Patents Assigned to Chakravarti Management, LLC
  • Patent number: 6691397
    Abstract: A method of forming clad piping or tubing includes the steps of providing a support billet, finished to a desired, predetermined dimension, having a cladding surface, and providing a CRA cladding material billet, similarly finished to a desired, predetermined dimension. The dimension of the CRA cladding material billet is predetermined such that the CRA cladding material fits onto a cladding surface of the support billet establishing an interface gap. Sealing the interface gap, evacuating the interface gap to form an assembly and Hot Iso-statically Pressing the assembly to metallurgically bond the CRA cladding material billet to the support billet to form a composite billet. The composite billet is extruded at high temperature to form the clad piping or tubing. The clad piping or tubing formed in also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Chakravarti Management, LLC
    Inventor: Bhaven Chakravarti