Abstract: A method for making long metal rolled products by continuous casting, made by a continuous casting machine to two casting lines; shearing to size of the cast product; direct introduction of each segment, having an average temperature of at least 1000° C.-1150° C., into a maintenance and/or heating furnace that has a first and a second movement sections, each of the movement sections is disposed in axis respectively with one of the two casting lines to receive a respective segment; lateral transfer of each segment inside the furnace to dispose each segment in a third movement section disposed parallel and misaligned with respect to the first and the second movement sections and aligned to a rolling axis of a rolling line parallel and offset with respect to the two casting lines; and reduction of the section in a rolling mill defining said rolling axis.

Abstract: A method for making long metal rolled products by continuous casting at high hourly productivity, by a single casting machine, a product with a rectangular section; shearing to size of the cast product to define a segment of a length between 16 and 150 m and a weight between 10 and 100 tons; introduction of the segment, having an average temperature of at least 1000° C., into a maintenance and/or possible heating furnace having a first section for moving the cast product disposed in axis with the casting axis; lateral transfer of the segment inside the furnace to transfer the segment to a second section for moving the cast product disposed parallel and misaligned with respect to the first section and aligned with a rolling axis parallel and offset with respect to the casting axis; and reduction of the section in a rolling mill.

Abstract: The present invention provides tough cast iron and cast iron semi-finished products excellent in workability without heat treatment requiring massive heat energy and long time and a method of production enabling these to be efficiently produced, that is, cast iron of ingredients of white cast iron where particles of spheroidal graphite or flattened graphite are dispersed, cast iron where the ingredients of the white cast iron satisfy, by wt %, (% C)?4.3?(% Si)÷3 and C?1.7% and where the particles of spheroidal graphite are dispersed at a density of 50 particles/mm2 or more, or cast iron where the particles of flattened graphite have a width of 0.4 mm or less and a length of 50 mm or less.

Abstract: A method and plant for making long metal rolled products, in which a continuous casting is provided by a single casting machine, defining a casting axis, to cast a product with a quadrangular or equivalent section, a reduction of the section in a rolling mill defining a rolling axis substantially coinciding with the casting axis, and a selective accumulation and maintenance at temperature of a plurality of segments of cast product sheared to size in a misaligned position with respect to the cast axis and/or the rolling axis, inside a maintenance box furnace, for a time correlated to a condition of temporary interruption of the reduction step, so as to allow continuity of the continuous casting step.

Abstract: The invention relates to a copper-tin multicomponent bronze consisting of (in % by weight): 0.5 to 14.0% Sn, 0.01 to 8.0% Zn, 0.01 to 0.8% Cr, 0.05 to 2.0% Al, 0.01 to 2.0% Si, optionally in addition up to a maximum of 0.1 to 3.0% Mn and optionally in addition up to a maximum of 0.08% P and optionally in addition up to a maximum of 0.08% S, remainder copper and unavoidable impurities, wherein, in the structure, silicides and/or chromium particles are deposited, which are surrounded by a tin film in the form of a highly tin-containing accumulation. A further aspect of the invention relates to a process for producing strips, plates, bolts, wires, rods, tubes and profiles of the copper-tin multicomponent bronze according to the invention, and also to a use.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for producing hot-rolled products in a combined casting-rolling installation. A method and a combined casting-rolling installation with which an uninterrupted continuous casting process can be maintained not only when there is a planned interruption to production but also when there is an unplanned interruption to production, occurring for example in a heating zone, a finishing mill train, a cooling zone or a storage device.

Abstract: The invention concerns a roller and a roller arrangement for a continuous casting installation comprising two bearing blocks and the roller carried by the bearing blocks, wherein the roller has a rotationally symmetrical roller casing and wherein the roller bearing is arranged within the roller casing.

Abstract: A swash plate includes aluminum (Al) as a main component and 35˜45 wt % of zinc (Zn), 1.5˜3.5 wt % of copper (Cu), 6˜10 wt % of silicon (Si), 0.2˜0.5 wt % of magnesium (Mg) and other inevitable impurities. A method of manufacturing the swash plate is also provided.

Abstract: An aluminium alloy product having a gauge below 200 ?m and a composition, in weight %, of Fe 1.0-1.8, Si 0.3-0.8, Mn up to 0.25, other elements less than or equal to 0.05 each and less than or equal to 0.15 in total, balance aluminium. A process of manufacturing the product includes the steps of continuous casting an aluminium alloy melt of the above composition, cold rolling the cast product without an interanneal step to a gauge below 200 ?m and final annealing the cold rolled product. The product may be a deep drawn container.

Abstract: Provided is a continuous cast slab and a manufacturing method for the same, wherein solidified layers of a cast slab having a non-solidified layer are compressed with each other during a continuous casting process to fundamentally prevent occurrence of defects, such as center segregation or porosity, which deteriorate quality of the cast slab, thereby decreasing defects. A continuous casting method for producing a cast slab by drawing molten steel from a mold includes preparing a compressing unit, and reducing at least one side of the drawn cast slab by using the compressing unit, wherein solute-enriched residual molten steel is caused to flow back in a direction opposite to a casting direction. Thus, it is possible to produce a cast slab wherein defects such as center segregation are greatly eliminated.

Abstract: A method for casting medium carbon, B/Ti steel product using compact strip processing or thin slab casting. The method can include providing a steel composition including boron and titanium and casting the steel composition into a slab having a thickness between about 25 and 150 mm. The slab can have a cast composition including about 0.23 to 0.30 wt. % carbon, about 0.0010 to 0.0050 wt. % boron, about 0.010 to 0.050 wt. % titanium, about 1.15 to 1.50 wt. % manganese, less than 0.35 wt. % silicon and a Ti/N ratio greater than 2.9. The amount of each element is provided based upon the total weight of the steel composition. The steel slab can be free from cracks and significant defects. Furthermore, the steel slab can be used for electric resistance welded (ERW) products.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of predicting surface quality of a thin slab hot rolled coil. The method includes calculating the Cu equivalent (Cu eq.) of molten steel, applying the calculated Cu equivalent of the molten steel into an equation: 120×(Cu equivalent)2?6×(Cu equivalent) to calculate a surface crack index, and predicting the generation of surface defect of the thin slab hot rolled coil by the surface crack index. A method of producing the thin slab hot rolled coil using the same is also provided. The surface crack defect of the thin slab hot rolled coil can be predicted by calculating the Cu equivalent of the molten steel, and thus a thin slab which meets the quality standard demanded by a consumer can be provided, and this results in increased productivity and product reliability.

Abstract: Equipment for manufacturing skin material of a clad material includes a casting apparatus which melts and mixes a metal for the skin material different from the core material in their component compositions, and casts the skin material; an ingot-cutting apparatus which cuts an ingot for skin material which is cast by the casting apparatus; and a conveying apparatus which conveys the ingot for skin material among each apparatus. The ingot-cutting apparatus is a slicing apparatus which slices the ingot for skin material into a predetermined thickness.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a clad material composed of a core material and one or more skin materials which are superposed on either one or both faces of the core material, includes a clad material preparation process where an ingot for core material is manufactured by dissolving and casting a metal, and an ingot for skin material is manufactured by dissolving and casting a different metal for skin material, without hot rolling. The ingot for skin material is superposed as a skin material at a predetermined position of either one or both faces of the ingot for core material and the superposed material is hot-rolled to manufacture a clad material.

Abstract: A method for the continuous casting of thin metal strip in a continuous casting installation, in which metal is discharged vertically downward from a mold, the metal strip is deflected from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction, and the metal strip is supported and/or conveyed and/or plastically deformed by a number of pairs of drive rolls. At least one pair of drive rolls plastically deforms the metal strip without significantly changing the mean thickness of the metal strip, namely with a change in the mean thickness of the metal strip of less than 5%, such that the deformation in the pairs of drive rolls produces material flow exclusively in the direction transverse to the direction of conveyance of the metal strip.

Abstract: A magnesium alloy sheet having good press formability, a magnesium alloy structural member produced by pressing the sheet, and a method for producing a magnesium alloy sheet are provided. The magnesium alloy sheet is composed of a magnesium alloy containing Al and Mn. When a region from a surface of the alloy sheet to 30% of the thickness of the alloy sheet in a thickness direction of the magnesium alloy sheet is defined as a surface region and when a 200 ?m2 sub-region is arbitrarily selected from this surface region, the number precipitated impurity grains containing both Al and Mg and having a maximum diameter of 0.5 to 5 ?m is 5 or less. When a 50 ?m2 subregion is arbitrarily selected from the surface region, the number of crystallized impurity grains containing both Al and Mn and having a maximum diameter of 0.1 to 1 ?m is 15 or less. In the grains of the crystallized phases, the mass ratio Al/Mn of Al to Mn is 2 to 5.

Abstract: A dilute copper alloy material used in an environment with presence of hydrogen includes pure copper including an inevitable impurity, more than 2 mass ppm of oxygen, and an additive element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Zr, Nb, Ca, V, Fe, Al, Si, Ni, Mn, Ti and Cr, the additive element being capable of forming an oxide in combination with the oxygen. A method of manufacturing a dilute copper alloy member excellent in characteristics of resistance to hydrogen embrittlement includes melting the dilute copper alloy material by SCR continuous casting and rolling at a copper melting temperature of not less than 1100° C. and not more than 1320° C. to make molten metal, forming a cast bar from the molten metal, and forming the dilute copper alloy member by hot-rolling the cast bar.

Abstract: A magnesium alloy sheet having high impact resistance at low temperature, a magnesium alloy structural member using this sheet, and a method for producing a magnesium alloy sheet are provided. The magnesium alloy sheet is composed of a magnesium alloy containing Al and Mn. When a region from a surface of the alloy sheet to 30% of the thickness of the alloy sheet in a thickness direction of the magnesium alloy sheet is defined as a surface region and when a 50 ?m2 sub-region is arbitrarily selected from this surface region, the number of grains that are crystallized phases containing both Al and Mn is 15 or less. The maximum diameter of each of the crystallized phases is 0.1 to 1 ?m and the mass ratio Al/Mn of Al to Mn is 2 to 5. This magnesium alloy sheet has high impact resistance since it contains crystallized phases that are small in size and in amount contained and cause breaking and the like, and exhibits good mechanical properties even in a low-temperature environment.

Abstract: A production method of a roughly shaped material for an engine piston includes a continuous casting step for obtaining a cast rod (31) having a diameter of 85 mm or less by continuously casting a molten aluminum alloy (30) at a molten alloy temperature of 720° C. or higher, and a forging step for obtaining a roughly shaped material (11) for an engine piston by forging a forging material (32) obtained by homogenizing the cast bar (31) at 370 to 500° C. A composition of the molten alloy (30) includes Si: 11.0 to 13.0 mass %, Fe: 0.6 to 1.0 mass %, Cu: 3.5 to 4.5 mass %, Mn: 0.25 mass % or less; Mg: 0.4 to 0.6 mass %, Cr: 0.15 mass % or less, Zr: 0.07 to 0.15 mass %, P: 0.005 to 0.010 mass %, Ca: 0.002 mass % or less, and the balance being Aluminum and inevitable impurities.

Abstract: Process and related plant for manufacturing steel plates with thickness <100 mm and width of up to 4000 mm from a continuous casting step for slabs, comprising a liquid core reduction step, without interruptions until completion of a finishing rolling step with high reduction ratios in at least one stand. The average temperature when entering the rolling step is ?1200° C., but can be reduced for unalloyed or low alloyed steel greatest.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a casting/rolling plant for producing hot-rolled metallic, particularly steel, strips (7) having great surface quality from slabs or flat thin bars (2, 2a) that are cast in a continuous casting process, descaling being performed based on a rotary descaling process. In order to take into account parameters which are not considered in prior art in addition to rotary descaling, the hydraulically oscillated permanent mold (9) travels along several different oscillation curves (16, 17, 18) while the oscillation marks are deep-cleaned by adjusting the oscillation pattern that is determined to be optimal for each casting material.

Abstract: A steel for a welded structure includes the following composition: by mass %, C at a C content [C] of 0.010 to 0.065%; Si at a Si content [Si] of 0.05 to 0.20%; Mn at a Mn content [Mn] of 1.52 to 2.70%; Ni at a Ni content [Ni] of 0.10% to 1.50%; Ti at a Ti content [Ti] of 0.005 to 0.015%; 0 at an O content [O] of 0.0010 to 0.0045%; N at a N content [N] of 0.002 to 0.006%; Mg at a Mg content [Mg] of 0.0003 to 0.003%; Ca at a Ca content [Ca] of 0.0003 to 0.003%; and the balance composed of Fe and unavoidable impurities. A steel component parameter PCTOD is 0.065% or less, and a steel component hardness parameter CeqH is 0.235% or less.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a clad material composed of a core material and one or more skin materials which are superposed on either one or both faces of the core material, includes a clad material preparation process where an ingot for core material is manufactured by melting and casting a metal, and an ingot for skin material is manufactured by melting and casting a different metal for skin material, without hot rolling. The ingot for skin material is superposed as a skin material at a predetermined position of either one or both faces of the ingot for core material and the superposed material is hot-rolled to manufacture a clad material.

Abstract: A rolling method in a rolling line, to obtain strip with a thickness varying from 0.7 mm to 20 mm, for steel which can be cast in the form of thin slabs with a thickness from 30 mm to 140 mm, the line includes a continuous casting device; a tunnel furnace for maintenance/equalization and possible heating; a rolling train having a roughing train and a finishing train; a rapid heating unit, with elements able to be selectively activated, interposed between the roughing train and the finishing train. For each lay-out of the rolling line, the position of the rapid heating unit which defines the number of stands which form the roughing train, disposed upstream of the unit, and the number of stands which form the finishing train, disposed downstream of the unit, is calculated as a function of the product of the thickness and speed of the thin slab.

Abstract: A method and plant for making long metal rolled products, in which a continuous casting is provided made by a single casting machine, defining a casting axis, to cast a product with a quadrangular or equivalent section, a reduction of the section in a rolling mill defining a rolling axis substantially coinciding with the casting axis, and a selective accumulation and maintenance at temperature of a plurality of segments of cast product sheared to size in a misaligned position with respect to the casting axis and/or the rolling axis, inside a maintenance box furnace, for a time correlated to a condition of temporary interruption of the reduction step, so as to allow continuity of the continuous casting step.

Abstract: In a method for producing hot strips from a deformable lightweight steel which includes as main elements Fe, Mn, Si and Al, melt is cast close to its final dimension in a horizontal continuous strip casting installation under a protective gas to form a pre-strip between 6 and 20 mm, and the temperature of the pre-strip is adjusted after complete solidification and before the beginning of a hot-rolling process. The pre-strip is passed through a device under a protective gas for homogenization in concert with a selective maintenance of the temperature, cooling or heating, and subsequently subjected to a hot-rolling process having at least one pass with a total degree of deformation of at least 50%, and is then reeled as a hot strip following the cooling process. The hot-rolling process is executed in-line or in decoupled manner depending on the ratio of casting speed to rolling speed.

Abstract: In a method for manufacture of electrical steel a liquid steel mixture is created with a specified mixture chemistry. A continuous casting is performed to convert the liquid steel mixture to a slab. Hot roll steel band is created from the slab which is then pickled and hot band annealed, and then a cold rolled steel strip is formed. In a continuous annealing line, the cold rolled strip is annealed to achieve a partial recrystallization with a smaller grain size than would be the grain size with a complete recrystallization. Electrical steel created by the method is used for rotors and matching stators of a motor with properties at high strength and low electrical losses.

Abstract: A process for the manufacturing of steel strips with solution of continuity is described, comprising a continuous casting step for thin stabs with a high “mass flow”, a shearing step and subsequent heating in furnace, followed by a multiple stand rolling step, wherein the average temperature of the product at the inlet of the rolling is higher than the surface temperature, which is equal to at least 1100° C., lower than that measured in the inner central area by about 100° C. A plant is also described for the accomplishment of such process, wherein at the inlet of a furnace (25; 35), possibly of the induction type, combined with a temperature maintaining tunnel (36) a shear (3) is provided for, cutting into pieces (24; 34) a slab (22; 32) coming from continuous casting (21; 31), wherein the distance between the outlet of said continuous casting and the inlet into the finishing rolling mill (29; 39) is not greater than 100 m.

Abstract: The present invention provides an environment-friendly manganese brass alloy, which comprises 55˜65 wt % of Cu, 1.0˜6.5 wt % of Mn, 0.2˜3.0 wt % of Al, 0˜3.0 wt % of Fe, 0.3˜2.0 wt % of Sn, 0.01˜0.3 wt % of Mg, 0˜0.3 wt % of Bi and/or 0˜0.2 wt % of Pb, the balance being Zn and unavoidable impurities. The alloys not only have superior mechanical properties, castability, cutability and corrosion resistance, especially stress corrosion resistance properties, but also have the advantages of low manufacturing costs and simple manufacturing process etc, which is suitable for making components through forging, casting, cutting and other manufacturing methods, especially suitable for making water tap bodies and valves through forging, casting and cutting processes.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a metal strip includes casting a slab (3) or preliminary strip (3?) in a casting machine (2) and subsequently rolling the cast slab (3) or preliminary strip (3?) in at least one rolling train (4, 5) in a first operating mode with the at least one rolling train being connected with the casting machine for continuously manufacturing the metal strip, and in a second operating mode removing the cast slab (3) or preliminary strip (3?) from the main transport line (6) with a shuttle system arranged between the casting machine (2) and the at least one rolling train (4, 5), storing the removed slab (3) or preliminary strip (3?), and subsequently transporting the removed slab (3) or preliminary strip back into the main transport line, with the removed slab (3) or preliminary strip (3?) being heated to a desired temperature or maintained at a desired temperature prior to the transport back into the main transport line (6) for discontinuously manufacturing the metal strip.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an installation for producing steel products (1) having an optimum surface quality, especially extremely low carbon contents (UCL steel or IF steel), nitrogen contents, total oxygen contents, high-strength or stainless steel qualities.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making an aluminium alloy product having a gauge below 200 ?m. It also relates to an aluminium alloy product having a gauge below the same value and to containers for food packaging applications made from the aluminium alloy product. The invention is a process of manufacturing an aluminium alloy comprising the following steps: continuous casting an aluminium alloy melt of the following composition, (in weight %): Fe 1.0-1.8, Si 0.3-0.8, Mn up to 0.25, other elements less than or equal to 0.05 each and less than or equal to 0.15 in total, balance aluminium, cold rolling the cast product without an interanneal step to a gauge below 200 ?m and final annealing the cold rolled product.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing steel long products provides for starting from a continuous casting step with liquid core reduction, followed by induction heating without interruption until the end of a rolling step in a plurality of stands. The blooms or billets subjected to such a process have initial thickness in the range between 120 and 400 mm and a high “mass flow” passing in the time unit at the outlet from the continuous casting, as well as an average temperature in the cross-section which is higher than the surface temperature, being in the core or inner middle region higher by 100° C. than on the surface, that is of about 1200° C. A plant for carrying out such a process is also described.

Abstract: Disclosed are a highly corrosion-resistant aluminum alloy for a heat exchanger tube and a method for manufacturing a heat exchanger tube using the same. The highly corrosion-resistant aluminum alloy includes 0.05 to 0.5 wt % of iron, 0.05 to 0.2 wt % of silicon, 0.6 to 1.2 wt % of manganese, 0.15 to 0.45 wt % of copper, 0.05 to 0.3 wt % of at least one of zirconium and boron, and the remainder of aluminum and impurities. The aluminum alloy aluminum alloy for a heat exchanger tube improves corrosion resistance without affecting the physical properties other than corrosion resistance, through improvement in composition of the alloy, and ensures sufficient corrosion resistance without thermal arc spraying of zinc, resulting in a simple process, which leads to improvement in manufacturing efficiency and productivity of products.

Abstract: A method for continuous casting and rolling at increased casting speed followed by hot rolling of relatively thin metal strand, especially steel strand (1), where presetting of target temperatures (6) of the hot strip (2) reduces temperature losses in the hot strip (2) by increasing the temperatures of the work rolls (4) at a predetermined rate of increase, starting from a low initial temperature (5), and by adjusting the strip temperature (15) to a target rolling temperature (6) of the hot strip (2) and/or by automatically controlling or regulating the intensity of the roll cooling (18).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a brass alloy having superior stress corrosion comprising: 59.0-64.0 wt % Cu, 0.6-1.2 wt % Fe, 0.6-1.0 wt % Mn, 0.4-1.0 wt % Bi, 0.6-1.4 wt % Sn, at least one element selected from Al, Cr and B, the balance being Zn and unavoidable impurities, wherein the content of Al is 0.1-0.8 wt %, the content of Cr is 0.01-0.1 wt %, the content of B is 0.001-0.02 wt %. The alloy according to the present invention does not contain toxic elements such as lead and antimony, has superior corrosion resistance and good cuttingability and is suitable for the accessories in the potable water supply systems produced by casting, forging and extruding.

Abstract: A process and an ultracompact plant for the endless production of hot rolled steel strip comprising an ingot mold (15) that produces a very thin slab, having narrow sides with thickness in the range between 40 and 55 mm and a central swelling, at a speed in the range between 4 and 16 m/min. Such a slab, which displays a core in which the steel is still liquid, is passed through a vertical pre-rolling device (16) that reduces the thickness of the slab and flattens it. The solidified slab may thus be subjected to a first mild rolling by a conveyor (17) and, by forming a free curve, takes a horizontal position where it is subjected to a first surface descaling, a first rolling, a heating in an inductor (23), a second surface descaling and a series of reductions in a rolling mill (30) formed by at least two stands, by maintaining its temperature along the mill above the recrystallization point Ar3.

Abstract: A method for producing a wide steel strip using thin slab continuous casting and rolling by the following steps a) casting a molten steel into a thin slab having a thickness of between 50 and 90 mm; b) cutting; c) soaking; d) heating by electromagnetic induction; e) descaling; f) rolling; g) cooling with laminar flow; and h) coiling. The method can effectively control the solution and precipitation of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfide in steel with a low cost. The process is easy and flexible, and steel can be produced in a wide range of categories. Further provided is a system for producing a wide steel strip with thin slab continuous casting and rolling.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of continuous hardening press and an apparatus thereof. The process of continuous press hardening, includes: slab casting that makes a slab by continuous-casting molten steel refined by an electric furnace or a blast furnace, and then reheats and hot-rolls the slab into a hot-rolled steel sheet; blanking that conveys the hot-rolled steel sheet to a blank through a sealed oven and blanks the hot-rolled steel sheet, after the slab casting; and press hardening that conveys the hot-rolled steel sheet to a press die and presses the hot-rolled steel sheet, after the blanking. According to the embodiments of the present invention, since a high-temperature steel sheet formed by hot rolling is directly put into press hardening, reheating is not required such that the entire process is simplified and reduction of manufacturing cost can be expected.

Abstract: Process and ultracompact plant for continuous production of hot rolled steel strip comprising an ingot mould (15) which produces a very thin slab at a speed between 4 and 16 m/min, wherein the thickness of the narrow sides is between 15 and 50 mm with a central swelling. Such slab has a core in which the steel is still liquid; it is run through a vertical pre-rolling device (16) which reduces the thickness of the slab, flattening it. The solidified slab can thus undergo a first light rolling process using a pinch roll (17) and, by forming a free curve, it moves to a horizontal position where it can undergo a second light rolling process by another pinch roll (22?). A heating process (if required) includes an inductor (50). A superficial descaling process and a series of reductions in a rolling mill made up of at least three stands (20?, 20?, 20??) are provided maintaining a slab temperature along the train above the Ar3 recrystallization point.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing non lead added anode zinc material for manganese dry batteries comprising compounding a zinc alloy by melting zinc, 0.1 mass % or more and 0.7 mass % or less of bismuth and other impurity elements inevitably contained in zinc in a melting furnace; casting the compounded molten zinc alloy to a molded material in the form of a band or in the form of a bar; rolling the molded material in band form to form a zinc alloy sheet; and punching the rolled zinc alloy sheet in a designated thickness into a designated shape.

Abstract: A solid phos-copper base or silver-phos-copper base brazing alloy component for forming a brazed joint with a raised shoulder, little to no black oxide, and improved corrosion resistance. The brazing alloys of the present invention are visually distinguishable from copper and copper alloy parts. The solid brazing components of the present invention may be used in forming brazed joints at low brazing temperatures and result in a joint that is strong, ductile, smooth and corrosion resistant. The solid brazing components are provided in the form of wire, strip, foil or preform, and thus are advantageously used in a wide variety of brazing applications including copper tubing. The brazing components of the present invention are made of an alloy having a liquidus temperature above 840° F. and consist essentially of about 4-9% phosphorus, about 0.1-10% tin, up to about 4% antimony, about 0.1-15% nickel, up to about 3% silicon, up to about 18% silver, up to about 3% manganese, with the balance being copper.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous cast slab and a manufacturing method for the same, wherein solidified layers of a cast slab having a non-solidified layer are compressed with each other during a continuous casting process to fundamentally prevent occurrence of defects, such as center segregation or porosity, which deteriorate quality of the cast slab, thereby decreasing defects. A continuous casting method for producing a cast slab by drawing molten steel from a mold includes preparing a compressing unit, and reducing at least one side of the drawn cast slab by means of the compressing unit, wherein solute-enriched residual molten steel is caused to flow back in a direction opposite to a casting direction. Thus, it is possible to produce a cast slab wherein defects such as center segregation are greatly eliminated.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a magnesium hot strip, in which a melt from a magnesium alloy is continuously cast to form a roughed strip with a thickness of maximum 50 mm, and in which the cast roughed strip is hot-rolled directly from the cast heat at a hot-rolling initial temperature of at least 250° C. and maximum 500° C. to form a hot strip with a final thickness of maximum 4 mm, whereby in the first hot-rolling pass a reduction in the thickness of at least 15% is achieved. With the method according to the invention, magnesium sheets with improved deformability can be produced with reduced manufacturing effort and expenditure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aging enameling steel sheet having excellent fishscale resistance characteristics that is suitable for one-coat enameling and a method of producing the same. The enameling steel sheet comprises, in mass %, C: 0.010% or less, Mn: 0.03% to 1.30%, Si: 0.100% or less, Al: 0.010% or less, N: 0.0055% or less, P: 0.035% or less, S: 0.08% or less, O: 0.005% to 0.085%, Nb: 0.055% to 0.250%, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, in which steel sheet preferably an Fe—Nb—Mn system composite oxide is present, a distribution of Nb mass % concentrations is present in the composite oxide, and the ratio of Nb mass % concentration of a high-concentration portion (Nb max %) to Nb mass % concentration of a low-concentration portion (Nb min %) is Nb max %/Nb min % ?1.2.

Abstract: The present invention provides a steel plate having a low welding crack susceptibility and a yield strength of 800 MPa and a manufacturing method for the same. The steel plate having a low welding crack susceptibility comprises the following chemical components (wt. %: percent by weight): C: 0.03-0.08 wt. %, Si: 0.05-0.70 wt. %, Mn: 1.30-2.20 w.t %, Mo: 0.10-0.30 wt. %, Nb: 0.03-0.10 wt. %, V: 0.03-0.45 wt. %, Ti: 0.002-0.040 wt. %, Al: 0.02-0.04 wt. %, B: 0.0010-0.0020 wt. %, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the welding crack susceptibility index meets the following formula: Pcm?0.20%. The thermo-mechanical controlled rolling and cooling processes is used to obtain an ultrafine bainite batten matrix structure, which increases the intensity, plasticity and toughness of the steel plate. The steel plate with a low welding crack susceptibility of the present invention has a yield strength of greater than 800 MPa, a tensile strength of greater than 900 MPa, a Charpy impact energy Akv (?20° C.

Abstract: A ball pin or ball socket made of stainless steel with the following composition: 10.5 to 13 wt.-% of chromium, 0.005 to 0.3 wt.-% of carbon, maximum 0.015 wt.-% of sulfur, 0.2 to 1 wt.-% of silicon, 0.2 to 1 wt.-% of manganese with a balance of the composition being iron.

Abstract: A Cu—Zn—Si alloy includes, in % by weight, 70 to 80% of copper, 1 to 5% of silicon, to 0.5% of boron, up to 0.2% of phosphorus and/or up to 0.2% of arsenic, a remainder of zinc, plus inevitable impurities. Products using the alloy and processes for producing the alloy are also provided. The alloy is distinguished by an improved resistance to oxidation and by uniform mechanical properties.

Abstract: Steel strips and methods for producing strip are provided. The method for producing steel strips comprises continuously casting low carbon, silicon/manganese killed or aluminum killed molten steel into a strip, the molten steel comprising a concentration of residuals of 2.0 equal to or less than about 2.0 wt % is selected with regard to the microstructure of the finished strip to provide a desired yield strength, where the residuals are selected in desired amounts from the group consisting of copper, nickel, chromium, molybdenum and tin, and cooling the strip to transform the strip from austenite to ferrite in a desired temperature range. Cast steel with improved yield strength properties is produced by such method.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an aluminum alloy plate for a lithographic printing plate by continuous casting which includes feeding an aluminum alloy melt through a melt feed nozzle between a pair of cooling rollers and rolling the aluminum alloy melt while solidifying between the pair of cooling rollers, a vessel for feeding the aluminum alloy melt to the melt feed nozzle contains the aluminum alloy melt which is adjusted in such a manner that a vertical amplitude at a level of the aluminum alloy melt existing within the vessel is 10 mm or less. This manufacturing method is capable of obtaining an aluminum alloy plate for a lithographic printing plate with a uniform surface composition and manufacturing a lithographic printing plate support having no surface defect.