Co- Or Ni-base Component Next To Fe-base Component Patents (Class 428/679)
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Publication number: 20130011694Abstract: According to the present invention, a steel sheet for a container excellent in corrosion resistance, adhesion, and weldability is provided, which includes a steel sheet; a Ni plating layer which is formed on a surface of the steel sheet in an amount of plating deposition containing a Ni amount of 0.3 to 3 g/m2 and contains Co in the range of 0.1 to 100 ppm; and a chromate coating layer which is formed on a surface of the Ni plating layer in an amount of coating deposition containing a converted Cr amount of 1 to 40 mg/m2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Inventors: Shigeru Hirano, Makoto Kawabata
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Publication number: 20120292294Abstract: A cladding material for a lead capable of inhibiting foreign matter from remaining on a surface can be obtained. The cladding material (1) is a cladding material for a lead welded to a terminal (21, 22) of a battery (2) and comprises a first Ni layer (11) arranged on a side welded to the terminal of said battery, a second Ni layer (12) arranged on a side opposite to said welded side and an Fe layer (10) arranged to be held between said first Ni layer and said second Ni layer. The thickness of the first Ni layer is at least 2.1% and not more than 8.2% of the thickness of said cladding material consisting of the first Ni layer, the second Ni layer and the Fe layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: NEOMAX MATERIALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshimitsu Oda, Masaaki Ishio
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Patent number: 8309233Abstract: Free standing articles or articles at least partially coated with substantially porosity free, fine-grained and/or amorphous Co-bearing metallic materials optionally containing solid particulates dispersed therein, are disclosed. The electrodeposited metallic layers and/or patches comprising Co provide, enhance or restore strength, wear and/or lubricity of substrates without reducing the fatigue performance. The fine-grained and/or amorphous metallic coatings comprising Co are particularly suited for articles exposed to thermal cycling, fatigue and other stresses and/or in applications requiring anti-microbial properties.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Integran Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Diana Facchini, Francisco Gonzalez, Jonathan McCrea, Mike Uetz, Gino Palumbo, Klaus Tomantschger
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Patent number: 8309232Abstract: A running-in coating for gas turbines and a method for production of a running-in coating are provided. The running-in coating serves to seal a radial gap between a housing (11) of the gas turbine and the rotating blades (10) themselves, whereby the running-in coating (13) is applied to the housing. The running-in coating is made from a CoNiCrAIY-hBN material. The CoNiCrAIY-hBN material can be applied by thermal spraying, in particular plasma spraying.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2004Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbHInventors: Manfred A. Daeubler, Klaus Schweitzer
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Publication number: 20120270068Abstract: A method for making a coated article includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a copper-cobalt target by a hot isostatic pressing process using copper powder and cobalt powder; forming a copper-cobalt alloy layer on the substrate by vacuum sputtering using the copper-cobalt target. A coated article is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2011Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTDInventors: HSIN-PEI CHANG, WEN-RONG CHEN, HUANN-WU CHIANG, CHENG-SHI CHEN, SHUN-MAO LIN
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Patent number: 8263232Abstract: The present invention provides a composite coated zinc-containing plated steel material different from the plated steel materials treated by conventional chromate replacement technologies and superior in all of corrosion resistance, blackening resistance, coating adhesion, and alkali resistance. The composite coated zinc-containing plated steel material of the present invention is characterized by having a composite coating formed by coating and drying on the surface of a plated steel material a treatment solution containing a basic zirconium compound, vanadyl (VO2+)-containing compound, phosphoric acid compound, cobalt compound, organic acid, and water and having a pH 7 to 14, the composite coating containing, with respect to the Zr element as 100 parts by mass, V in an amount of 10 to 45 parts by mass, P in 5 to 100 parts by mass, Co in 0.1 to 20 parts by mass, and an organic acid in 10 to 90 parts by mass.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2007Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Yoshio Kimata, Atsushi Morishita, Akira Takahashi, Toshikazu Amemiya, Takayuki Kuwagaki, Hidetoshi Shindo, Ikuo Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20120219825Abstract: Provided is a Ni-plated steel sheet having excellent press formability. An Fe—Ni diffusion layer and a softened Ni layer formed on the Fe—Ni diffusion layer are formed on a surface of a steel sheet corresponding to an outer surface of a battery can, a semi-bright Ni plating layer is formed on the softened Ni layer, a Ni coating weight of the Fe—Ni diffusion layer and the softened Ni layer formed on the Fe—Ni diffusion layer is set smaller than a Ni coating weight of the semi-bright Ni plating layer, and average roughness Ra of the semi-bright Ni plating layer measured by a traceable roughness gauge is 1.0 ?m or more and 2.0 ?m or less, and a maximum height Ry of the semi-bright Ni plating layer measured by the traceable roughness gauge is 5 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventors: Hideyuki Minagi, Eiji Okamatsu
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Publication number: 20120189864Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composed of a metallic coating material, for a cast-in component composed of a metallic material. It is provided, according to the invention, that the coating consists of galvanically applied nickel. The present invention furthermore relates to a cast-in component composed of a metallic material that is coated on at least part of its surface with a coating composed of a metallic coating material, wherein a coating in the form of a galvanically applied nickel layer is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBHInventor: Gerhard BUCHER
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Publication number: 20120171518Abstract: A Ni-plated steel sheet is provided in which thee occurrence of scratches at the time of forming a battery can is suppressed. Also provided is a method which includes a step where a surface of a steel sheet is plated with Ni in a Ni adhesion amount of 0.3-2 ?m, a step where the Ni-plated steel sheet is heated to 600-800° C. to form an Fe?Ni diffusion layer as an outermost surface layer, and a step where the steel sheet is rolled by temper rolling so as to adjust the Fe?Ni diffusion layer so that the steel sheet has the surface roughness Ra of 0.9-2.0 ?m and the surface roughness Ry of 4.0-15 ?m. A Ni-plated steel sheet which includes an Fe?Ni diffusion layer as an outermost surface layer and in which the diffusion layer has the surface roughness Ra of 0.9-2.0 ?m and the surface roughness Ry of 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventors: Shinichi Takematsu, Eiji Okamatsu, Hideyuki Minagi
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Publication number: 20120121923Abstract: Fine-grained (average grain size 1 nm to 1,000 nm) metallic coatings optionally containing solid particulates dispersed therein. The fine-grained metallic materials are significantly harder and stronger than conventional coatings of the same chemical composition due to Hall-Petch strengthening and have low linear coefficients of thermal expansion (CTEs). The CTE of the fine-grained metallic coating is matched to the one of the substrate by adjusting the composition of the alloy and/or by varying the chemistry and volume fraction of particulates embedded in the coating. The fine-grained metallic coatings are particularly suited for strong and lightweight articles, precision molds, sporting goods, automotive parts and components exposed to thermal cycling. The low CTEs and the ability to match the CTEs of the fine-grained metallic coatings with the CTEs of the substrate minimize dimensional changes during thermal cycling and prevent premature failure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: INTEGRAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Gino Palumbo, Jonathan McCrea, Klaus Tomantschger, Iain Brooks, Daehyun Jeong, Dave Limoges, Konstantinos Panagiotopoulos, Uwe Erb
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Patent number: 8163401Abstract: The invention relates to a component having a coating system, which comprises at least one bonding coat applied directly onto the component and at least one thermal barrier coat formed on the bonding coat, the bonding coat comprising from 22 to 36 wt. % Cr, from 15 to 30 wt. % Ni, at most 55 ppm Al, and Fe as a basis.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jochen Barnikel, Friedhelm Schmitz
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Patent number: 8147984Abstract: The present invention provides an oriented substrate for forming an epitaxial thin film thereon, which has a more excellent orientation than that of a conventional one and a high strength, and a method for manufacturing the same. A clad textured metal substrate for forming the epitaxial thin film thereon according to the present invention comprises a metallic layer and a nickel layer which is bonded to at least one face of the metallic layer, wherein the nickel layer has a {100}<001> cube texture in which a deviating angle ?? of crystal axes satisfies ???7 degrees and has a nickel purity of 99.9% or more. The oriented metal substrate is manufactured by cold-working the nickel sheet having a purity of 99.9% or more, heat-treating it for orientation, and bonding the metal sheet with the oriented nickel sheet by using a surface activated bonding process.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2008Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignees: Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.Inventors: Naoji Kashima, Shigeo Nagaya, Kunihiro Shima, Hirofumi Hoshino
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Patent number: 8053089Abstract: A protective coating system for metal components includes a superalloy metal substrate, such as a component of a gas turbine. A single layer bond coat is applied to the superalloy metal substrate in a thermal spray process from a homogeneous powder composition having a particle size distribution wherein about 90% of the particles by volume are within a range of about 10 ?m to about 100 ?m. The percentage of particles within any 10 ?m band within the range does not exceed about 20% by volume, and the percentage of particles within any two adjacent 10 ?m bands within the range does not deviate by more than about 8% by volume.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Joshua Lee Margolies, Joseph G. Albanese, Tamara Jean Muth, Stephen D. Dillon
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Publication number: 20110250470Abstract: The invention provides a process for brazing two or three parts. A braze with a composition consisting of NiresCraBbPcSid with 20 atomic percent<a<22 atomic percent; 1.2 atomic percent?b?3.6 atomic percent; 12.5 atomic percent?c?14.5 atomic percent; 0 atomic percent?d<1.5 atomic percent; incidental impurities?0.5 atomic percent; and residual Ni is inserted between two or more parts to be joined to form a joint, the parts to be joined having a higher melting temperature than the braze. The joint is heated to a temperature of between 1020° C. and 1070° C. and cooled to form a brazed joint between the parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Thomas Hartmann, Dieter Nuetzel
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Patent number: 8029918Abstract: A brazing method includes assembling a first member and a second member, the first member including a base plate made of a ferrous material and a diffusion suppressing layer laminated on the base plate and made of a Ni—Cr alloy including more than about 15% and less than about 40% of Cr, the second member being disposed on the first member with a brazing material of a Cu—Ni alloy including more than about 10% and less than about 20% of Ni therebetween, and maintaining the temporary assembly at a temperature of more than about 1,200° C. to fuse the brazing material and diffuse Ni atoms and Cr atoms into the fused brazing material to form the braze joint, causing the resulting brazing material to have an increased melting point due to the Ni and Cr contents of the braze joint to self-solidify the braze joint, and then cooling the resulting assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2010Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Neomax Materials Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Masaaki Ishio, Shunji Kajikawa, Yoshitsugu Sakamoto, Takayuki Hayashi
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Patent number: 8029916Abstract: A brazing filler metal capable of improving both of oxidation resistance and corrosion resistance is obtained. This brazing filler metal (1, 1d, 51 and 51a) consists of at least a three-layer structure of an Ni—Cr brazing layer (2 and 2a) consisting of an Ni—Cr alloy layer, a Ti brazing layer (3, 3a, 3b, 3c and 3d) consisting of a Ti layer or a Ti alloy layer and an Ni brazing layer (4, 4a, 4b, 4c and 4d) consisting of an Ni layer or an N alloy layer arranged between the Ni—Cr brazing layer and the Ti brazing layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2006Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Neomax Materials Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Masaaki Ishio, Yoshimitsu Oda
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Patent number: 8025983Abstract: A joining method between Fe-based steel and Ti/Ti-based alloys having a joint strength higher than those of base metals by using interlayers. The production of intermetallic compounds at a joint portion between Fe-based steel and Ti/Ti-based alloys can be prevented using interlayers, and strong interface diffusion bonding can be formed at interfaces between interlayers, thereby producing a high-strength joint. Accordingly, the present disclosure can be used to develop high-strength, high-functional advanced composite materials.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2009Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Inventors: Min Ku Lee, Jung Gu Lee, Jin-Ju Park, Chang-Kyu Rhee
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Publication number: 20110200843Abstract: A welding material, to be used for welding a base metal made of an austenitic alloy comprising C?2.0%, Si?4.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 3.0%, P: more than 0.03% to not more 0.3%, S?0.03%, Cr: 12 to 35%, Ni: 6 to 80%, sol. Al: 0.001 to 1% and N?0.3%, with the balance being Fe and impurities to a base metal made of another austenitic alloy, which comprises C: more than 0.3% to 3.0%, Si?4.0%, Mn?3.0%, P?0.03%, S?0.03%, Cr: more than 22% to 55%, Ni: more than 30% to not more than 70%, sol. Al: 0.001 to 1% and N?0.3%, with the balance being Fe and impurities can suppress the weld solidification cracking which occurs in an austenitic alloy having a high P content and showing fully austenitic solidification. Therefore, the said welding material can be widely used in such fields where a welding fabrication is required. The said welding material may contain a specific amount or amounts of one or more elements selected from Cu, Mo, W, V, Nb, Ti, Ta, Zr, Hf, Co, B, Ca, Mg and REM.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Osuki, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Hirokazu Okada
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Publication number: 20110117385Abstract: A method of repairing an abradable, nickel single crystal material having an abraded surface area by applying a diffusion layer to the abraded surface area comprising a nickel-based alloy having a quantity of an additional element selected from silicon and boron; and also applying an abradable layer to the material comprising a cobalt-based alloy to restore the abraded surface area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2009Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Minor, Scott Hlavaty
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Patent number: 7923145Abstract: A surface treated steel sheet for a battery case, which has a diffusion layer of a nickel-phosphorus alloy or a nickel-cobalt-phosphorus alloy formed on the outermost layer of the inside surface of a plated steel sheet for a battery case; a battery case which is produced through forming the surface-treated steel sheet having a diffusion layer of a nickel-phosphorus alloy or a nickel-cobalt-phosphorus alloy by the deep drawing method, the DI forming or the DTR forming: and a battery using the battery case. The battery case can be used for producing a battery excellent in battery characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2003Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Yoshitaka Honda
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Patent number: 7919193Abstract: A component for use in a high vacuum environment, the component including a core of non-magnetic Hastelloy with a cladding of nickel-iron covering the core at least in part. The component can be, for example, at least one of a gate valve for use in a high vacuum environment of an electron gun, a bearing, a slide way, a gate valve bearing, a rotary slide, a linear slide, an electron beam column, and electron beam chamber, and a vacuum chamber. In this manner, because the final mechanical tolerance is controlled by machining instead of part assembling, extremely high alignment accuracy is obtained. The final part provides field shielding as provided by the nickel alloy shell, low stray field provided by the non-magnetic Hastelloy, good vacuum performance, and tight mechanical tolerance control. Also, because Hastelloy has the advantage of a low oxidation rate in comparison to stainless steel and titanium, there is less contamination buildup due to conditions such as electron beam bombardment.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2007Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: KLA-Tencor CorporationInventors: Mohammed Tahmassebpur, Salam Harb, Liqun Han, Marian Mankos
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Patent number: 7910225Abstract: This invention relates to low thermal expansion bondcoats for thermal barrier coatings. The bondcoats comprise: (i) an inner layer comprising an inner layer alloy of MCrAlM?, and (ii) an outer layer comprising an outer layer alloy of MCrAlM?, wherein M is an element selected from nickel, cobalt, iron and mixtures thereof, and M? is an element selected from yttrium, zirconium, hafnium, ytterbium and mixtures thereof. The inner layer alloy is thermally sprayed from a powder having a mean particle size of 50 percentile point in distribution of from about 5 microns to about 50 microns. The outer layer alloy is thermally sprayed from a powder having a mean particle size of 50 percentile point in distribution of from about 30 microns to about 100 microns. The bondcoat has a thermal expansion of about 6.5 millimeters per meter or less between a temperature of from about 25° C. to about 525° C.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2007Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Praxair S.T. Technology, Inc.Inventor: Thomas A. Taylor
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Patent number: 7897267Abstract: A tubular assembly comprising a first iron based tubular having a first non-cladded inner surface; and a second iron based tubular having a second non-cladded inner surface, wherein the first tubular is connected to the second tubular using a non-iron based bonding material. Preferably, the non-iron based bonding material has a lower crack growth rate than the iron based tubulars.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2006Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research CompanyInventors: Douglas S. Hoyt, Michael S. Weir, Wan C. Kan
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Publication number: 20100304182Abstract: Free standing articles or articles at least partially coated with substantially porosity free, fine-grained and/or amorphous Co-bearing metallic materials optionally containing solid particulates dispersed therein, are disclosed. The electrodeposited metallic layers and/or patches comprising Co provide, enhance or restore strength, wear and/or lubricity of substrates without reducing the fatigue performance compared to either uncoated or equivalent thickness chromium coated substrate. The fine-grained and/or amorphous metallic coatings comprising Co are particularly suited for articles exposed to thermal cycling, fatigue and other stresses and/or in applications requiring anti-microbial properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: INTEGRAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Diana Facchini, Francisco Gonzalez, Jonathan McCrea, Mike Uetz, Gino Palumbo, Klaus Tomantschger
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Patent number: 7807273Abstract: An alloy-coated boiler part is furnished with a melted coating of alloy material excellent in erosion/corrosion resistance when joined by welding, and free from thermal shock cracking. Super alloy coating (15) is applied over rapid temperature rise region width (C), where thermal shock cracking may occur at a welding operation, at end portions subjected to weld joint including the vicinity. Self-fluxing alloy coating (16) is applied on remaining regions other than the rapid temperature rise region width (C). While over a half proportion of each of the alloy coatings (15, 16) occupied by an Ni-enriched Ni—Cr component, the super alloy coating (15) has the contents of B and Si suppressed to equal or less than 0.1% and equal or less than 0.5%, respectively, and in the self-fluxing alloy coating (16), the content of each of B and Si is in the range of 1 to 5%.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2005Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignees: Dai-Ichi High Frequency Co., Ltd., Flourshing Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi Matsubara, Yoshinobu Sochi, Makoto Kumakawa, Shin-Nan Lee
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Publication number: 20100215983Abstract: The present invention discloses abrasion resistant claddings for cast iron substrates comprising hard particles and nickel-based braze alloys. The cladding material can be brazed on cast iron substrates at lower temperatures than conventional cladding materials, providing highly increased abrasion resistance to the cast iron substrate materials without adversely affecting the physical properties and structural integrity of such substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2009Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: Kennametal Inc.Inventors: Vaishalibahen Bhagwanbhai Patel, James Aaron Faust
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Publication number: 20100209733Abstract: A The hot-gas conducting component for a flow machine has a nickel-base wrought alloy as structural material and a hot gas-side lining made from the group of iron-chromium-aluminum-yttrium alloys and a flow machine having a component of this type.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: MAN Turbo AGInventors: Markus Beukenberg, Sharad Chandra, Norbert Czech, Roland Herzog
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Patent number: 7758925Abstract: A method for preparing a protective layer (38) on a surface of the substrate (36) that requires a bonding temperature (BT) above a detrimental phase transformation temperature range (28) of the substrate, and then cooling the layer and substrate without cracking the layer or detrimentally transforming the substrate. The protective layer (38) and the substrate (36) are cooled from the bonding temperature (BT) to a temperature (46) above the detrimental phase transformation range (28) at a first cooling rate (30) slow enough to avoid cracking the protective layer. Next, the protective layer and the substrate are cooled to a temperature below the detrimental phase transformation range of the substrate at a second cooling rate (27) fast enough to pass the detrimental phase transformation range before a substantial transformation of the substrate into the detrimental phase can occur.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2007Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.Inventor: Brij B. Seth
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Patent number: 7695827Abstract: The invention relates to a component having a substrate and a protective layer, which consists of an intermediate NiCoCrAlY layer zone on or near the substrate and an outer layer zone which is arranged on the intermediate NiCoCrAlY layer zone, which is characterized in that the intermediate NiCoCrAlY layer zone comprises of (in wt %): 24-26% Co, 16-18% Cr, 9.5-11% Al, 0.3-0.5 Y, 1-1.8% Re and Ni balance.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2007Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Willem J. Quadakkers, Werner Stamm
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Publication number: 20100028716Abstract: Brazing alloy with a composition consisting essentially of FeaNiRestCrbMocCudSieBfPg, wherein 0 atomic %<=a<=50 atomic %; 5 atomic %<=b<=18 atomic %; 0.2 atomic %<c<=3 atomic %; 4 atomic %<=e<=15 atomic %; 4 atomic %<=f<=15 atomic %; 0 atomic %<=g<=6 atomic %; rest Ni, and wherein if 0 atomic %<a<=50 atomic %; then 0.5 atomic %<=d<3 atomic % and if a=0, then 0.5 atomic %<=d<=5 atomic %.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2007Publication date: February 4, 2010Inventors: Dieter Nuetzel, Thomas Hartmann
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Publication number: 20100021761Abstract: Provided are strain hardened high strength nickel based alloy welds that yield improved properties and performance in joining high strength metals. The advantageous weldments include two or more segments of ferrous or non-ferrous components, and fusion welds, friction stir welds, electron beam welds, laser beam welds, or a combination thereof bonding adjacent segments of the components together, wherein the welds comprise a strain hardened nickel based alloy weld metal composition including greater than or equal to 10 wt % Mo based on the total weight of the nickel based alloy weld metal composition. Also provided are methods for forming the welds from the nickel based alloy weld compositions. The strain hardened high strength nickel based alloy welds are useful in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry in applications for natural gas transportation and storage, oil and gas well completion and production, and oil and gas refinery and chemical plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2008Publication date: January 28, 2010Inventors: Raghavan Ayer, Neeraj Srinivas Thirumalai, Hyun-Woo Jin, Daniel B. Lillig, Douglas Paul Fairchild, Steven Jeffrey Ford
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Publication number: 20090286104Abstract: Multiple layers of nickel phosphorous coatings are formed by electroless plating onto a base metal substrate such as a turbine component. In one embodiment, a first nickel layer metallurgical bonded by a heat treatment process to a surface of the base metal substrate, the first nickel layer containing about 4 to about 6 weight percent phosphorous with the balance being essentially nickel; and a second nickel layer deposited onto the first layer, the second nickel layer containing about 8 to about 12 weight percent phosphorous with the balance being essentially nickel, wherein the first and second layers are formed by electroless plating. In this manner, adhesion is maximized without degrading the properties of the second layer such as corrosion resistance and ductility. Also disclosed are processes for forming the multilayered nickel phosphorus coatings.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2008Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Steven Alfred Tysoe, Eugenio Giorni, Dennis Michael Gray, Lawrence Bernard Kool, Francesco Sorbo
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Patent number: 7553561Abstract: A rare earth magnet having excellent corrosion resistance is provided. It has a magnet body (10) containing a rare earth element, and a protective film (20) formed on the magnet body (10). In the protective film (20), a first protective film (21), a second protective film (22) and a third protective film (23) are laminated in this order from the side of the magnet body (10). These are in a polycrystalline state and composed of a metal plated film, for example. The first protective film (21) and the third protective film (23) have a smaller mean crystal grain size than that of the second protective film (22). Microcrystallization of the first protective film (21) can improve the density of the interface between the protective film (20) and the magnet body (10), and decrease the number of pinholes.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2005Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Takeshi Sakamoto, Nobuya Uchida, Yoshitomo Tanaka, Yasuyuki Nakayama
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Patent number: 7514153Abstract: A method is provided for coating a steel surface of a workpiece. According to an aspect of the invention, a steel workpiece is subjected to a first embrittlement-relief baking operation to form a protective oxide layer on the steel surface. The protective oxide layer is de-scaled, and the steel surface is activated. A hydrogen barrier coating is deposited on the activated steel surface, and activated. A zinc-nickel alloy is plated on the barrier coating, and subjected to a second embrittlement-relief baking operation. The porous plating is sealed with a conversion coat. The method is especially useful in making low to no hydrogen embrittlement cadmium-replacement steel parts. Also provided is a corrosion resistant coated steel workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2005Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Harry L. Archer, Jr., Wayne J. Powell, Josephs T. Menke
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Publication number: 20080305392Abstract: A surface treated steel sheet for a battery case, which has a diffusion layer of a nickel-phosphorus alloy or a nickel-cobalt-phosphorus alloy formed on the outermost layer of the inside surface of a plated steel sheet for a battery case; a battery case which is produced through forming the surface-treated steel sheet having a diffusion layer of a nickel-phosphorus alloy or a nickel-cobalt-phosphorus alloy by the deep drawing method, the DI forming or the DTR forming: and a battery using the battery case. The battery case can be used for producing a battery excellent in battery characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2008Publication date: December 11, 2008Applicants: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd., Browdy and Neimark, P.L.L.C.Inventors: Hitoshi OHMURA, Tatsuo Tomomori, Yoshitaka Honda
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Patent number: 7442445Abstract: A brazing clad material is a composite material that comprises a base material and a brazing material layer formed integrally on the base material. The brazing material layer has a Ni or Ni alloy layer, a Ti or Ti alloy layer and a Fe—Ni alloy layer that are sequentially stacked in this order on the base material. The brazing material layer has a Fe concentration of 25 to 40 wt % in the entire brazing material layer. The brazing material layer satisfies a ratio of W1/W2 to be 0.56 to 0.66, where W1 is a weight of Ni contained in the entire brazing material layer and W2 is a total weight of Ni and Ti contained in the entire brazing material layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2005Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Sagawa, Hiromitsu Kuroda, Kazuma Kuroki, Humio Horii, Tetsuya Tokumitu, Nobuhito Sakuyama, Shigeru Okamoto
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Patent number: 7419729Abstract: A multilayered ferromagnetic laminate includes a first magnetic film having a cobalt alloy and a second magnetic film having an iron-nitrogen alloy. The films are deposited upon one another and laminated to provide a multilayered film structure having an alternating plurality of the first and second magnetic films. The cobalt alloy may be a cobalt-zirconium-tantalum alloy. The nitrogen is incorporated interstitially in the crystalline structure of the iron of the second magnetic film. The laminate forms the magnetic shields and the write poles of magnetic disk and tape heads. The lamination of the first magnetic film which has high electrically resistive, high mechanical hardness, and high magnetic moment characteristics with the second magnetic film which has lower electrically resistive and very high magnetic moment characteristics yields the laminate which has very high magnetic moment and very hard pole material characteristics and has the ability to write at high frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Storage Technology CorporationInventors: Ricky Lee Ewasko, Robert Wayne Nix
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Publication number: 20080102309Abstract: The present invention is directed to a nickel-based alloy, such as INCOLOY or INCONEL, clad stainless steel sheath tubing material for heating elements. This clad material is designed to minimize the cost of heating elements generally constructed entirely of nickel-based alloys alone while providing necessary material requirements of weldability, hot strength, corrosion resistance, thermal shock resistance, and formability.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2007Publication date: May 1, 2008Inventors: Charles D. Tuffile, Clive Britton
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Patent number: 7335428Abstract: The invention relates to a cooking vessel comprising a base made of a multilayer material and a side wall, the said multilayer material comprising, in succession from the outside of the vessel to the inside of the vessel: an outer part, having a thickness eE, consisting of a layer of a ferromagnetic Nickel based alloy having a Curie temperature of between 30 and 350° C. and a thermal expansion coefficient of greater than or equal to 6.5.10?6 K?1, and a core, having a thickness ec, comprising at least one layer selected among aluminium, aluminium alloy and copper.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2001Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignees: Imphy Alloys, Alinox AGInventors: Hervé Fraisse, Yves Grosbety, Thierry Waeckerle, Markus Spring, Norbert Hoffstaedter
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Patent number: 7300706Abstract: A wire for external exposure, i.e. without chemical binding with a polymer or rubber matrix. The wire has a steel core, a nickel sub-coating and a zinc or zinc alloy top coating above the nickel sub-coating. The steel core has a carbon content exceeding 0.20%. The wire is in a work-hardened state by drawing or rolling. The wire has an excellent corrosion resistance and provides an excellent barrier against hydrogen. Preferable uses are wires in off-shore applications.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: NV Bekaert SAInventors: Ludo Adriaensen, Paul Dambre, Danny Gonnissen, Gilbert Van Loo, Johan Vanbrabant
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Publication number: 20070269676Abstract: A wear-resistant article that includes a substrate that presents a surface. The substrate has a bulk region and a surface region beginning at and extending inward from the surface toward the bulk region. There is a diffusion barrier layer on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate wherein the diffusion barrier layer is a nickel-based alloy. There is a wear-resistant cladding layer on the diffusion barrier layer wherein the wear-resistant layer contains boron. The surface region of the substrate contains no boron that has been diffused from the wear-resistant cladding layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2006Publication date: November 22, 2007Inventors: Kevin M. Singer, Donald W. Bucholz
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Patent number: 7291384Abstract: The piston ring of the present invention comprises a thermal spray coating comprising chromium carbide particles having an average particle size of 5 ?m or less, and a matrix metal composed of a Ni—Cr alloy or a Ni—Cr alloy and Ni at least on an outer peripheral surface, said thermal spray coating having an average pore diameter of 10 ?m or less and a porosity of 8% or less by volume. A piston ring having excellent wear resistance, scuffing resistance and peeling resistance with little attackability on a mating member is obtained by forming a homogeneous thermal spray coating having a fine microstructure.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2003Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha RikenInventors: Ryou Obara, Katsumi Takiguchi, Yukio Hosotsubo
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Patent number: 7288328Abstract: An article for use in hostile thermal environments, such as a component of a gas turbine engine. The article includes a nickel-base superalloy substrate that is prone to formation of a deleterious secondary reaction zone (SRZ), and an overlay coating having a predominantly gamma prime-phase nickel aluminide (Ni3Al) composition suitable for use as an environmental coating, including a bond coat for a thermal barrier coating. The coating comprises a chromium-containing nickel aluminide intermetallic overlay coating of predominantly the gamma prime phase, in which aluminum is present in the coating in an amount approximately equal to the aluminum content of the superalloy substrate so as to inhibit diffusion of aluminum from the overlay coating into the superalloy substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2004Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ramgopal Darolia, William Scott Walston
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Patent number: 7285338Abstract: An anisotropic thin-film rare-earth permanent magnet endowed with high magnetic characteristics by rendering a vapor-phase-grown thin film anisotropic in the layering direction. The atomic laminate units are formed by laminating a monoatomic layer of a rare earth element on a substrate of a non-magnetic material having, a flat smoothness and then by laminating an atomic laminate of a transition metal element having a plurality of monoatomic layers of a transition metal element, so that the atomic laminate units of a characteristic construction are laminated in a plurality of layers. As a result, each atomic laminate of the transition metal element has an easy magnetizable axis in the laminate direction of the monoatomic layers and which are sandwiched between a monoatomic layer of a rare-earth element so that an inverse magnetic domain is suppressed to establish a strong coercive force.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2001Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: Neomax Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Yamashita, Ken Makita
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Patent number: 7264888Abstract: An overlay coating for articles used in hostile thermal environments. The coating has a predominantly gamma prime-phase nickel aluminide (Ni3Al) composition suitable for use as an environmental coating and as a bond coat for a thermal barrier coating. The coating has a composition of, by weight, at least 6% to about 15% aluminum, about 2% to about 5% chromium, optionally one or more reactive elements in individual or combined amounts of up to 4%, optionally up to 2% silicon, optionally up to 60% of at least one platinum group metal, and the balance essentially nickel. A thermal-insulating ceramic layer may be deposited on the coating.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2004Date of Patent: September 4, 2007Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ramgopal Darolia, Joseph David Rigney, William Scott Walston
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Patent number: 7264887Abstract: A method of depositing a bond coating to a surface of an article includes the steps of depositing an inner layer of the bond coating consisting of ?-NiAl comprising Fe, Ga, Mo, B, Hf or Zr or ?/?-MCrAlY comprising Fe, Ga, Mo, B, Hf or Zr or ?/??- or ?-MCrAlY, and depositing an outer layer of the bond coating, which is more coarse the in the inner layer, consisting of ?-NiAl comprising Fe, Ga, Mo, B, Hf or Zr or ?/?-MCrAlY comprising Fe, Ga, Mo, B, Hf or Zr or ?/??- or ?-MCrAlY, wherein said elements Fe, Ga, Mo, B, Hf or Zr above mentioned are present individually or in combination. The coating also includes a noble metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium and rhodium in the inner and outer layer or as a separate layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2004Date of Patent: September 4, 2007Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd.Inventors: Abdus Suttar Khan, Mohamed Nazmy
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Patent number: 7192655Abstract: Disclosed is a ReCrNi alloy coating for diffusion barrier, such as a high-temperature equipment member, consisting essentially of a ternary alloy and having, except for inevitable impurities, an atomic composition of 20% to 80% Re, an atomic composition of 20% to 60% Cr, and an atomic composition of 5% to 40% Ni. Even if the alloy coating for diffusion barrier includes a diffusion layer containing at least one of the group consisting of Al, Si and Cr, a desired alloy composition of the alloy coating for diffusion barrier can be assured by a surface coating process and diffused components from the substrate while substantially preventing the diffusion of the elements of the diffusion layer during a homogenizing heat treatment. The alloy coating for diffusion barrier may include a Re-containing-alloy stress relief layer inserted between the film and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2002Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignees: Japan Science and Technology Agency, Ebara CorporationInventors: Toshio Narita, Shigenari Hayashi, Takayuki Yoshioka, Hiroshi Yakuwa
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Patent number: 7179540Abstract: A plate type heat exchanger wherein contacting portions of laminated plural plates and fins or contacting portions of laminated plural plates are brazed to form a heat exchange area, characterized in that at least the surface of a plate or fin contacting with a fluid is covered with an alloy comprising in weight ratio 25–35% of chromium, 5–7% of phosphorus, 3–5% of silicon, 0.001–0.1% of at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum, calcium, yttrium and mischmetal, and balance containing mainly nickel. The alloy may contain 15% or less of iron and or 10% or less of molybdenum. The plate type exchanger exhibits enhanced pressure resistance and is excellent in corrosion resistance.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2001Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignees: Brazing Co., LTD., Fukuda Metal Foil & Power Co., LTD.Inventor: Kaoru Tada
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Patent number: 7179541Abstract: A method for heat treatment of a cold rolled strip with a surface coating of Ni and/or Co and incorporated non-metallic elements C and/or S, if need be with the addition of Fe, In, Pd, Au and/or Bi, whereby the cold rolled strip has a low carbon content. Since the compounds of C, S, N and P deposited on the grain boundaries bring about the most micro-cracks with the surface coating metal if no recrystallization takes place, the temperature of the heat treatment should be selected lower than the recrystallization temperature and higher than the precipitation temperature. With a recrystallization, the grain sizes would easily attain the thickness of the coating so that the embrittled compounds would migrate with the grain boundaries out of the coating. Due to the choice of temperature of the heat treatment of the surface coating of the invention, in contrast, an optimal embrittlement of the grain boundaries is guaranteed, which is especially advantageous in the manufacture of battery cans.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2002Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Hille & Muller GmbHInventors: Werner Olberding, Beate Monscheuer, Claudia Dahmen, Karlfried Pfeifenbring
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Patent number: 7172820Abstract: A strengthened bond coat for improving the adherence of a thermal barrier coating to an underlying metal substrate to resist spallation without degrading oxidation resistance of the bond coat. The bond coat comprises a bond coating material selected from the group consisting of overlay alloy coating materials, aluminide diffusion coating materials and combinations thereof. Particles comprising a substantially insoluble bond coat strengthening compound and having a relatively fine particle size of about 2 microns or less are dispersed within at least the upper portion of the bond coat in an amount sufficient to impart strengthening to the bond coat, and thus limit ratcheting or rumpling thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2005Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ramgopal Darolia, Joseph David Rigney, Gillion Herman Marijnissen, Eric Richard Irma Carolus Vergeldt, Annejan Bernard Kloosterman