Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to hardface coating systems and methods for metal alloys and other materials for wear and corrosion resistant applications. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to hardface coatings that include a network of titanium monoboride (TiB) needles or whiskers in a matrix, which are formed from titanium (Ti) and titanium diboride (TiB2) precursors by reactions enabled by the inherent energy provided by the process heat associated with coating deposition and, optionally, coating post-heat treatment. These hardface coatings are pyrophoric, thereby generating further reaction energy internally, and may be applied in a functionally graded manner. The hardface coatings may be deposited in the presence of a number of fluxing agents, beta stabilizers, densification aids, diffusional aids, and multimode particle size distributions to further enhance their performance characteristics.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an endless metal belt used in a belt-type continuously variable transmission, wherein a stress-relief heat treatment is performed after the circumference of a ring body has been adjusted, and aging/nitridation is performed after the stress-relief heat treatment.

Abstract: Hard particles are incorporated as a starting material in a sintered alloy. The hard particles contain 20 to 60 mass % Mo and 3 to 15 mass % Mn, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: In the present invention, a permanent magnet with excellent temperature properties and magnetic properties which will not significantly deteriorate can be stably prepared, by using a raw alloy for the R-T-B based permanent magnet in which the rare earth element(s) composed of at least one selected from the group consisting of Y, La and Ce is selected as a predetermined amount of the rare earth element R in the R-T-B based permanent magnet and a proper amount of Ca is contained.

Abstract: Raw material powder containing iron powder, copper powder, and tin powder is compressed to form a green compact. The green compact is sintered in a temperature range of from 750 to 900° C., to bond iron structures to each other with copper and tin.

Abstract: Provided is a neodymium-based rare earth permanent magnet having a purity of 99.9 wt % or higher excluding gas components and component elements. The present invention can remarkably improve the magnetic properties in a neodymium-based rare earth permanent magnet by highly purifying the magnetic materials. Furthermore, the present invention aims to provide a high-performance neodymium-based rare earth permanent magnet with improved heat resistance and corrosion resistance, which are inherent drawbacks of magnetic materials.

Abstract: A method of producing a workpiece includes: providing a first powder, with a hardness of the first powder being less than 250 HV, and with a mean particle size of the first powder being less than 20 ?m; mixing the first powder and a second powder to form a mixed powder, with the mixed powder including carbon, chromium, iron, and elements selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, nickel, copper, niobium, vanadium, tungsten, silicon, cobalt, and manganese; adding a binder and water to the mixed powder; applying a spray drying process to granulate the mixed powder to form a spray-dried powder; applying a dry pressing process to the spray-dried powder to form a green part; applying a debinding process to the green part to form a debound body; and sintering the debound body into a workpiece having a hardness of higher than 250 HV.

Abstract: An oxygen source-containing composite nanometal paste including at least composite nanometal particles, in which an organic coating layer is formed around a submicron or smaller silver core, and an oxygen source, which feeds oxygen contributing to pyrolysis at a pyrolysis temperature range in which the organic coating layer is pyrolyzed. The oxygen source comprises an oxygen-containing metal compound, and the oxygen content of the oxygen source is within a range of 0.01 mass % to 2 mass % per 100 mass % of the composite nanometal particles.

Abstract: A ductile alloy is provided comprising molybdenum, chromium and aluminum, wherein the alloy has a ductile to brittle transition temperature of about 300 C after radiation exposure. The invention also provides a method for producing a ductile alloy, the method comprising purifying a base metal defining a lattice; and combining the base metal with chromium and aluminum, whereas the weight percent of chromium is sufficient to provide solute sites within the lattice for point defect annihilation.

Abstract: This boron-containing aluminum material is obtained by carrying out the following: a mixed powder, obtained by mixing a boride powder containing first boride particles, second boride particles and particles of unavoidable impurities with an aluminum powder or aluminum alloy powder that forms a matrix, is filled into in a square aluminum pipe having a prescribed shape and then rolled by using pressure rolls the gap between which is adjusted.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for welding a workpiece comprising the steps of: making a first weld at a first position on said workpiece with a high energy beam, deflecting the high energy beam with at least one deflection lens for making a second weld at a second position on said workpiece, focusing the high energy beam on said workpiece with at least one focusing lens, shaping the high energy beam on said workpiece with at least one astigmatism lens so that the shape of the high energy beam on said workpiece is longer in a direction parallel to a deflection direction of said high energy beam than in a direction perpendicular to said deflection direction of said high energy beam. The invention is also related to the use of an astigmatism lens and to a method for forming a three dimensional article.

Abstract: Hard particles are incorporated as a starting material in a sintered alloy. The hard particles contain 20 to 60 mass % Mo and 3 to 15 mass % Mn, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a part (10) having a housing (20) that includes an opening (25) opening out in a free surface (15) of the part (10). The method comprises the following steps: (a) closing the opening (25) with a sheath (30), the sheath having a vacuum orifice (31) and a filling orifice (32); (b) filling the housing (20) with an abradable material (50) constituted by particles by using the filling orifice (32), and evacuating the housing (20) using the vacuum orifice (31); (c) closing the orifices (31, 32) in leaktight manner; (d) deforming the sheath (30) so as to compress the abradable material (50) in the housing (20) and heating the abradable material (50) to a temperature higher than 150° C. so that the abradable material (50) becomes sintered; and (e) subsequently lowering the temperature and the pressure.

Abstract: The instant invention relates to a magnetocaloric material based on NdPrFe17 melt-spun ribbons. This material has improved properties when compared with other similar magnetocaloric (MC) materials since it has an enhanced refrigeration capacity in the room temperature range due to its broader magnetic entropy change as function of the temperature curve. This material is useful as magnetic refrigerant as a part of magnetocaloric refrigerators.

Abstract: Described herein is a method of forming a heat-treated material includes positioning the heat-treated material between first and second susceptors. Each of the first and second susceptors includes a tool face shaped according to a desired shape of the heat-treated material. The method also includes applying a low-strength magnetic field to the first and second susceptors to heat the first and second susceptors. Further, the method includes compressing the heat-treated material between the first and second susceptors to form the heat-treated material into the desired shape. The method additionally includes applying a high-strength magnetic field to the heat-treated material before compressing the heat-treated material between the first and second susceptors.

Abstract: A surface-treated component manufacturing method and apparatus capable of detecting an end of a steel bar. Quenching (surface treatment) is locally applied to a plurality of steel bars aligned end-to-end in an axial direction while moving the steel bars in the axial direction. Quenched portions are locally formed on each of the steel bars through a moving step, a detecting step, and a quenching step. In the detecting step, an end portion of one steel bar is displaced relative to an end portion of another steel bar with a pressure roller device, and passage of the end of the one or another steel bar is detected with a detection sensor. In the quenching step, the quenched portions are locally formed on each of the steel bars with a quenching device at a quenching timing determined on the basis of the result of detection by the detection sensor.

Abstract: Provided is a method for forming a three dimensional article comprising the steps of: providing at least one electron beam source emitting an electron beam for at least one of heating or fusing said powder material, where said electron beam source comprises a cathode, an anode, and a grid between said cathode and anode; controlling the electron beam source in at least two modes during said formation of said three dimensional article; applying a predetermined accelerator voltage between said cathode and said anode; applying a predetermined number of different grid voltages between said grid and said cathode for producing a corresponding predetermined number of electron beam currents; and at least one of creating or updating a look-up table or mathematical function during one of the at least two modes, wherein said look-up table or mathematical function defines a relationship between a desired electron beam current and an applied grid voltage.

Abstract: A cold rolled steel sheet according to the present invention satisfies an expression of (5×[Si]+[Mn])/[C]>11 when [C] represents an amount of C by mass %, [Si] represents an amount of Si by mass %, and [Mn] represents an amount of Mn by mass %, a metallographic structure before hot stamping includes 40% to 90% of a ferrite and 10% to 60% of a martensite in an area fraction, a total of an area fraction of the ferrite and an area fraction of the martensite is 60% or more, a hardness of the martensite measured with a nanoindenter satisfies an H2/H1<1.10 and ?HM<20 before the hot stamping, and TS×? which is a product of a tensile strength TS and a hole expansion ratio ? is 50000 MPa·% or more.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high-performance NdFeB rare earth permanent magnetic device which is made of an R—Fe—Co—B-M strip casting alloy, a micro-crystal HR—Fe alloy fiber, and TmGn compound micro-powder, includes steps of: manufacturing the R—Fe—Co—B-M strip casting alloy, manufacturing the micro-crystal HR—Fe alloy fiber, providing hydrogen decrepitating, pre-mixing, powdering with jet milling, post-mixing, providing magnetic field pressing, sintering and ageing, wherein after a sintered NdFeB permanent magnet is manufactured, machining and surface-treating the sintered NdFeB permanent magnet for forming a rare earth permanent device.

Abstract: A device for manufacturing a cutting insert green body by compacting a powder includes a first punch, a second punch having a punch edge that has a curvature around the circumference of the punch edge that is at least partially non-perpendicular with a pressing axis of the device, a first die part, and a second die part. When the first and second die parts are joined together when filling the die with powder, one of the first and second die parts is on top of the other and, when the device is in a position ready for filling of powder into the die, the device presents a cavity defined by the lower die part, a punch being introduced into the lower and upper die part. An opening in an upper end surface of the upper die part enables filling of the powder into the cavity.