Abstract: The invention relates to a method for press hardening of a metal or an alloy wherein said metal is heated in a controlled furnace atmosphere which is essentially hydrogen-free and which comprises nitrogen and carbon monoxide.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for sintering in a furnace atmosphere wherein said furnace atmosphere is a hydrogen-free atmosphere comprising nitrogen and carbon monoxide.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for annealing or hardening of a metal or an alloy in a controlled furnace atmosphere, wherein said furnace atmosphere is a hydrogen-free atmosphere comprising nitrogen and carbon monoxide.

Abstract: The invention provides a device for wire bonding with a copper-containing bonding wire for connecting a component to a support, wherein provision is made on the component as well as on the support for at least one bond pad, encompassing a guide for the bonding wire and a device for melting a part of a bonding wire, which is provided for a connection to one of the bond pads, wherein the guide for the bonding wire is embodied in such a manner that the melted part of the bonding wire is brought into contact in each case with at least one bond pad in a bonding chamber, characterized in that provision is made for at least one plasma nozzle, with part of the bonding wire provided for the connection to the bond pad can be acted upon by a plasma and/or the bond pad can be acted upon by a plasma and/or the bonding chamber can be acted upon by a plasma. The invention also relates to a method for wire bonding.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for the modification of the surface structure of a metal body, more preferably for the increase of the surface porosity, wherein a surface of the metal body is initially exposed to an oxidizing atmosphere and subsequently is exposed to a reducing atmosphere.

Abstract: A method of forming a base body for a diamond bit having a tubular carrier body (2, 12) with a bottom (4), and a shank (1, 11) projecting from the bottom (1), with the carrier body (2, 12) and the bottom being produced by a spinning process.

Abstract: A method of forming a base body for a diamond bit having a tubular carrier body (2, 12) with a bottom (4), and a shank (1, 11) projecting from the bottom (1), with the carrier body (2, 12) and the bottom being produced by a spinning process.