Powder metallurgy processes – Powder metallurgy processes with heating or sintering – Heat and pressure simultaneously to effect sintering
Patent
1986-10-02
1989-04-11
Lechert, Jr., Stephen J.
Powder metallurgy processes
Powder metallurgy processes with heating or sintering
Heat and pressure simultaneously to effect sintering
419 53, 419 54, 75246, C22F 100
Patent
active
048204846
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a method in producing a molding of an iron alloy.
It is previously known to produce moldings of such an iron alloy by conventional casting, i.e. the molten alloy is poured into a mold. The moldings produced in this manner present good properties with regard to resistance to wear, workability, resistance to erosion and sliding.
The invention is based on the knowledge that these properties can be considerably improved, that the molding can be made more homogeneous than in case it is made of a cast material, and that there can be imparted to the molding, particularly as far as the ductility is concerned, unique properties if it is produced by hot isostat pressing of a prealloyed powder according to the characteristics of claim 1.
In order to explain the invention in more detail selected illustrative embodiments thereof will be described in the following.
In TABLE I below, the composition of alloys are listed which are suitable for working the method of the invention, the contents of the constituents of the alloys being given in % by weight.
TABLE I ______________________________________
Al- Al- Al- Al-
loy loy loy loy Alloy Alloy Alloy
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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C % min 0.5 0.9 1.9 2.4 0.9 1.9 1.3
max 0.7 1.1 2.1 2.8 1.1 2.1 1.7
Si % min 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
max 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.0
Mn % min 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5
max 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.2 0.7 0.7 1.5
Cr % min 25.5 25.5 25.5 24.0 32.5 32.5 24.0
max 26.5 26.5 26.5 28.0 33.5 33.5 28.0
Ni % min -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.7
max -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.3
Mo % min -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.0
max -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.0
Fe res. res. res. res. res. res. res.
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The constituents of the alloy are carefully mixed in a charge from which there is produced by a known method a powder having a grain size ranging between 0.1 and 1000 .mu.m.
The powder thus prealloyed is introduced into a mold for hot isostat pressing having a configuration to be imparted to the related molding, the air then being evacuated from the mold. The evacuated mold is inserted into a hot isostat press wherein the pressing is performed by means of argon at a pressure ranging between 100 and 150 MPa and at a temperature ranging between 1230.degree. and 1270.degree. C. The period during which the pressure is to be maintained at said temperature will be dependent on the size of the molding. The molding must be hot throughout, and for solid moldings the period involved may range from 1 to 3 hours. When the pressing has been completed, the molding is allowed to cool to room temperature while it is still maintained in the press, the mold then being removed from the press to be exposed to heat treatment in an electric oven. This heat treatment takes place at a temperature ranging between 1075.degree. and 1125.degree. C. for a period ranging from 1 to 5 hours depending on the size and character of the molding.
Moldings which have been produced by the method of the invention using alloyed powder of one of the compositions listed above in TABLE I are superior to moldings produced by conventional casting of identical or similar alloys, as far as the quality is concerned, which would be due to the high pressing temperature providing growth of carbides during the hot isostat pressing. Moldings which have been produced by the method of the invention have been found to have extraordinarily good properties with regard to resistance to wear, ductility, workability, resistance to erosion and sliding, which to a considerable extent are superior to corresponding properties of cast moldings, particularly as far as the ductility is concerned. Contrary to sintered moldings the moldings produced by hot isostat pressing of prealloyed powder material by the method of the invention have a completely dense structure.
In order to obtain resistance to corrosion the alloy can contain from effective amount to 2.3 % nickel by weight and from effective amount to 3.0 % molybdenum by weight.
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