Abstract: A consumable billet for melting and casting a metal matrix composite component is made of a consolidated powder metal matrix composite having a titanium or titanium alloy matrix reinforced with particles. The preferred billet is a blended and sintered powder metal composite billet incorporating titanium carbide or titanium boride into a Ti--6Al--4V alloy.

Abstract: A single phase W-Ti sputter target and a method of manufacturing the target are disclosed. The target is produced by mixing powders of tungsten and titanium and subjecting the mixed powders to a pressing operation for a time, temperature and pressure sufficient to achieve a mutual solid solution of W and Ti, forming single .beta.(Ti,W) phase. The single phase sputtering target emits much less particulate during sputtering than conventional multiphase W-Ti targets of comparable density and composition.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a cathode member or pellet is provided, which realizes the sufficiently large increase of the electron emission capability by the current activation process and that prevents the maximum cathode current from being lowered as long as an electron emissive agent exists in the cathode member. First, (a) a nickel powder and a rare-earth-metal oxide powder are provided. (b) The nickel powder and the rare-earth-metal oxide powder are uniformly mixed together, thereby producing a first powder mixture. (c) The first powder mixture is heated in a hydrogen atmosphere, an inert atmosphere, or a vacuum atmosphere, thereby producing an intermetallic compound of nickel and the rare-earth metal in the first powder mixture. (d) The first powder mixture containing the intermetallic compound is uniformly mixed with an electron-emissive agent powder, thereby producing a second powder mixture. (e) The second powder mixture is sintered by a HIP process, thereby forming a cathode member.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a reactive sintering method of forming intermetallic materials such as TiNi, TiAl which includes the preparation of a mixture of elemental metallic powders in desired proportions (1) (2), the compression (3) of the mixture of these elemental powders so as to obtain a tablet of powders, then the cladding (4) of this tablet of powders in a cladding resistant to pressure and heat, the clad product then being subjected to a reactive sintering (5) to obtain the intermetallic compound and to a final hot densification operation (6) . Generally, the cladding is removed (7).

Abstract: The invention provides a method for making a novel porous sintered material according to an HIP (Hot Isostatic Press) molding technique usually used for the purpose of obtaining defect-free and highly dense powder products. In the method of the invention, a capsule containing a starting powder in a hermetically sealed condition is heated according to a predetermined temperature pattern and is also subjected to hot isostatic pressing while a pressure is arrived at a maximum pressure level substantially in coincidence with commencement of a sintering temperature-applying period in the temperature pattern and is gradually lowered from the maximum pressure level during the sintering temperature-applying period. By the method, excessive densification is suppressed and the resulting sintered material has a required porosity and is provided with pores open to outside in the inside thereof, along with good strength and surface processability.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the manufacturing of a composite metal product. More particularly, the invention relates to a method for the manufacturing of a composite product consisting of at least two stainless steel materials having different chemical compositions, particularly a composite stainless product on which decorative patterns can or has been produced by etching.It is significant feature of the invention that at least two stainless steel materials having different chemical compositions are bonded together through hot isostatic compaction at a pressure exceeding 600 bar and a temperature exceeding 1000.degree. C., at least one of said materials consisting of powder, for the achievement of a consolidated body.

Abstract: Methods for making Cr-Me sputter targets wherein Me is a metal are disclosed. Preferably Me is a transition metal and most preferably is a member selected from the group consisting of Cu, Fe, and V. As a first step in the method, Cr and Me powder or crystals on the order of less than 100 mesh are provided. Preferably, the powders or crystals have a size of about 6-8 mesh. The Cr is present in a weight ratio amount of at least 50% Cr based upon the total combined weight of Cr and Me present. The Cr and Me components are then mechanically alloyed in a high energy ball mill or the like so as to provide an intimate mixture of powdered Cr-Me. The resulting powder is screened with, for example, a -20 -70 mesh screen, and then subjected to hot isostatic pressing (HIP) conditions to consolidate the powders at pressures of about 10,000 to 45,000 psi and temperatures of 800.degree. C. to 1500.degree. C. for about 1/4 to 5 hours.

Abstract: A process for the production of a shaped part which is produced from a high-melting point metal powder with crystalline sinter-activating additives. The process includes the steps of preparing, compressing and sintering the metal powder. Prior to the sintering step, the final contour of the shaped part is substantially shaped. The process is primarily directed for the production of shields for radiation protection, as melting crucibles or as electrodes.

Abstract: The targets for cathodic sputtering according to this invention are formed of hot-pressed or hot isostatic-pressed indium oxide/tin oxide powder with a minimum density of 95% of the theoretical density and with a sub-stoichiometric oxygen content are known. In order to provide the improvement of high stability and, simultaneously, high sputtering rate, it is proposed according to the invention that the target have a crystalline phase which is formed as a solid solution of indium oxide and tin oxide with a minimum of 90% by weight, preferably a minimum of 97%, of the solid solution, and which has an average grain size ranging from 2 .mu.m to 20 .mu.m.

Abstract: A method for producing a space shuttle or nuclear reprocessing structural material of an intermetallic compound having a formula NiAl+xMoRe+cB, wherein the atomic ratio of Ni:Al is 56.5:43.5, the atomic ratio of Mo:Re is 1:1, or 1:0.5, x is between 0.1 and 1 at. %, and c is from 0 to 0.2 at. %, including the steps of:mixing Ni and Al powders in the atomic ratio of 56.5:43.5 in an inert gasadding thereto between 0.1 and 1 at. % total of Mo and Re powders in an atomic ratio of 1:1 or 1:0.5 and from 0 to 0.2 at. % of B and mixing to obtain a uniform powder mixture,packing the mixture in a steel capsule to obtain a packed mixture, and Hot Isostatically Pressing the packed mixture at a temperature from 1000.degree. to 1200.degree. C. with 200 MPA pressure to obtain a pressed material, swaging the pressed material to at least 90% theoretical reduction, and obtaining the material having a uniform and refined structure.

Abstract: A method of bonding two or more sintered compacts of tungsten heavy alloys. The method includes the steps of providing two or more sintered compacts of tungsten heavy alloy powder and then positioning the sintered compacts in adjacent alignment in a furnace chamber. A localized induction field is applied only at the juncture of the sintered compacts to bond the sintered compacts and produce a monolithic assembly of sintered compacts having a bond strength substantially equal to the strength of the sintered compacts.

Abstract: A method of free form fabrication of metallic components, typically using computer aided design data, comprises selective laser binding and transient liquid sintering of blended powders. The powder blend includes a base metal alloy, a lower melting temperature alloy, and a polymer binder that constitutes approximately 5-15% of the total blend. A preform part is built up, layer-by-layer, by localized laser melting of the polymer constituent, which rapidly resolidifies to bind the metal particles. The binder is eliminated from the preform part by heating in a vacuum furnace at low atmospheric pressure. The preform part may require support during elimination of the polymer binder and subsequent densification by controlled heat treatment. Densification is performed at a temperature above the melting point of the lower temperature alloy but below the melting point of the base metal alloy to produce transient liquid sintering of the part to near full density with desired shape and dimensional tolerances.

Abstract: A high performance hybrid shaft for use in applications where high stiffness, high temperature capacity and lightweight are important. In one form of the present invention the hybrid shaft is formed of a titanium alloy outer tube having in it's interior a gamma titanium aluminide alloy powder metal that is metallurgically bonded to the outer tube. The gamma titanium aluminide alloy powder metal has a room temperature modulus of elasticity greater than the modulus of elasticity of the titanium alloy tube. The hybrid shaft has a modulus of elasticity greater than modulus of elasticity of the titanium alloy tube, and a density equivalent to that of the titanium alloy tube. The wear resistant capability of the shaft is increased at local regions by surface modification treatment such as plasma ion nitrating or by affixing at the ends of the tube a hardened steel fitting.

Abstract: There is provided a process for producing titanium composite, comprising the steps of: molding titanium powder, titanium alloy powder, or powder comprising titanium into a certain shape by a cold isostatic press or cold press; reacting the shape with hydrocarbon gas at its decomposition temperature or higher, to form TiC therein; and providing the shape with high density by vacuum sintering, hot isostatic pressing, hot forging, hot rolling and/or the combinations thereof. TiC a reinforcing material, is in-situ formed by reacting a cold-pressed body of the powder with hydrocarbon gas and cleaner than the externally added one and distributed more uniformly and finely in the Ti matrix, leading to a significant improvement in wear resistance and high temperature property.

Abstract: An article essentially consisting of one or more of Ti--Al intermetallic compounds is fabricated so as to have a volume ratio of voids no more than 3.5%, by preparing a mixture of materials selected from a group consisting of Ti, Ti alloys, Al, Al alloys, and Ti--Al compounds, having a composition suitable for forming a desired Ti--Al intermetallic compound, and heating said mixture so that said mixture may be sintered. Typically, the temperature and pressure for the heating or sintering process is appropriately selected so that the desired porosity may be obtained. The mechanical strength of an article according to the present invention is not only improved but is highly predictable, or, in other word, highly reliable. The fabrication costs can be reduced because the fabrication process involves only relatively low temperatures when pressing and heating the work at the same time.

Abstract: Methods for making, methods for using and articles comprising cermets, preferably cemented carbides and more preferably tungsten carbide, having at least two regions exhibiting at least one property that differs are discussed. Preferably, the cermets further exhibit uniform or controlled wear to impart a self-sharpening character to an article. The multiple-region cermets are particularly useful in wear applications. The cermets are manufactured by juxtaposing and densifying at least two powder blends having different properties (e.g., differential carbide grain size or differential carbide chemistry or differential binder content or differential binder chemistry or any combination of the preceding).

Abstract: Structure and a method for producing very dense bodies from particulate materials. An electrically conductive drive member is positioned adjacent the particulate material. A significant magnitude of electrical current is caused to flow through the electrically conductive drive member. A magnetic field is established and large magnitudes of magnetic pressure are created, and pressure directly from or indirectly from the magnetic pressure is applied upon the particulate material, and the particulate material is compressed and compacted. In one embodiment of the invention electrical current creates a magnetic field which is applied to an electrically conductive pressure member which moves and applies compaction pressure upon the particulate material. Electromagnetic pressure in accordance with this invention may be applied to a compacted body of particulate material, and the compressibility and density of the body of particulate material is increased.

Abstract: A high vanadium, powder metallurgy cold work tool steel article and method for production. The chromium, vanadium, and carbon plus nitrogen contents of the steel are controlled during production to achieve a desired combination of corrosion resistance and metal to metal wear resistance.

Abstract: This invention presents diamond coated tool member of high toughness exhibiting excellent diamond adhesion to the substrate. The green compacts of the usual Co and WC composition are subjected to primary sintering in a vacuum or in an inert gas atmosphere, followed by secondary sintering in a vacuum or in an inert gas atmosphere at a pressure in the range of 10-200 atmospheres at a temperature between the liquid formation temperature of Co and 1,500.degree. C. The as-sintered surfaces are subjected to chemical etching, followed by fine polishing in an ultrasonic bath held at room temperature or a temperature just below the boiling point. The cutting tool substrate having the polished surface is placed in a CVD reactor to deposit a diamond coating. The concentration profile of Co in the diamond coated tool member hus formed has a Co-deficient layer and a Co-gradient layer.

Abstract: Process for producing very pure platinum materials dispersion-reinforced with Y.sub.2 O.sub.3 and having high strength and extensibility, even in the temperature range >800.degree. C., from platinum powder by mechanical alloying, which comprises the process stepspreparing platinum powder of high purity and low particle size of from 2 to 10 .mu.m,introducing and dispersing Y.sub.2 O.sub.3 particles >1 .mu.m in the platinum powder by milling in a platinum vessel using milling media of zirconium oxide,degassing the milled product under a vacuum of better than 10.sup.-3 mbar and with an increase in temperature to at least 1200.degree. C. in a platinum capsule for a period of up to 48 hours,gastight welding of the evacuated capsule and hot isostatic pressing at 1350.degree. C.

Abstract: The invention relates to the manufacture of paper machine roll shells of stainless steel. According to the invention, powder is made of molten steel by gas-atomizing, a roll shell preform is made of the powder, and the roll shell preform is machined to form a roll shell. The main advantage of the rolls shells according to the invention is their good corrosion fatigue resistance.

Abstract: A process for preparing an alloy having excellent corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance is provided. The alloy is prepared by providing a powder mixture or VC-powder-containing wire having a matrix metal, including a VC powder having a particle diameter of 10 .mu.m or less, and at least one member selected from the group consisting of an Fe-base alloy, a Co-base alloy and a Ni-base alloy. The powder mixture or VC-powder-containing wire is melted with a heat source having a high energy density. The resultant melt is then cooled to homogeneously crystallize and/or precipitate VC, such that the particle diameter of the VC is reduced to 5 .mu.m or less in the matrix metal phase. Also disclosed is a process for preparing a surface-modified metallic member from a metallic member and an alloy prepared from the aforementioned process.

Abstract: Two-phase Al--Si alloy foils are made directly from Al--Si alloy powders by hot pressing. These Al--Si alloy foils are characterized by having a thickness of 0.017 in. or less, and by the fact that they are fine-grained and substantially free of oxygen, nitrogen and deformation-induced defects. The as-pressed Al--Si foils where the primary phase is the Al solid-solution phase are also generally ductile and adapted for subsequent forming operations, including cold rolling. The reduction in thickness imparted in a single pass to an Al-11.6Si alloy foil through cold-rolling was at least about 10%, with up to about 90% reduction in thickness accomplished by a plurality of such passes. These reductions in thickness were accomplished without stress relief annealing, but such annealing may be employed if desirable for microstructural modification.

Abstract: The invention relates to a neutron-absorbing material and to its production process.This material comprises a homogeneous, boron carbide matrix 1 in which are dispersed e.g. pseudospherical, 150 to 500 .mu.m , calibrated clusters 3 of boride such as HfB.sub.2, in order to prevent the propagation of cracks F in the material and improve its thermal shock resistance.

Abstract: A composite, a sintered product of the composite, and a process for producing products from this composite. The composite has a very high volummetric proportion of TiC, and its remainder of a matrix. The TiC constitutes at least 70% by volume and as much as 95% by volume of the ultimate product. The process includes making a green body which can be handled and is thereafter pre-sintered to form a pre-form. The pre-form is oversized relative to the ultimate product. It is sintered and machined, again oversize. Then it is again sintered and subjected to hot isostatic compression, to assume at least a close approximation to the pre-determined dimension of the product. It is characterized by its light weight, resistance to erosion, and resistance to chemical attack.

Abstract: A method for forming a gas-filled consolidated metal billet, involving preparing a metallic shell container, filling the shell with a metal core material and pressurized gas, and consolidating the shell and its contents to form the billet. The consolidated billet is further formed in the same manner as solid metal components by conventional wrought mill working technologies. After thus forming a shaped billet having a predetermined, desired geometry, it is subjected to a heat treatment that expands the gas trapped within the core, to produce in situ a metal body having an integral sandwich-type structure with a solid metal facing and a porous metal core.

Abstract: To provide a raw material for high oxygen chromium targets containing oxygen in a form capable of effectively preventing the dust ejection phenomenon. A raw material for high oxygen chromium targets comprising chromium crystalline particles dispersed in metallic chromium wherein at least a portion of the surface of all the crystals constituting the oxide crystalline particles is in contact with the matrix of the metallic chromium. A method of producing a raw material for high oxygen chromium targets comprising chromium oxide crystalline particles dispersed in metallic chromium characterized by heat-treating metallic chromium containing a solid solution of oxygen or oxide particles as a starting material, and precipitating or crystal-growing the oxygen or oxide particles as chromium oxide crystalline particles having a particle size of 0.1 to 100 .mu.m, thereby obtaining a raw material for chromium targets.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method relating to powder metallurgical manufacturing of a body having a through hole, for example a hollowed tool blank or thick-walled tube. The characteristic feature of the method is that in an outer capsule there is provided a tube (6) having substantially the same length as the capsule, so that the tube extends substantially through the entire length of the capsule, that in the tube there is provided a core (5) which also extends through the capsule and the entire length of the tube, that the space between the tube (6) and the inner side of the capsule (1) is filled with a metal powder (9) which shall form the desired body, that the space (10) in the tube (6) between the core (5) and the inner side of the tube is filled with a non-metallic powder (11), that the capsule is closed hermetically, and that the closed capsule and its content is subjected to hot isostatic compaction at a temperature exceeding 1000 C., so that the metal powder is compacted to complete density.

Abstract: A powder-metallurgy-produced, essentially titanium-free, nickel-containing maraging steel article such as for use in the manufacture of die casting die components and other hot work tooling components. The article preferably contains an intentional addition of niobium. The article may be produced as a hot-isostatically-compacted, solution annealed, fully dense mass of prealloyed particles, or alternately, as a hot-isostatically-compacted, plastically deformed and solution annealed, fully dense mass of prealloyed particles.

Abstract: A glass embedded, sintered ceramic comprising a total sintering aid concentration of between about 1 and about 5 w/o, said ceramic having a reaction layer of less than about 750 microns, where the reaction layer is defined as the depth at which the sintering aid concentration is 80% of that of the bulk of the ceramic, and the ceramic is selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, silicon carbide, boron carbide, titanium diboride, and aluminum nitride.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to a novel method for forming a self-supporting body. Specifically, the formed self-supporting body has a higher volume percent of metallic constituent relative to a body formed by similar techniques. A first porous self-supporting body is formed by reactively infiltrating a molten parent metal into a bed or mass containing a boron donor material and a carbon donor material (e.g., boron carbide) and/or a boron donor material and a nitrogen material (e.g., boron nitride) and, optionally, one or more inert fillers. Additionally, powdered parent metal may be admixed with a mass to be reactively infiltrated to form additional porosity therein. The porous self-supporting body which is formed by the reactive infiltration process according to this invention should contain at least some interconnected porosity which is capable of being filled in a subsequent step with additional metal, thus increasing the volume percent of parent metal in the body at the expense of porosity.

Abstract: A process for preparing ceramic composite comprising blending TiC particulates, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 particulates and nickle aluminide and consolidating the mixture at a temperature and pressure sufficient to produce a densified ceramic composite having fracture toughness equal to or greater than 7 MPa m.sup.1/2, a hardness equal to or greater than 18 GPa.

Abstract: Articles having improved strength at high temperature are made from near-eutectic nickel-base superalloys. In such alloys, the improved properties are achieved by preventing the formation of a dispersed second phase during the production of alloy powder. After the powder is consolidated, a dispersion of the second phase is developed through thermal treatment. Consolidation may be achieved by direct application of pressure, or by incremental solidification processes. Some of these alloys are formulated to achieve additional strengthening by precipitation hardening.

Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a bladed ring for drum-shaped rotors of turbomachinery, especially rotors for axial compressors of gas turbine engines. The bladed ring is to be manufactured by hot isostatic pressing (HIP) and the fiber rings are formed in a metallic powder material for the bladed ring arranged in a circumferential direction. The fiber rings are bonded with spacing therebetween. The fiber rings are reinforced by fibers embedded in a metal matrix. The bladed ring prefabricated in this fashion by HIP is machined down to its required dimensions.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an Ni--Al intermetallic compound matrix composite comprising steps of a) providing an aluminum powder, b) providing a reinforced material, c) providing a reducing solution containing a reducing agent and nickel ions to be reduced, d) adding the aluminum powder and the reinforced material into the reducing solution, and e) permitting the reducing agent to reduce the nickel ions to be respectively deposited on the aluminum powder and the reinforced material. Such method permits the Ni--Al, Ni--Al+B intermetallic compound matrix composite to be produced inexpensively/efficiently/fastly.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an axisymmetric component made of a composite material having a metallic matrix is described in which at least one ceramic fiber and at least one wire of the metal which is to constitute the matrix are wound simultaneously side by side to form a number of layers on a suitably shaped mandrel and in such a manner as to ensure absence of contact between the fiber turns of each individual layer and between the fiber turns of adjacent layers, and the formed layers are subsequently subjected to hot isostatic compaction. The ceramic fiber may be of the silicon carbide type and the metal wire forming the matrix may be of titanium or titanium-alloy.

Abstract: A fully dense ceramic-metal body including 40-88 v/o of an oxide hard phase of, in v/o of the body, 4-88 v/o M-aluminum binary oxides, where the binary oxide has a C-type rare earth, garnet, .beta.-MAl.sub.11 O.sub.18, or perovskite crystal structure, and M is a lanthanide or indium, and 0-79 v/o .alpha.-alumina; about 10-50 v/o of a hard refractory carbide, nitride, or boride as a reinforcing phase; and about 2-10 v/o of a dispersed metal phase combining Ni and Al mostly segregated at triple points of the microstructure. The preferred metal phase contains a substantial amount of the Ni.sub.3 Al ordered crystal structure. In the preferred body, the reinforcing phase is silicon carbide partially incorporated into the oxide grains, and bridges the grain boundaries. The body including a segregated metal phase is produced by densifying a mixture of the hard phase components and the metal component, with the metal component being present in the starting formulation as Ni powder and Al powder.

Abstract: A process for producing from iron materials a sintered molded part which is pore-free in individual zones or boundary zones but porous in the other zones. The process is based on a molded part brought to a residual porosity of about 10% by volume by conventional powder pressing and sintering processes. By additional process steps such as zonal introduction of additional materials or local mechanical recompacting, certain zones or local areas are brought to a residual porosity of 5% by volume or less; at the same time, a closed pore structure is produced in these zones. Under these preconditions, in a final HIP or sintering HIP process step the sintered molded part can be brought to 100% material density in the pretreated zones so that they substantially completely free from pores. The major advantages include local improvement in material properties and calibratability of the finished sintered molded part.

Abstract: A process for preparing a consolidated nickel-base superalloy compact suitable for tensile force inducing high strain rate deformation. It includes the steps of: preparing a melt of a nickel-base superalloy in a vacuum; atomizing the melt into powder in a protective atmosphere; collecting the powder; screening the powder to proper size; introducing the powder into a container; evacuating and sealing the container in a vacuum; and consolidating the powder under pressure at a temperature below the solidus temperature of the alloy and at a temperature at which grain boundaries grow past prior particle boundaries.

Abstract: A martensitic hot work tool steel die block for use in the manufacture of die casting die components and other hot work tooling components and a method for manufacturing the same. The article has a hardness within the range of 35 to 50 HRC and a minimum transverse Charpy V-notch impact toughness of 5 foot pounds when heat treated to a hardness of 44 to 46 HRC and when tested at both 72.degree. F. and 600.degree. F. The article is a hot worked, heat treated and fully dense consolidated mass of prealloyed particles of the composition, in weight percent, 0.32 to 0.45 carbon, 0.20 to 2.00 manganese, 0.05 to 0.30 sulfur, up to 0.03 phosphorous, 0.80 to 1.20 silicon, 4.75 to 5.70 chromium, 1.10 to 1.75 molybdenum, 0.80 to 1.20 vanadium, and balance iron. The alloy may be any conventional wrought AISI hot work tool steel or wrought maraging or precipitation-hardening steel having 0.05 to 0.30 percent sulfur, and having sulfide particles which exhibit a maximum size of 50 microns in their longest dimension.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a sintered body comprising one or more hard constituents and a binder phase based on cobalt, nickel and/or iron by powder metallurgical methods milling, pressing and sintering of powders. At least part of the binderphase powder consists of non-agglomerated particles of spheroidal morphology having dimensions of 0.1 to 20 .mu.m.

Abstract: A cermet useful in the fabrication of metal cutting, rockdrilling and mineral tools, as well as wear parts. The cermet comprises (i) a hard phase of a simple boride of a transition metal, a mixture of simple borides of transition metals, or a mixed boride of transition metals; (ii) a binder phase of Fe, Ni, Co, Cr, or alloys thereof; (iii) a dispersion of particles of oxides of transition metals in which the oxygen can be replaced by nitrogen and/or carbon; and (iv) a dispersion of oxides of metals chosen from aluminum and Group IIA and IIIA metals.

Abstract: A martensitic hot work tool steel mold and die block article for use in the manufacture for molds for plastic injection molding, die casting die components, and other hot work tooling components. The article has a hardness within the range of 35 to 50 HRC, a minimum Charpy V-notch impact toughness of 3 foot pounds when heat treated to a hardness of 44 to 46 HRC and when tested both at 72.degree. F. and 600.degree. F. The article is an as hot-isostatically-compacted, fully dense, heat-treated mass of prealloyed particles which contain sulfur within the range of 0.05 to 0.30 weight percent. The hot work tool steel includes maraging and precipitation-hardening steels of this type.

Abstract: A sputtering target is disclosed which includes a backing member of a cylindrical shape and a target material bonded onto an outer peripheral surface of the backing member by hot isostatic pressing. A method for manufacturing a sputtering target is also disclosed. First, a cylindrical backing member is inserted into a mold such that a space is defined between the backing member and the mold. A target material is then filled into the space between the backing member and the mold, and the mold is sealed. Thereafter, the target material and the backing member are subjected to hot isostatic pressing.

Abstract: A method for making metal alloy foils directly from metal alloy powder is described. The metal alloy foils are formed by the use of a combination of a means for heating and a means for pressing, such as a hot isostatic press, to densify a metal alloy powder so as to directly form a metal alloy foil. The metal alloy powder is contained within an apparatus which has a near-net shape of a foil, such that the application of heat and pressure will consolidate the metal powder and form the metal alloy foil. This method may be used to make metal foils out of a wide variety of metal alloys, particularly high temperature alloys, such as Ti-base, Ni-base, and B-base and Al-Si alloys. After the step with heating and pressing, the metal alloy foil is removed from the apparatus which is used to contain it, such as by the use of chemical etching or milling.

Abstract: Dense superalloy foils are prepared by hot isostatically pressing a mixture of low melting alloy powders and high melting alloy powders at a temperature at least equal to or greater than three-quarters of the melting point of the low melting point alloy powder and below the melting point of the high melting point alloy powder, at a pressure of at least 10 thousand pounds per square inch for about one to five hours.

Abstract: A method for producing hot worked gamma titanium aluminide alloy articles which comprises the steps of:(a) providing a prealloyed gamma titanium aluminide alloy powder;(b) filling a suitable die or mold with the powder;(c) hot isostatic press (HIP) consolidating the powder in the filled mold at a pressure of 30 Ksi or greater and at a temperature below the alpha-two+gamma eutectoid temperature of the alloy to produce a preform;(d) hot working the preform at a temperature at or below the alpha-two+gamma eutectoid temperature of the alloy; and(e) optionally, heat treating the hot worked article.By hot working the preform at or below the alpha-two+gamma eutectoid temperature, the fine, uniform, isotropic microstructure of the preform is maintained, allowing a large metal flow and good shape definition with no edge cracking.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hard alloy with high hardness, high abrasion resistance, high corrosion resistance and high rigidity, which is excellent in performance in use for tools. The hard alloy contains more than 80% by weight of WC with less than 2 .mu.m of average particle size, more than 0.2% by weight and less than 2% by weight of Co and the remaining part of one or more metals, carbides, nitrides and carbonitrides of the metals in the IVa, Va and VIa families in the periodic table, such as 2.0 to 7.0% by weight of one or more of Mo and Mo.sub.2 C, and the alloy contains Co.sub.x W.sub.y C.sub.z in the sintered product. By the addition of Mo or Mo.sub.2 C and VC the growth of particles in the hard phase is inhibited and at the same time the wettability of WC--Co is increased.

Abstract: The method serves to produce a material based on a doped intermetallic compound. In carrying out the method, at least two differently doped powders each based on the intermetallic compound are selected. One of the two powders predominantly has coarse-grained particles. On the other hand, another powder is formed from comparatively fine-grained particles composed of a material having a lower creep strength but a higher ductility than the material of the coarse-grained powder. The at least two powders are mixed with one another in a ratio serving to establish a desired mixed microstructure and then hot-compacted and heat-treated to form the material.Material produced by this method is suitable for components which are exposed to high mechanical loads at high temperatures, such as, in particular, gas-turbine blades or turbine wheels of turbo chargers.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing metal silicide targets or alloy targets for sputtering use comprises the steps of (a) mechanically alloying silicon and a metal to provide a metal silicide powder or mechanically alloying silicon and a plurality of metal powders to provide an alloy powder, (b) and then pressing the metal silicide powder or alloy powder. The invention also relates to the metal silicide targets or alloy targets so manufactured. In the mechanical alloying step, rapid and fine division and agglomeration of the mixed powder is repeated until the particles of the material powders are finely divided to a submicron level. They form aggregates tens of microns in diameter. The aggregates gradually take an equi-axed shape. Homogenization of the material powder mixture progresses to mixing on the atomic level, until alloying takes place.