Abstract: A method of monitoring the residual stress in surface and near surface regions of a component includes identifying predetermined locations on the surface of a component that are expected to experience high stress during normal operating conditions of the component. Marker particles are introduced into the component during additive manufacture of the component at the predetermined locations. Then, the residual stress of the component is measured at a location corresponding with the marker material using x-ray techniques.

Abstract: A method for forming a metallic structure having a non-linear aperture includes providing a main tool having a formation surface corresponding to a desired structure shape of the metallic structure. The method also includes attaching a removable tool having a shape corresponding to a desired aperture shape of the non-linear aperture to the main tool. The method also includes depositing a layer of material on the formation surface using a cold-spray technique. The method also includes removing the removable tool from the layer of material such that the layer of material defines the non-linear aperture.

Abstract: A spring steel includes a predetermined chemical composition and a composite inclusion having a maximum diameter of 2 ?m or more that TiN is adhered to an inclusion containing REM, O and Al, in which the number of the composite inclusion is 0.004 pieces/mm2 to 10 pieces/mm2, the maximum diameter of the composite inclusion is 40 ?m or less, the sum of the number density of an alumina cluster having the maximum diameter of 10 ?m or more, MnS having the maximum diameter of 10 ?m or more and TiN having the maximum diameter of 1 ?m to 10 pieces/mm2.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a nitrided low-alloy steel part, includes a) decarburizing the surface of a low-alloy steel part including at least one alloying element that is both nitride-forming and carbide forming in order to obtain a decarburized part presenting a carbon-depleted surface layer of thickness less than or equal to 1.5 mm, the minimum content of carbon by weight in the carbon-depleted surface layer being less than or equal to 70% of the carbon content by weight in the core of the decarburized part; b) treating the decarburized part with quenching treatment followed by annealing treatment; and c) nitriding the carbon-depleted surface layer in order to obtain a nitrided low-alloy steel part, step c) being performed after step b).

Abstract: An internally segmented magnet is disclosed. The magnet may include a first layer of a permanent magnetic material, a second layer of a permanent magnetic material, and an insulating layer separating the first and second layers. The insulating layer may include a ceramic mixture of at least a first ceramic material and a second ceramic material. The mixture having a melting point of up to 1,100° C. and may be a eutectic, or near eutectic, composition. The magnet may be formed by forming a first layer of powdered permanent magnetic material, depositing an insulating layer over the first layer, depositing a second layer of powdered permanent magnetic material over the insulating layer to form an internally segmented magnet stack, and sintering the magnet stack. The ceramic materials may include a halogen and an alkaline earth metal, alkali metal, or a metal having a +3 or +4 oxidation state.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a gas turbine engine component from a molybdenum-rich alloy. The method includes the steps of providing a molybdenum powder of at least 50% molybdenum by weight, extruding the molybdenum powder to provide a first shape, forming the first shape to a second shape and forging the second shape to provide a third shape.

Abstract: Processes for improving the strength of heat-treatable, age hardenable aluminum alloys, such as 6xxx, 2xxx and 7xxx aluminum alloys, are provided. The processes for improving the strength of heat-treatable, age-hardenable aluminum alloys involve a heat treatment step, termed “shock heat treatment,” which involves heat treatment at 200 to 350° C. that is conducted at a fast heating rate (for example 10 to 220° C./seconds) for a relatively short period of time (for example, for 60 seconds or less or for 5 to 30 seconds). In some examples, the shock heat treatment is accomplished by contact heating, such as heating an aluminum alloy article between complementary shaped heated dies of a press. Aluminum alloy articles, such as automotive panels, produced by the disclosed shock heat treatment are also provided.

Abstract: A process for treating a piece of tantalum or of a tantalum alloy, which consists in: placing the piece in a furnace and heating the furnace under vacuum at least at 1 400° C.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of rare earth magnet based on heat treatment of fine powder includes the following: an alloy for the rare earth magnet is firstly coarsely crushed and then finely crushed by jet milling to obtain a fine powder; the fine powder is heated in vacuum or in inert gas atmosphere at a temperature of 100° C.˜1000° C. for 6 minutes to 24 hours; then the fine powder is compacted under a magnet field and is sintered in vacuum or in inert gas atmosphere at a temperature of 950° C.˜1140° C. to obtain a sintered magnet; and machining the sintered magnet to obtain a magnet; then the magnet performs a RH grain boundary diffusion at a temperature of 700° C.˜1020° C. An oxidation film forms on the surface of all of the powder.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of an alloy powder for rare earth magnet and the rare earth magnet based on heat treatment includes the following: an alloy of the rare earth magnet is firstly coarsely crushed and then finely crushed by jet milling to obtain a fine powder; the fine powder is obtained by being heated in vacuum or in inert gas atmosphere at a temperature of 100° C.˜1000° C. for 6 minutes to 24 hours. The heat treatment of fine powder is performed after the process of finely crushed jet milling before the process of compacting under a magnetic field, so that the sintering property of the powder is changed drastically, and it obtains a magnet with a high coercivity, a high squareness and a high heat resistance.

Abstract: A method of making a flux-coated binder includes treating metal binder slugs to have an adherent surface, adding a flux powder to the treated metal binder slugs, and distributing the flux powder on the adherent surface of the metal binder slugs.

Abstract: A Ni-based alloy comprises nitrides, of which an estimated largest size is an area-equivalent diameter of 12 ?m to 25 ?m, the estimated largest size of the nitrides being determined by calculating an area-equivalent diameter D which is defined as D=A1/2 in relation to an area A of a nitride with a largest size among nitrides present in a measurement field of view area S0 of an observation of the Ni-based alloy, repeatedly performing this operation for n times corresponding to a measurement field of view number n to acquire n pieces of data of the area-equivalent diameter D, arranging the pieces of data of area-equivalent diameter D in ascending order into D1, D2, . . .

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for thermally treating workpieces, the device including a cooling chamber and two or more carburizing or heating chambers in which the workpieces are heated to a temperature of 950 to 1200° C. by means of radiation, such as direct heat radiation from a heating device.

Abstract: Titanium-free alloy which has great resistance to pitting and crevice corrosion and a high yield point in the strain-hardened state and includes (in wt %) a maximum of 0.02% C, a maximum of 0.01% S, a maximum of 0.03% N, 20.0-23.0% Cr, 39.0-44.0% Ni, 0.4-<1.0% Mn, 0.1-<0.5% Si, >4.0-<7.0% Mo, a maximum of 0.15% Nb, >1.5-<2.5% Cu, 0.05-<0.3% Al, a maximum of 0.5% Co, 0.001-<0.005% B, 0.005-<0.015% Mg, the remainder consisting of Fe and smelting-related impurities.

Abstract: A method is provided including heating a workpiece beyond a transformation temperature. The workpiece has at least one internal surface that has a nominal diameter, and a transformation diameter that corresponds to the start of a transformation from a first state to a second state. The method includes inserting a quench plug assembly into the the workpiece. The quench plug assembly includes at least one contact surface. The at least one contact surface has a diameter that is larger than the nominal diameter and at least as large as the transformation diameter. The method includes quenching the workpiece with the quench plug assembly disposed in the bore of the workpiece. The at least one internal surface is contacted and restrained by the at least one contact surface while the workpiece transforms from the first state to the second state. Also, the method includes removing the quench plug assembly from the workpiece.

Abstract: Produced is a metal ball which suppresses an emitted ? dose. Contained are the steps of melting a pure metal by heating the pure metal at a temperature which is higher than a boiling point of an impurity to be removed, higher than a melting point of the pure metal, and lower than a boiling point of the pure metal, the pure metal containing a U content of 5 ppb or less, a Th content of 5 ppb or less, purity of 99.9% or more and 99.995% or less, and a Pb or Bi content or a total content of Pb and Bi of 1 ppm or more, and the pure metal having the boiling point higher than the boiling point at atmospheric pressure of the impurity to be removed; and sphering the molten pure metal in a ball.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for recovering valuable metals from ore with significantly reduced water consumption through the discrete treatment and storage of coarse tailings. Ore is ground to produce a coarse particulate ore. The coarse particulate ore is treated in a coarse flotation stage to produce a low grade concentrate fraction and a coarse tailings fraction. The low grade concentrate fraction is treated to produce fine tailings and a saleable concentrate. The coarse tailings are treated separately from the fine tailings and water is recovered from the coarse tailings by hydraulically stacking; filtering or screening, whereafter the coarse tailings are dry stacked, without being recombined with the fine tailings.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping method in which the powder supplying blade 2 is able to travel without any problems, in which a control system stores in advance a fine sintered region 11 so that any one of a cross-sectional area or a mean diameter in the horizontal direction, a shaping width and an undercut angle at the end is equal to or less than a predetermined extent, or the control system makes a determination in a sintering step, for said each element, so in the case of the raised sintered portions 12 forming on the upper side of the sintered region 11, a rotating cutting tool 3 cuts the raised sintered portions 12 entirely or partially, thereby achieving the object.

Abstract: A reinforced magnesium matrix composite includes a quasicrystal and alumina mixture particles reinforcement phase and a magnesium alloy matrix, where the weight ratio of the quasicrystal and alumina mixture particles reinforcement phase to the magnesium alloy matrix is (4-8) to 100; the magnesium alloy matrix including by weight 1000 parts of magnesium, 90 parts of aluminum, 10 parts of zinc, 1.5-5 parts of manganese, 0.5-1 part of silicon and 0.1-0.5 part of calcium; the quasicrystal and alumina mixture particles reinforcement phase including by weight 40 parts of magnesium, 50-60 parts of zinc, 5-10 parts of yttrium and 8-20 parts of nanometer alumina particles of which the diameter is 20-30 nm; and the quasicrystal and alumina mixture particles reinforcement phase having a size of 100-200 mesh.

Abstract: A sintered neodymium-iron-boron magnet, the main components thereof comprising rare-earth elements R, additional elements T, iron Fe and boron B, and having a rare-earth-enriched phase and a main phase of a Nd2Fe14B crystal structure. The sum of the numerical values of the maximum magnetic energy product (BH)max in units of MGOe and the intrinsic coercive force Hcj in units of kOe is not less than 70. The manufacturing method of the sintered neodymium-iron-boron magnet comprises alloy smelting, powder making, powder mixing, press forming, sintering and heat treatment procedures. By controlling the component formulation and optimizing the process conditions, the sintered neodymium-iron-boron magnet is enabled to simultaneously have a high maximum magnetic energy product and a high intrinsic coercive force.