings, annealings in a vacuum or inert gas to a temperature sufficiently high to cause at least partial recrystallization, forging-backs, and rollings to form a plate; wherein the forged, annealed workpiece undergoes a reduction in thickness after at least one rolling pass and is turned between at least one pass, to form the plate; and deep drawing the plate to form a pot; wherein dimensions of at least one workpiece or plate suitable for processing into a pot are pre-determined with a computer-implemented finite element modeling assessment method.

    Abstract translation: 用于制造耐火金属罐的计算机实施方法,包括:将难熔金属锭切割成第一工件; 对第一工件进行多次镦锻锻造,在真空或惰性气体中进行退火至足够高的温度以至少部分重结晶,锻造和轧制以形成板; 其中所述锻造的退火工件在至少一次轧制过程之后经历厚度的减小并且在至少一个通过之间转动以形成所述板; 并深刻拉板,形成锅; 其中适用于加工到罐中的至少一个工件或板的尺寸是用计算机实现的有限元建模评估方法预先确定的。

    Closed-die forging process and rotationally incremental forging press
    9.
    发明授权
    Closed-die forging process and rotationally incremental forging press 失效
    闭模锻造工艺和旋转增量锻压机

    公开(公告)号:US6044685A

    公开(公告)日:2000-04-04

    申请号:US919803

    申请日:1997-08-29

    CPC classification number: B21J5/008 B21J5/00 B21J5/02

    Abstract: A forging press includes a die set having a stationary die, a movable die in facing-but-spaced-apart relation to the stationary die along a press axis and defining a workpiece volume therebetween, and an exterior constraint extending circumferentially around the workpiece volume. The movable die has a base level region lying generally in a workpiece plane perpendicular to the press axis, and three rotationally symmetric segments raised above the base level region. Each of the segments forms an angular segment of a disk having an included segment angle and that is angularly separated from the other segments. A press mechanism includes a axial drive operable to move the movable die in a direction parallel to the press axis, and an indexing drive operable to rotate the movable die about the press axis by an indexing rotational angle. In operation, the axial drive performs a press stroke and retracts, the indexing drive rotates the movable die by the indexing rotational angle of less than the included segment angle, and the axial drive performs another press stroke. By repeating these steps, the entire workpiece is forged incrementally.

    Abstract translation: 锻造压力机包括具有固定模具的模具组,沿着压力轴线与固定模具面对且间隔开的关系的活动模具,并且在其间限定工件体积,以及围绕工件体积周向延伸的外部约束。 可移动模具具有基本水平区域,其基本上位于垂直于加压轴线的工件平面中,并且三个旋转对称部分在基部水平区域上方升高。 每个段形成具有包括段角度并且与其它段成角度地分离的盘的角度段。 压力机构包括轴向驱动器,其可操作以沿平行于压力轴线的方向移动可动模具;以及分度驱动器,其可操作以使可移动模具围绕压力轴线旋转分度旋转角度。 在操作中,轴向驱动执行冲压行程并缩回,分度驱动器通过小于包括的分段角度的分度旋转角度使可动模具旋转,并且轴向驱动执行另一冲压行程。 通过重复这些步骤,整个工件逐渐锻造。

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