Metallurgical apparatus – Means for treating ores or for extracting metals – By means applying heat to work – e.g. – furnace
Patent
1992-10-14
1994-06-28
Kastler, Scott
Metallurgical apparatus
Means for treating ores or for extracting metals
By means applying heat to work, e.g., furnace
266252, 148276, 148630, C22B 110
Patent
active
053240090
ABSTRACT:
A process and apparatus for forming a hardened outer shell (40) on a refractory metal workpiece (36) preferably heated in a fluidized bed of metallic oxide particles (38) in an environment of an inert gas and a reactive gas with the reactive gas either oxygen or nitrogen. The workpieces (36) are heated in the fluidized bed to a temperature between 800 F. and 1600 F. for a period of over two hours to form hardened outer shell (40) in two layers (42, 44). Outer layer (42) is an oxide or nitride layer having a thickness (T1) between 10 microns and 25 microns. Inner layer (44) is a case hardened layer of the refractory metal having a thickness (T2) between 25 microns and 75 microns. In one embodiment workpieces (56) may be cold worked by peening from finely divided metal oxide particles (54) to provide a uniform surface texture for subsequent hardening.
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Kastler Scott
Kemp Willard E.
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