Abstract: A Gold alloy for jewelry, comprising: Gold: in the amount comprised between 780‰ and 840‰ in weight; Copper: in the amount comprised between 125‰ and 167‰ in weight; Silver: in the amount comprised between 15‰ and 54‰ in weight; Platinum or Palladium, wherein the content of Palladium or Platinum is such that the assembly of Gold, Copper, Silver and Platinum or Gold, Copper, Silver and Palladium reaches a percentage at least equal to 980‰, and more preferably the 1000‰ in weight of the alloy; and wherein the so composed Gold alloy shows, under the conditions referred to in the ISO DIS 8654:2017 standard, a color compatible with the 5N alloy color standard.

Abstract: A sulfurous, metallic glass forming alloy and a method for the production thereof are described.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a packaging process of at least one article. In the method, a sort of an article is acquired before it is placed in a transport container. At least one image and at least one depth measurement of the article are recorded after it is placed in the transport container. The three-dimensional dimensions of the article are calculated and are compared with a specification for the acquired sort of the article. If the dimensions of the article do not agree with the specification, a warning is issued.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rolled wear-resistant aluminium alloy product including the steps of: (a) providing a rolling feedstock material of an aluminium alloy having Mg 4.20% to 5.5%, Mn 0.50% to 1.1%, Fe up to 0.40%, Si up to 0.30%, Cu up to 0.20%, Cr up to 0.25%, Zr up to 0.25%, Zn up to 0.30%, Ti up to 0.25%, unavoidable impurities and balance aluminium; (b) heating the rolling feedstock; (c) hot-rolling of the feedstock to an intermediate gauge in a range of 15 mm to 40 mm; (d) hot-rolling of the feedstock from intermediate gauge to a final gauge in a range of 3 mm to 15 mm and wherein the hot-mill exit temperature is in a range of 130-285° C.; (e) cooling of the hot-rolled feedstock to ambient temperature.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide improved techniques for creating SMA materials and SMA powders. SMA materials and powders formed may be used to form porous structures suitable for applications such as biomaterials, damping applications, actuators, and/or sensors. Embodiments for performing hydriding and dehydriding of SMA wires at low pressure and low temperature are provided. Methods may be used to produce a shape memory alloy (SMA) powder. Such methods may include hydriding a length SMA wire under low pressure for a period of time to produce a length of hydrided SMA wire, crushing the length of hydrided SMA wire to form a hydrided SMA powder, and dehydriding the hydrided SMA powder to form a dehydrided SMA powder.

Abstract: An additively manufactured component and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The additively manufactured component includes a cross sectional layer having a surface surrounding the cross sectional layer. The cross sectional layer is formed by moving a focal point of an energy source over a bed of additive material. A surface irregularity is formed on the surface by manipulating the energy level of the energy source. The surface may include a datum feature positioned at a predetermined location relative to the surface irregularity and the surface irregularity may be greater than a surface roughness of the surface but less than one millimeter.

Abstract: A computer assisted method of designing a designed alloy composition comprising a plurality of elements, the method comprising the steps of: populating a multi-dimensional alloy space with a plurality of candidate alloy compositions, the plurality of candidate alloy compositions including for each of the plurality of elements at least three candidate alloy compositions with different amounts of the respective element to each other; performing at least one test on each individual one of the plurality of candidate alloy compositions until each of the individual ones of the plurality of candidate alloy compositions fails a test or has passed all tests; outputting the designed alloy composition based on one or more of the individual ones of the plurality of candidate alloy compositions which have passed all tests, wherein the at least one test includes at least: a phase equilibrium test in which predicted phase equilibrium is determined as a function of elemental composition of the individual one of the plurality

Abstract: A method of determining a chemical composition of a slag portion is provided. The method includes providing the slag portion having a surface, collecting light reflected from the surface using an optical system, obtaining a data set from the collected light, the data set at least defining a matrix containing values representative of an intensity of a part (LM,?) of the collected light, each part being collected from one of a plurality of points at one of a plurality of wavelengths, the matrix being indexed at least by: a plurality of space coordinates of the plurality of points, and a plurality of spectral parameters representative of the plurality of wavelengths. The method further includes conditioning the matrix in order to obtain a reduced set of values and performing a mathematical algorithm using the reduced set of values in order to obtain the chemical composition. A corresponding installation is also provided.

Abstract: The invention is to reduce non-uniformity of a processing shape over a wide range of a single field-of-view. The invention is directed to a method of processing micro electro mechanical systems with a first step and a second step in a processing apparatus including an irradiation unit that irradiates a sample with a charged particle beam, a shape measuring unit that measures a shape of the sample, and a control unit. In the first step, the irradiation unit irradiates a plurality of single field-of-view points with the charged particle beam in a first region of the sample, the shape measuring unit measures the shape of a spot hole formed in the first region of the sample, and the control unit sets, based on measurement results of the shape of the spot hole, a scan condition of the charged particle beam or a forming mask of the charged particle beam at each of the single field-of-view points.

Abstract: A method for induction surface hardening includes, when in a feed mode, moving an induction coil of a hardening device over a ring surface of a work piece in a treatment direction, to heat the ring surface from an initial zone to a final zone. A sprayer, located downstream of the induction coil in the direction of treatment, is activated to apply quenching liquid to the heated ring surface to both cool and harden the ring surface. An unhardened soft zone is provided between the initial zone and the final zone. A supplementary induction coil, the induction coil and the sprinkler are respectively activated and deactivated separately at the start and end of the hardening, while the relative feed speed between the hardening device and the work piece, and/or the power supplied to each of the supplementary induction coil and the induction coil, are varied at the same time.

Abstract: The present invention provides a low cost pre-alloyed iron based powder which has high compressibility, capable of rendering a compacted and sintered component high green density, (GD), and high sintered density, (SD). Also, a method or process for producing components, especially gears, including compaction of powder mixture containing the pre-alloyed iron-based powder, sintering of the compacted component, Low Pressure carburizing, (LPC), High Pressure Gas Quenching, (HPGQ), and tempering, is provided. In one embodiment, the process includes high temperature sintering. Other aspects of the present invention include a powder mixture containing the pre-alloyed iron based powder and components produced by the new process from the powder mixture. Such carburized components exhibit a hard surface combined with a softer and tougher core, necessary properties for e.g. automotive gears subjected to harsh environment.

Abstract: A furnace muffle for an annealing furnace, the furnace muffle including a base body arranged to delimit a volume to be heated, at least one actuator connected to the base body in such a manner that the actuator, during the operation of the furnace muffle, can exert a force on the base body, at least one sensor arranged to detect a force exerted by the base body during the heating or cooling and/or a change in a length of the base body during the heating or cooling, and a control device connected to the actuator and the sensor, which is arranged so that during the operation of the furnace muffle, it controls the force exerted on the base body as a function of the force or change in length detected by the sensor.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method and resulting structures for forming optically readable chip identification (CID) codes using dummy controlled collapse chip connection (C4) bumps. In a non-limiting embodiment of the invention, a product chip is formed on a wafer. A chip location identifier including a plurality of controlled collapse chip connection (C4) bumps is formed on a surface of the product chip. The chip location identifier encodes a unique location of the product chip on the wafer prior to dicing. The plurality of C4 bumps are arranged into one or more optically readable alphanumeric characters.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the induction surface hardening of a ring surface of a workpiece, the ring surface and a hardening device having an induction coil being moved relative to one another in a treatment direction in a feed mode. A sprinkler is located downstream of the induction coil when seen in the direction of treatment and serves to heat the ring surface, starting from an initial zone to a final zone, by means of the induction coil and then to harden it by cooling the ring surface by means of the sprinkler, an unhardened soft zone being provided between the initial zone and the end zone.

Abstract: A method of monitoring an additive manufacturing process in which a directed energy source is used to create a weld pool at an exposed build surface of a mass of powdered material, and selectively fuse the powdered material to form a workpiece, the method including measuring acoustic energy generated by the weld pool to generate a measured acoustic profile.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for producing profiles from metal, a metallic strip material being fed to a shaping-hardening device, in which the strip material is shaped into a profile and is hardened at least in certain regions, portions of the profile that are emerging continuously from the shaping-hardening device being coated with a protective layer. The disclosure also relates to an apparatus for producing profiles from metal, with a shaping-hardening device for shaping a metallic strip material that can be fed to the shaping-hardening device into a profile and for hardening the profile at least in certain regions, and with a coating device, by which portions of the profile that are emerging continuously from the shaping-hardening device can be coated with a protective layer.

Abstract: In a continuous casting method for casting an aluminum-deoxidized molten stainless steel 1 by using a continuous casting apparatus 100 in which a long nozzle 3 extending into a tundish 101 is provided at a ladle 2, the molten stainless steel 1 is poured through the long nozzle 3 into the tundish 101, while immersing a spout 3a into the poured molten stainless steel 1, and the molten stainless steel 1 in the tundish 101 is poured into a casting mold 105. A TD powder 5 is sprayed so that the powder covers the surface of the molten stainless steel 1 in the tundish 101, a nitrogen gas is supplied around the molten stainless steel 1, and a calcium-containing material is added to the molten stainless steel 1 in the tundish 101. The surface of the molten stainless steel 1 after casting is ground.

Abstract: A method of measuring an atmosphere in a guest vacuum chamber of a vacuum tool includes measuring a first composition of the atmosphere in the host vacuum chamber using a residual gas analyzer (RGA). The host and guest vacuum chambers are not coupled during the measuring of the first composition. The host vacuum chamber is coupled to the guest vacuum chamber, so the atmospheres in each can mix in the host vacuum chamber. A second composition of the atmosphere in the host vacuum chamber is measured using the RGA after the chambers are coupled. Using a processor, a composition of the guest atmosphere is automatically determined using the measured first and second compositions. A vacuum tool can include the host and guest chambers, the valve, the RGA, and a processor configured to control the valve to carry out this or other methods.

Abstract: A continuous hydrogen pulverization method of a rare earth permanent magnetic alloy includes: providing a hydrogen adsorption room, a heating dehydrogenation room and a cooling room in series, applying hydrogen adsorption, heating dehydrogenation and cooling on a rare earth permanent magnetic alloy in the production device at the same time, wherein collecting and storing under an inert protection atmosphere can also be provided. Continuous production is provided under vacuum and the inert protection atmosphere in such a manner that an oxygen content of the pulverized powder is low and a proportion of single crystal in the powder is high.

Abstract: A method of measuring a thickness of a Fe—Zn alloy phase included in the Fe—Zn alloy coating of the galvannealed steel sheet includes: an X-ray irradiation process of irradiating the galvannealed steel sheet with the incident X-rays; and an X-ray detection process of detecting the diffracted X-rays obtained in the X-ray irradiation process, derived from a ?·?1 phase, a ?1 phase, and a ? phase included in the Fe—Zn alloy coating with a crystal lattice spacing d of 1.5 ? or higher.

Abstract: A method and system for adaptively controlling a laser-based material processing process are provided. The system includes sensing equipment to measure a process variable or condition of at least one of a laser-based material processing system and a workpiece processed by the material processing system and to provide a corresponding measurement signal. The control system also includes a signal processor for processing the measurement signal to obtain a processed signal which initiates, at least semi-automatically, an action associated with at least one of the material processing system and the workpiece. A method and system for at least semi-automatically qualifying a laser-based material processing system which delivers laser energy to locations on or adjacent a plurality of microstructures formed on a workpiece to at least partially process the microstructures are also provided.

Abstract: A copper alloy material includes, by mass %, Mg of 0.3 to 2%, P of 0.001 to 0.1%, and the balance including Cu and inevitable impurities. An area fraction of such crystal grains that an average misorientation between all the pixels in each crystal grain is less than 4° is 45 to 55% of a measured area, when orientations of all the pixels in the measured area of the surface of the copper alloy material are measured by an EBSD method with a scanning electron microscope of an electron backscattered diffraction image system and a boundary in which a misorientation between adjacent pixels is 5° or more is considered as a crystal grain boundary, and a tensile strength is 641 to 708 N/mm2, and a bending elastic limit value is 472 to 503 N/mm2.

Abstract: A spectrum analyzer is configured to display, on a display, reception signal intensity of each of multiple frequencies. A smoothing unit is configured to smooth signal intensity data of each of the multiple frequencies to produce smoothed data. A peak frequency detection unit is configured to detect, as a peak frequency, a frequency at a position indicating a maximum value in the smoothed data closest to a contact position that a touch sensor detects. A reception frequency determination unit is configured to determine a reception frequency of a radio wave that a receiver for a voice call receives based on the peak frequency.

Abstract: The present invention provides a Cu—Fe—P alloy which has a high strength, high conductivity and superior bending workability. The copper alloy comprises 0.01 to 1.0% Fe, 0.01 to 0.4% P, 0.1 to 1.0% Mg, and the remainder Cu and unavoidable impurities. The size of oxides and precipitates including Mg in the copper alloy is controlled so that the ratio of the amount of Mg measured by a specified measurement method in the extracted residue by a specified extracted residue method to the Mg content in said copper alloy is 60% or less, thus endowing the alloy with a high strength and superior bending workability.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention provides a process for thermoplastic forming of a metallic glass. For example, in one embodiment, the invention provides a process for thermoplastic forming of a metallic glass ribbons having a thickness of between about 50 to about 200 microns. Related articles of manufacture and processes for customizing articles in accordance with the process as described herein are also provided.

Abstract: The invention provides a vertical annealing furnace including a heating zone and a soaking zone without any partition wall therebetween. The furnace has furnace-to-refiner gas suction openings disposed in a lower portion of a joint between the soaking zone and a cooling zone and in the heating zone and/or the soaking zone except a region extending 6 m in a vertical direction and 3 m in a furnace length direction both from a steel strip inlet at a lower portion of the heating zone. The furnace has refiner-to-furnace gas ejection openings disposed in a region in the joint between the soaking zone and the cooling zone, the region being located above the pass line in the joint, and in a region in the heating zone located above 2 m below the center of upper hearth rolls in the vertical direction.

Abstract: A base material of a ferrous material is heated to an AC1 point, which is a temperature to cause mustenite appearance, or higher, and austenite appears in the base material 1a and 1b (S101). An amount of a strain assuming that an Mf point, which is a temperature where the base material becomes martensite completely, is decreased to be less than room temperature is introduced into the base material (S102). The all ferrous material becoming martensite on the occasion of cooling the ferrous material to room temperature is prevented. The base material is cooled to room temperature at a cooling rate where a line extrapolated a cooling curve of the base material intersects with a region where martensite is produced on the CCT diagram (S103). Austenite remains in the manufactured ferrous material at room temperature.

Abstract: In a cooling a galvanized steel sheet (W), change in emissivity of a surface of the galvanized steel sheet (W) is measured in a temperature range lower than the boiling point of zinc but not lower than the ferrite transformation temperature, using an emissivity sensor (4) with an observation wavelength of 1.4 ?m or longer, and pressing and quenching in a pressing and quenching apparatus (2) is started after completion of an alloying reaction has been detected based on the change in emissivity. The emissivity sensor (4) preferably has an InGaAs element or a thermopile as a measuring element.

Abstract: A method using a continuous annealing furnace where a cooling method of a cooling zone including part or all of the temperature range of the steel sheet of 600 to 250° C. following the heating for recrystallization is one or more of gas cooling, effusion cooling, and cooling pipe cooling, or a joint cold rolled steel sheet/hot dip galvanized steel sheet facility having such a continuous annealing furnace, to continuously anneal cold rolled steel sheet to produce high strength cold rolled steel sheet, characterized by exposing the steel sheet surface to an iron-oxidizing atmosphere in the steel sheet temperature range to make the surface oxidize, pickling the sheet at the outlet side of the annealing furnace, then iron- or Ni-plating the sheet to 1 to 50 mg/m2.

Abstract: Illustrative embodiments provide systems, methods, apparatuses, and applications related to annealing nuclear fission reactor materials.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus confer full superelastic properties to the active surface of a mechanical component constructed of a superelastic material prior to service. A compressive load is applied to the active surface of the mechanical component followed by removing the compressive load from the active surface whereby substantially all load strain is recoverable after applying and removing of subsequent compressive loads.

Abstract: A method for adjusting properties of components made of an alloy includes providing historical data for one or more properties of components made of an alloy and produced at different times. The components are solution heat treated at a pre-established solution heat treatment condition. A trending change in the one or more properties is then identified and test specimens made of the alloy are provided. The test specimens are divided into a plurality of groups and solution heat treated at different conditions. The test specimens are then mechanically tested to provide empirical data. The empirical data is compared to performance criteria and a solution heat treatment condition is identified over which the empirical data meets the performance criteria. The pre-established solution heat treatment condition is then adjusted for future ones of the plurality of components according to the identified solution heat treatment condition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and equipment for controlling flatness of a stainless steel strip in connection with cooling after annealing in a finishing line.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling the production of a bulk-solidifying amorphous alloy by providing a set point control system, run in conjunction with a continuous smart feedback process control system that continuously monitors the processing conditions during manufacture, and continuously updates the smart feedback control system thereby enabling the control system to learn as the process is running.

Abstract: A steel base material 11 is subjected to a quenching step, a machining step, a plating step, and a tempering step to form a rod 4. In the quenching step, two axially spaced portions of the steel base material 11 are quenched to form quenched portions 12 and 13. In the machining step, plastic working or cutting is performed on a portion of the steel base material 11 between the two quenched portions 12 and 13 to form a full-circumferential groove 4C1 in a machined portion 4C. In the plating step, the quenched portion 12 is not plated, but a region of the steel base material 11 including the quenched portion 13 is plated to form a coating layer 16. In the tempering step, the quenched portions 12 and 13 are tempered.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including an apparatus that is a rail anchor comprising a head, a tail, and a belly section. The belly section comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, and two side surfaces. Each side surface comprises a contact-bearing surface area. The head comprises a bend along a length of the head. The tail comprises a notch. Each contact-bearing surface area has a surface area of at least 3 square inches and is adapted to extend at least 1.5 inches downward from the top of a railroad track crosstie along a side of the railroad track crosstie.

Abstract: A process for heat treating a component formed of an alloy. The process includes manipulating uniaxial strain test data of the alloy using a triaxiality factor to determine an equivalent multiaxial stress state. Conditions are then applied to the multiaxial stress state to identify a cooling path for the component. The cooling path includes boundaries for heat treatment temperatures and cooling rates that do not exceed predetermined stresses or strains and/or avoid predetermined residual stress patterns in the alloy. The component is then heated to a heat treatment temperature and quenched according to the cooling path identified in the applying step.

Abstract: Shape memory stainless steels with rare earth elements Cerium (Ce) and Lanthanum (La) are disclosed. In one embodiment, raw materials including Manganese (Mn), Silicon (Si), Chromium (Cr), Nickel (Ni), Carbon (C), Ce, La and Iron (Fe) are melted to form a molten alloy of the shape memory stainless steels with rare earth elements Ce and La. Further, the molten alloy is solidified to form an ingot. Furthermore, the ingot is subjected to nondestructive evaluation to assess internal soundness of the ingot. In addition, the evaluated ingot is homogenized to form homogenized shape memory stainless steels with rare earth elements Ce and La.

Abstract: For regulating process gases for heat treatments of metal materials/workpieces in industrial furnaces (1), which have at least one treatment chamber (2), at least one burnoff point (4) having at least one first valve (4.1), and a regulator (5) having pressure meter (5.1), the burnoff point (4) is only to be opened as a function of requirements related to the process gas. For this purpose, in a first step, with open first valve (4.1), a quantity of a flushing gas (6.1) of the gas mixture (6) of the respective process gas is supplied in a controlled manner to the industrial furnace (1) and then burned off, in a second step, the valve (4.1) is closed, the industrial furnace (1) is regulated to a preset furnace pressure and this is permanently detected via the pressure meter (5.1), in a third step, with the target pressure of the industrial furnace achieved, this pressure is detected via the pressure meter (5.1) and maintained, the first valve (4.1) further remaining closed.

Abstract: In a process for producing a large single-crystal component or directionally solidified component made of a nickel-based superalloy, the component is first cast into shape in a known manner to form a microstructure comprising dendrites, and then solution annealing for homogenizing the cast microstructure of the component and two-stage precipitation heat treatment are carried out. In order to avoid chemical inhomogeneities and internal stresses caused thereby, a HIP process with a pressure of higher than 160 MPa is carried out following the solution annealing.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for stabilizing the strain-temperature response for a shape memory alloy are provided. To perform stabilization of a second sample of the shape memory alloy, a first sample of the shape memory alloy is selected for isobaric treatment and the second sample is selected for isothermal treatment. When applying the isobaric treatment to the first sample, a constant stress is applied to the first sample. Temperature is also cycled from a minimum temperature to a maximum temperature until a strain on the first sample stabilizes. Once the strain on the first sample stabilizes, the isothermal treatment is performed on the second sample. During isothermal treatment, different levels of stress on the second sample are applied until a strain on the second sample matches the stabilized strain on the first sample.

Abstract: A method of producing a copper alloy wire rod, containing: a casting step for obtaining an ingot by pouring molten copper of a precipitation strengthening copper alloy into a belt-&-wheel-type or twin-belt-type movable mold; and a rolling step for rolling the ingot obtained by the casting step, which steps are continuously performed, wherein an intermediate material of the copper alloy wire rod in the mid course of the rolling step or immediately after the rolling step is quenched.

Abstract: To provide a heat treatment providing a product with quality as desired, high frequency induction heating treatment equipment capable of temperature control to provide such heat treatment includes temperature controlling means for adjusting in temperature an object to be treated, and quenching means for determining when the object heated should be cooled. The temperature controlling means includes heating means, temperature measuring means involved in temperature control, and temperature adjusting means. The quenching means includes temperature measuring means involved in quenching, and heat treatment adjusting means.

Abstract: An apparatus for and method of conditioning a thermally activated shape memory alloy wire for use in an application, wherein the apparatus includes an adjustable hard-stop and the preferred method includes pre-determining a minimum activating current, allowable strain, and a loading magnitude and form based on the wire configuration and application, and further includes applying a double-exponential model to determine a final recoverable strain over fewer cycles.

Abstract: A method and apparatus provide for remote control, monitoring and/or servicing of heat-treatment equipment via wireless communications networks. Specifically, the method and apparatus can be used in pre and post-weld heat-treatment applications for steel pipes in a variety of industries, including, but not limited to, power plants, chemical and petrochemical plants and refineries. Importantly, the embodiment generates and manages all the documentation necessary to input and verify the specified heat-treatment process. It will produce and deliver to the customer the reports and certificates required by the applicable quality control standards, requirements and regulatory authorities.

Abstract: The formability of coiled and annealed (O-temper) magnesium alloy sheet material in high temperature forming operations is sometimes adversely affected by small amounts of cold work introduced into the fine grained material during handling of the coil and unwinding it to obtain blank workpieces for hot stamping, hot blow forming, or the like. When necessary, the formability of the sheet material with regions of hard worked microstructure may be improved by predetermining a recovery heat treatment using small portions of the material in formability tests. The recovery heat treatment, determined for the specific coiled stock, may then be applied to the material of the coil as it is used in making vehicle body panels or the like.

Abstract: The application provides a method for manufacturing melt-spinning alloys and an apparatus thereof, which belongs to the technical field of metal materials and preparation thereof. The main feature of method including steps of melting alloy and jetting the molten alloy for rapid-quenching is that alloy melting and rapid-quenching are respectively implemented in independent environments, and the pressure of the two environments can be adjusted separately. The method can realize uniformity control of rapid-quenching velocity by controlling the melting and quenching pressure respectively, which has the advantages of increased rapid-quenching cooling rate, improved melt-spinning alloys thickness uniformity, reduced probability of nozzle clogging.

Abstract: The present disclosure uses different kinds of surface treatment processes on titanium-made dental implants. The growth and attachment conditions of bone cells (MC3T3-E), fibroblasts (NIH 3T3) and epidermal cells (XB-2) on the metal surface of titanium slices with different surface treatments are observed. Tetra-calcium phosphate is used to perform secondary sand-blasting process to clean up the metal surface and provide calcium ions for osteoblastoma physiology. Thus, by adjusting the cells adhesive and proliferative abilities, the success rate of the clinical applications in dental implant is improved.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for obtaining material information regarding steel sheet for shipping over the entire length of the steel sheet for shipping without spending too much time and effort, providing detailed material information in large volumes to a user through a computer and network, and having the user utilize the same. Specifically, it estimates the mechanical properties of temper rolled steel sheet based on the actual rolling data in a skinpass mill installed at the exit side of the continuous annealing line or galvanization facility and provides the estimated mechanical properties through the host computer and network to the user of the steel sheet. The user can use the estimated material information so as to remove the parts defective in mechanical properties or change the press forming conditions of the steel sheet. Further, the user can feed back information to the steel sheet manufacturer.

Abstract: A method and computer program for the control of the heat treatment of batches of metal workpieces for increasing the degree of automation of industrial furnace plants presumes an identical batch layout, an identical treatment program, and an identical article geometry of metal workpieces and relates it to a model batch, which has been run using batch thermoelements. The model batch becomes the foundation for a new batch. Through the assumption of program parameters of the actually run process of the model batch into the program of the new batch to be run, new batch thermoelements are not required for the new batch to be run.