Abstract: A sintered bearing bush material for a sliding bearing may include: 0.5 to 1.7 percentage by weight carbon; 0.2 to 1.2 percentage by weight manganese; 0.2 to 1.2 percentage by weight sulphur; 1.2 to 2.4 percentage by weight nickel; 1.0 to 2.1 percentage by weight molybdenum; 3.0 to 7.0 percentage by weight copper; 0.2 to 1.2 percentage by weight tin; 0 to 0.8 percentage by weight phosphorus; and a residual component.

Abstract: A cold rolled and heat treated steel sheet, the steel having a composition with, in weight percentage, 0.18%?carbon?0.24%, 1.5%?manganese?2.5%, 1.2%?silicon?2%, 0.01%?aluminum?0.06%, 0.2%?chromium?0.5%, phosphorus?0.02%, sulfur?0.03%, and optionally one or more of the following elements niobium?0.06%, titanium?0.08%, vanadium?0.1%, calcium?0.005% and the balance including iron and unavoidable impurities, the steel sheet having a microstructure having 0% to 15% of tempered martensite, 10% to 15% of residual austenite and optionally up to 30% of ferrite in area fractions, the balance being made of bainite, bainite content being at least 55% and having an internal oxide layer of 3 microns or less on both surfaces of the steel sheet. A manufacturing method and with use of such grade for making vehicle parts is also provided.

Abstract: A precipitation-hardened stainless steel alloy is disclosed including, by weight: 14.0-16.0% Cr; 6.0-7.0% Ni; 1.25-1.75% Cu; 0.5-1.0% Mo; 0.40-0.85% Nb; 0.025-0.05% C; up to 1.0% Mn; up to 1.0% Si; up to 0.1% V; up to 0.1% Co; up to 0.1% Sn; up to 0.02% N; up to 0.025% P; up to 0.05% Al; up to 0.008% S; up to 0.005% Ag; up to 0.005% Pb; up to 0.1% As; up to 0.01% Sb; and a balance of Fe. The alloy has a ratio of Nb:(C+N) of at least 15:1.

Abstract: Provided is steel for a wind power gear with improved purity and reliability. The chemical components thereof comprise, in percentages by mass: 0.15-0.19% of C, ?0.4% of Si, 0.5-0.7% of Mn, ?0.012% of P, ?0.006% of S, 1.5-1.8% of Cr, 0.28-0.35% of Mo, 1.4-1.7% of Ni, and 0.02-0.04% of Al, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. A smelting method therefor comprises adding raw materials to a converter for primary melting, transferring same to a refining furnace for refining, carrying out continuous casting after vacuum degassing, and transferring same to a gas protection furnace for electroslag remelting.

Abstract: Methods and alloy systems for non-Be BMG matrix composite materials that can be used to additively manufacturing parts with superior mechanical properties, especially high toughness and strength, are provided. Alloys are directed to BMGMC materials comprising a high strength BMG matrix reinforced with properly scaled, soft, crystalline metal dendrite inclusions dispersed throughout the matrix in a sufficient concentration to resist fracture.

Abstract: A press hardening method includes the following steps providing a carbon steel sheet coated with a barrier pre-coating including nickel and chromium wherein the weight ratio Ni/Cr is between 1.5 and 9, cutting the sheet to obtain a blank, thermal treatment of the blank in an atmosphere having an oxidizing power equal or higher than that of an atmosphere consisting of 1% by volume of oxygen and equal or smaller than that of an atmosphere consisting of 50% by volume of oxygen, such atmosphere having a dew point between ?30 and +30° C., transfer of the blank into a press tool, hot-forming of the blank to obtain a part, cooling of the part to obtain a microstructure in steel being martensitic or martensito-bainitic or made of at least 75 wt. % of equiaxed ferrite, from 5 to 20 wt. % of martensite and bainite in amount less than or equal to 10 wt. %.

Abstract: To reduce variations in iron loss among materials subjected to magnetic domain refining by electron beam irradiation and to stably obtain good iron loss properties, disclosed is a method of producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet including performing magnetic domain refining treatment by irradiating with an electron beam, in a pressure reduced area, a surface of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet after subjection to final annealing, the method further including: before the irradiating with the electron beam, delivering the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet wound in a coil shape and heating the delivered grain-oriented electrical steel sheet to 50° C. or higher; and then cooling the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet such that the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet has a temperature of lower than 50° C. at the time of entering the pressure reduced area.

Abstract: Provided is soft magnetic powder containing an amorphous metal particle having a composition expressed by a compositional formula Fe100-a-b-c-d-e-f-gCraSibBcCdAleTifCog. Here, a, b, c, d, e, f, and g are that express atom %, 0<a?3.0, 5.0?b?15.0, 7.0?c?15.0, 0.1?d?3.0, 0<e?0.016, 0<f?0.009, and 0?g?0.025.

Abstract: A grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes the texture aligned with Goss orientation. In the grain oriented electrical steel sheet, when (?1 ?1 ?1) and (?2 ?2 ?2) represent deviation angles of crystal orientations measured at two measurement points which are adjacent on the sheet surface and which have an interval of 1 mm, the boundary condition BA is defined as |?2??1|?0.5°, and the boundary condition BB is defined as [(?2??1)2+(?2??1)2+(?2??1)2]1/2?2.0°, the boundary which satisfies the boundary condition BA and which does not satisfy the boundary condition BB is included.

Abstract: A non oriented electrical steel sheet includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, 1.0% or more and 5.0% or less of Si, wherein a sheet thickness is 0.10 mm or more and 0.35 mm or less, an average grain size is 30 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less, an X1 value defined by X1=(2×B50L+B50C)/(3×IS) is less than 0.845, an E1 value defined by E1=EL/EC is 0.930 or more, and an iron loss W10/1k is 80 W/kg or less.

Abstract: Various methods of hardbanding an apparatus are described. In one aspect of the invention an improved method of re-applying a hardbanding alloy to worn tool joints of a previously hardbanded drill pipe results in preservation of the metallurgical properties of the drill pipe and preservation of the internal polymer coating that lines the drill pipe. A method for applying hardbanding includes arc welding a consumable metal welding wire to a tool joint having a surface temperature that ranges from about 50° F. to about 170° F. and the arc welding power supply utilizes DC current. The method herein produces a hardbanded tool joint comprising a heat affected zone (HAZ) of a based metal having a Rockwell hardness of 40 Rc or less.

Abstract: An electric resistance welded steel pipe for a torsion beam, in which a chemical composition of a base metal portion contains, in terms of % by mass, 0.05 to 0.30% of C, 0.03 to 1.20% of Si, 0.30 to 2.50% of Mn, 0.010 to 0.200% of Ti, 0.005 to 0.500% of Al, 0.010 to 0.040% of Nb, and 0.0005 to 0.0050 % of B, the balance containing Fe and impurities, wherein: Vc90, defined by the following Formula (i), is from 2 to 150, a mass ratio Ti/N is 3.4 or more, a microstructure of a wall thickness central portion in an L cross section at a base metal 1800 position is a tempered martensite, an average aspect ratio of prior ? grains in the tempered martensite is 2.0 or less, and a tensile strength in the pipe axis direction is from 750 to 980 MPa: log Vc90=2.94?0.75?a??Formula (i) ?a=2.7C+0.4Si+Mn+0.45Ni+0.8Cr+2Mo??Formula (ii).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of screw pump technologies, and in particular to a rotary mold extrusion molding process of a screw pump rotor. The rotary mold extrusion molding process of a screw pump rotor includes: performing isothermal spheroidizing annealing for a metal embryo material after treating the metal embryo material ultrasonically for 8˜30 s; performing cylindrical turning for the annealed metal embryo material and then performing sand-blasting, and soaking the metal embryo material in saponified oil for 10˜30 min for lubrication treatment, where the saponified oil contains a nano-silicon carbide of 0.5%˜8% which is a nano-silicon carbide mixture with particle sizes of 20˜60 nm and 140˜200 nm with a mixed weight ratio of 1:(2.8˜4); at room temperature, placing the metal embryo material into an extrusion cylinder to perform rotary mold extrusion molding so as to obtain a finished product.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for producing a high nitrogen steel by a duplex melting process of a pressurized ladle refining and a pressurized electroslag remelting, which relates to the technical field of high nitrogen steel melting. In the present disclosure, the molten steel is subjected in sequence to a nitrogen alloying, a deep deoxidation and a deep desulfurization by adding a nickel-magnesium alloy and rare earth in the pressurized ladle furnace, and a combination of a blowing nitrogen from the bottom of the pressurized ladle and a pressurized nitriding at the interface of gas and the molten steel is used to achieve a high-efficiency nitrogen alloying, a uniform nitrogen distribution, and a decreased impurity content in the ingot; then the ingot is subjected to a pressurized electroslag remelting to obtain a high nitrogen steel.

Abstract: The disclosed martensitic stainless steel is defined in its composition is by specified ranges of weight percentages of C; Mn; Si; ?Mn+Si; ?S; 10,000×Mn×S; P; Cr, with [Cr?10.3?80*(C+N)2]?(Mn+Ni); Ni; Mo; Mo+2W; Cu; Ti; V; Zr; Al; O; Ta; Nb; (Nb+Ta)/(C+N); Nb; N; Co; Cu+Co; Cu+Co+Ni; B; rare earths+Y; Ca; the remainder being iron and impurities resulting from processing. Its microstructure includes at least 75% martensite, at most 20% ferrite and at most 0.5% carbides, the size of the ferrite grains being between 4 and 80 ?m, preferably between 5 and 40 ?m. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing such steel.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a component includes making a preform from a powdered material, the preform having a density in a range from 70 to 95% of theoretical density of the material, The method also includes sintering the preform using a Field Assisted Sintering Technique (FAST) process to produce a component having a density of greater than 97% of the theoretical density of the material. Components, in particular low aspect components, formed by said method are also described.

Abstract: The present invention describes a method of dynamical adjustment for manufacturing a thermally treated steel sheet. The method includes: A. a control step, wherein at least one sensor detects a deviation happening during the thermal treatment, B. a calculation step performed when the deviation is detected during the thermal treatment such that a new thermal path TPtarget is determined to reach mtarget taking the deviation into account, such calculation step including: 1) a calculation substep, wherein at least two thermal path, TPx corresponding to one microstructure mx obtained at the end of TPx, are calculated based on TT and the microstructure mi of the steel sheet to reach mtarget, 2) a selection substep wherein one new thermal path TPtarget to reach mtarget is selected, TPtarget being chosen from said TPx and being selected such that mx is the closest to mtarget, C. a new thermal treatment step, wherein TPtarget is performed online on the steel sheet.

Abstract: A vacuum solid solution method for nickel-free high manganese and nitrogen is provided and relates to the technical field of metal material heat treatment. By vacuumizing, heat homogenizing, keeping the temperature in the final temperature range, deoxidation, and rapid cooling treatment, the present method forms a single austenitic structure from the raw materials, and promotes full and uniform dispersion of nitrogen carbide, providing a nickel-free high nitrogen stainless steel with more stable comprehensive performance and wider range of application.

Abstract: A zinc-plated steel sheet of an aspect of the present invention includes a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition and a zinc-plated layer. In the steel sheet, steel microstructures in a range of ? thickness to ? thickness, having the center at ¼ thickness from a steel sheet surface, include, by vol %, ferrite: 0% to 10%, bainite: 0% to 20%, tempered martensite: 70% or more, fresh martensite: 0% to 10%, retained austenite: 0% to 10%, and pearlite: 0% to 5%. In the zinc-plated steel sheet, the amount of hydrogen emitted when the steel sheet is heated to 200° C. from a room temperature after removal of the zinc-plated layer is 0.40 ppm or less per mass of the steel sheet, the tensile strength is 1470 MPa or more, and no cracking occurs in a U-shape bending test where a stress equivalent to 1000 MPa is applied for 24 hours.

Abstract: To provide a method for manufacturing a heat dissipation component having excellent heat dissipation properties, in which there is minimal return of warping after the bonding of a circuit board, and to provide a heat dissipation component manufactured using the method. Provided is a method for manufacturing a warped flat-plate-shaped heat dissipation component containing a composite part that comprises silicon carbide and an aluminum alloy, wherein the method for manufacturing the heat dissipation component is characterized in that the heat dissipation component is sandwiched in a concave-convex mold having a surface temperature of at least 450° C. and having a pair of opposing spherical surfaces measuring 7000-30,000 mm in curvature radius, and pressure is applied for 30 seconds or more at a stress of 10 kPa or more such that the temperature of the heat dissipation component reaches at least 450° C.