摘要:
The present invention provides a novel heat exchange medium to replace lead. A carbon-steel wire 1A heated in a heating furnace 11 is passed through a bath 12A filled with a liquid-phase Mg—Al—Ca alloy 20 obtained by melting a Mg—Al—Ca alloy in which the main constituent elements are Mg (magnesium), Al (aluminum) and Ca (calcium). When it passes through the bath 12A, the carbon-steel wire 1A, which has been heated for example to about 950° C. in the heating furnace 11, is cooled to about 550° C. The Mg—Al—Ca alloy is non-toxic and has no environmental impact as well.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus for protecting extruded metal powder green bodies (34) during firing are provided. In certain embodiments, one or more green bodies (34) are housed in a non-gas tight chamber (13) located in the hot zone (24) of a cold-wall vacuum/atmosphere furnace (10). Furnace gas, e.g., hydrogen, is supplied to the interior of the chamber (13). The resulting one-way flow out of the chamber (13) protects the green bodies (34) from the backflow of burn-out products, as well as from contaminants arising from the walls and internal components of the furnace (10). In other embodiments, green bodies (34) are housed in individual non-gas tight containers (36). The containers (36) minimize the amount of furnace gas which comes into contact with the green bodies (34) during sintering and thus minimize the level of exposure of the green bodies (34) to oxidative impurities in the furnace gas. When composed of the same material as the green bodies, the containers (36) also perform a getter function.
摘要:
A non-cyanide molten salt bath composition and process for the carburization of objects made of ferrous metals or alloys are provided. The composition comprises a molten salt mixture, at a temperature in the range of 900.degree. C. to 1050.degree. C., of an alkali metal chloride or a mixture of alkali metal chlorides; an activator consisting of an oxygen containing strontium or barium salt; and a graphite cover. The process comprises immersing the ferrous metal or alloy part in the molten mixture at a temperature in the range of 900.degree. C. to 1050.degree. C.
摘要:
Rod and wire or other ferrous material is annealed, normalized, spherodized, etc. in a furnace under nitrogen based atmospheres to which is added a mixture of methylacetylene and propadiene. This latter mixture reacts with decarburizing substances such as carbon dioxide in the furnace at relatively low temperatures of about 1000.degree.-1100.degree. F. to substantially preclude decarburization of the ferrous material. The use of a mixture of methylacetylene and propadiene in the amount of approximately 0.1-10% by volume of the furnace atmosphere also results in a relatively high CO level, reduces decarburization and oxidation of the ferrous material.
摘要:
Low cyanide nitriding salt baths which are composed of alkali cyanate and alkali carbonate and used for treating components made of steel and iron produce coatings on the surface of the component in some cases and can lead to problems in the use of the components. A satisfactory surface quality can be obtained from nitriding salt baths which additionally contain 0.5 to 100 ppm of selenium.
摘要:
The surface of a ferrous metal workpiece is heat treated by immersing the workpiece to be treated in the fluidized particulate bed of a fluidized bed furnace. The bed is fluidized by a gas atmosphere comprising ammonia gas, hydrocarbon gas, and optionally a non-reactive gas. The temperature of the fluidized bed is maintained at about 600.degree. F. to 1250.degree. F. The proportion of the ammonia gas in the gaseous atmosphere may be varied to alter the surface characteristics of the treated workpiece. The compound layer and the underlying diffusion zone exhibit increased thicknesses. Increased hardness and increased impact loading resistance of the treated surface are obtainable.
摘要:
Disclosed is a method of controlling the atmosphere of a heat-treating furnace whose atmosphere consists essentially of a carrier gas of CO, H.sub.2 and N.sub.2 produced from a mixture of methanol and nitrogen. In accordance with the present invention, the ratio of flow of methanol to flow of nitrogen is varied to maintain the CO content of the furnace atmosphere at a predetermined value. This renders more effective the control by conventional means of the flow of additive gases to maintain the carbon potential of the furnace atmosphere at a predetermined value. The flows of methanol and nitrogen may be controlled based on monitored CO content only, or their control may be interrelated to monitored carbon potential as well.
摘要:
In an indirectly heated, gas-fired furnace (10) for the heat treatment of metal material in an atmosphere of processing gas consisting predominantly of nitrogen, the processing gas is produced using the heating exhaust gases as the principal raw material. The exhaust gases are cooled, filtered and freed of carbon monoxide and water vapor, whereupon a small amount of air is added to impart a predetermined value to the oxygen content and a controlled amount of liquefied petroleum gas or other hydrocarbon gas is added. A processing gas consisting predominantly of nitrogen, hydrogen and carbon monoxide is produced by thermal cracking of the liquefied petroleum gas in a catalytic reactor (25) and fed to the furnace (10). If a processing gas free of carbon and consisting predominantly of nitrogen and hydrogen is required, the reactor (25) may be replaced by a deoxo reactor into which the exhaust gases, after their oxygen content has been adjusted, are fed together with a controlled amount of hydrogen gas.
摘要:
Method of generating furnace atmospheres and processes for using the atmospheres for carburizing, decarburizing, neutral hardening, annealing or carbonitriding ferrous base metals.The invention is characterized by forming atmospheres that are a mixture of an oxygen-bearing medium comprising oxygen or a gaseous compound containing oxygen in combination with hydrogen and carbon, a gaseous source of hydrocarbon and an inert gas carrier forming the major component of the mixture. Gaseous ammonia can be substituted for a portion of the inert gas carrier to provide an atmosphere suitable for carbonitriding ferrous base metals.The normally gaseous mixture is prepared outside of the furnace and then injected into the furnace where reaction of the mixture produces the desired furnace atmosphere.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method for producing coated high strength low alloy steel. A strip of steel is cleaned from rolling oil, is heated to the temperature range A.sub.1 to A.sub.3 in a protective atmosphere, is soaked and subsequently quenched in a zinc-aluminum bath for a short time sufficient to adhere a zinc coating to the steel surface, whereafter the steel strip is rapidly cooled to a temperature below 300.degree. C., to obtain a dual-phase steel structure.