Metal treatment – Process of modifying or maintaining internal physical... – Heating or cooling of solid metal
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-21
2005-06-21
Sheehan, John P. (Department: 1742)
Metal treatment
Process of modifying or maintaining internal physical...
Heating or cooling of solid metal
C148S676000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06908519
ABSTRACT:
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 1850° F., and forging at that forging temperature and at a nominal strain rate. The die nickel-base superalloy is selected to have a creep strength of not less than a flow stress of the forging nickel-base superalloy at the forging temperature and strain rate.
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Raymond Edward Lee
Srivatsa Shesh Krishna
General Electric Company
McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC
Sheehan John P.
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