Cobalt Containing Patents (Class 420/36)
  • Patent number: 11827949
    Abstract: The invention provides a martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe for oil country tubular goods having high strength, and excellent sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance and a method for manufacturing the same. The martensitic stainless steel seamless pipe for oil country tubular goods has a yield stress of 655 to 758 MPa, and has a composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.10% or less, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 0.05 to 2.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Ni: 4.0 to 8.0%, Cu: 0.02% or more and less than 1.0%, Cr: 10.0 to 14.0%, Mo: 1.0 to 3.5%, V: 0.003 to 0.2%, Co: 0.02% or more and less than 1.0%, Al: 0.1% or less, N: 0.1% or less, Ti: 0.50% or less, and the balance Fe and incidental impurities, wherein C, Mn, Cr, Cu, Co, Ni, Mo, W, Nb, N, and Ti satisfy the predetermined relations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mami Endo, Masao Yuga, Yuichi Kamo
  • Patent number: 11332813
    Abstract: The steel material according to the present disclosure contains a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: more than 0.50 to 0.80%, Si: 0.05 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.00%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, Cr: 0.20 to 1.50%, Mo: 0.25 to 1.50%, Ti: 0.002 to 0.050%, B: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, N: 0.0100% or less and O: 0.0100% or less, with the balance being Fe and impurities. The steel material contains an amount of dissolved C within a range of 0.010 to 0.060 mass %. The steel material also has a yield strength within a range of 862 to less than 965 MPa, and a yield ratio of the steel material is 90% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Yoshida, Yuji Arai, Atsushi Soma, Hiroki Kamitani
  • Patent number: 11214856
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel plate having a sheet thickness t of 5.0 to 12.0 mm, including a chemical composition consisting of, in mass percent, C: 0.001 to 0.010%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.0%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cr: 10.0 to 20.0%, Ni: 0.01 to 1.0%, Ti: 0.10 to 0.30%, V: 0.01 to 0.40%, Al: 0.005 to 0.3%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, and as necessary, one or more of B, Mo, Cu, Mg, Sn, Sb, Zr, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Co, Ca, REM, and Ga, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein in a steel micro-structure, on a cross section parallel to a rolling direction, an area ratio of structures each satisfying: major grain diameter/minor grain diameter being 5.0 or more is 90% or more, and an average minor grain diameter of the structures is 100 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Teraoka, Shinichi Tamura, Akihiro Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10040147
    Abstract: A braze alloy includes by atom %, about 30% to about 60% iron, 0 to about 40% nickel, and about 10% to about 20% in total of melting point depressants selected from the group consisting of phosphorous, carbon, boron, and silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Case Western Reserve University
    Inventors: DongMyoung Lee, Gerhard E. Welsch
  • Publication number: 20140255244
    Abstract: One aspect of this duplex stainless steel contains, in mass %, C: 0.03% or less, Si: 0.05% to 1.0%, Mn: 0.1% to 7.0%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.0001% to 0.0010%, Ni: 0.5% to 5.0%, Cr: 18.0% to 25.0%, N: 0.10% to 0.30%, Al: 0.05% or less, Ca: 0.0010% to 0.0040%, and Sn: 0.01% to 0.2%, with the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein a ratio Ca/O of the amounts of Ca and O is in a range of 0.3 to 1.0, and a pitting index PI shown by formula (1) is in a range of less than 30, PI=Cr+3.3Mo+16N??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Shinji Tsuge, Yuusuke Oikawa, Hiroshi Urashima, Haruhiko Kajimura
  • Publication number: 20140216614
    Abstract: The present invention focuses on Sn and has as its problem to not only improve the corrosion resistance and rust resistance of Cr-containing ferritic stainless steel but also improve the ridging resistance. The present invention derives the relationship between Ap, which shows the ?-phase rate at 1100° C. due to a predetermined ingredient, and Sn in ferritic stainless steel which becomes a dual phase structure of ?+? in the hot rolling temperature region, applies and adds Sn, and hot rolls the steel to give a total rolling rate of 15% or more in 1100° C. or higher hot rolling to thereby obtain ferritic stainless steel sheet which has good ridging resistance, which also has excellent corrosion resistance and rust resistance, and which can be applied to general durable consumer goods: 0.060?Sn?0.634?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Masaharu Hatano, Eiichiro Ishimaru, Akihiko Takahashi, Ken Kimura, Shinichi Teraoka
  • Publication number: 20140127073
    Abstract: There is provided a carburization resistant metal material suitable as a raw material for cracking furnaces, reforming furnaces, heating furnaces, heat exchangers, etc. in petroleum and gas refining, chemical plants, and the like. This metal material consists of, by mass %, C: 0.03 to 0.075%, Si: 0.6 to 2.0%, Mn: 0.05 to 2.5%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.015% or less, Cr: higher than 16.0% and less than 20.0%, Ni: 20.0% or higher and less than 30.0%, Cu: 0.5 to 10.0%, Al: 0.15% or less, Ti: 0.15% or less, N: 0.005 to 0.20%, and O (oxygen): 0.02% or less, the balance being Fe and impurities. The metal material may further contain one kind or more kinds of Co, Mo, W, Ta, B, V, Zr, Nb, Hf, Mg, Ca, Y, La, Ce and Nd.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Nishiyama, Hirokazo Okada, Takahiro Osuki, Etsuo Dan
  • Publication number: 20140017111
    Abstract: There is provided an austenitic stainless steel for high-pressure hydrogen gas consisting, by mass percent, of C: 0.10% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 3% or more to less than 7%, Cr: 15 to 30%, Ni: 10% or more to less than 17%, Al: 0.10% or less, N: 0.10 to 0.50%, and at least one kind of V: 0.01 to 1.0% and Nb: 0.01 to 0.50%, the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein in the impurities, the P content is 0.050% or less and the S content is 0.050% or less, the tensile strength is 800 MPa or higher, the grain size number (ASTM E112) is No. 8 or higher, and alloy carbo-nitrides having a maximum diameter of 50 to 1000 nm are contained in the number of 0.4/?m2 or larger in cross section observation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiko Omura, Jun Nakamura, Hirokazu Okada, Hiroyuki Semba, Yusabu Tomio, Hiroyuki Hirata, Masaaki Igarashi, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Masaaki Terunuma
  • Publication number: 20130319583
    Abstract: The present invention provides a low-alloy high-purity ferritic stainless steel sheet provided with improved oxidation resistance and high-temperature strength by utilizing Sn addition in trace amounts without relying on excessive alloying of Al and Si which reduces fabricability and weldability or addition of rare elements such as Nb, Mo, W, and rare earths, and a process for producing the same. The high-purity ferritic stainless steel sheet includes C: 0.001 to 0.03%, Si: 0.01 to 2%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.5%, P: 0.005 to 0.05%, S: 0.0001 to 0.01%, Cr: 16 to 30%, N: 0.001 to 0.03%, Al: 0.05 to 3%, and Sn: 0.01 to 1% (% by mass), with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. A stainless steel slab having such steel components is heated, wherein an extraction temperature is 1100 to 1250° C., and a winding temperature after hot rolling is 650° C. or lower. A hot-rolled sheet is annealed at 900 to 1050° C., and cooled at 10° C./sec or less over a temperature range of 550 to 850° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Hatano, Eiichiro Ishimaru, Akihiko Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20130272912
    Abstract: An object is to provide a ferritic stainless steel having excellent oxidation resistance, while preventing a deterioration in formability, without adding expensive chemical elements such as Mo and W. Specifically, the ferritic stainless steel excellent in oxidation resistance having a chemical composition containing, by mass%, C: 0.015% or less, Si: 0.40% or more and 1.00% or less, Mn: 1.00% or less, P: 0.040% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cr: 12.0% or more and 23.0% or less, N: 0.015% or less, Nb: 0.30% or more and 0.65% or less, Ti: 0.150% or less, Mo: 0.10% or less, W: 0.10% or less, Cu: less than 1.00%, Al: 0.20% or more and 1.00% or less, while the relationship Si?Al is satisfied, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuyuki Nakamura, Hiroki Ota, Takumi Ujiro
  • Publication number: 20130149187
    Abstract: A heat-resistant ferritic stainless steel sheet having excellent oxidation resistance while being low in cost and optimal for use in exhaust system components, wherein mass % falls within the following ranges: C: 0.015% or less, N: 0.020% or less, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.001% or less, Si: 0.3-1.5% or less, Mn: 0.3-0.7% or less, Cr: 11.0-17.0%, Cu: 0.8-1.5%, Ni: 0.05-1.0%, V: 0.5% or less, Al: over 0.01 up to 0.1%, Ti: 10(C+N) to 0.3%. Also, the element content of the elements in the ferritic stainless steel sheet having excellent oxidation and thermal resistance has been mutually adjusted in a manner such that the value of ? defined in formula (1) is 35 or less. ?=23[% Ni]+9[% Cu]+7[% Mn]?11.5[% Cr]?11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL SHEET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Inoue, Junichi Hamada, Norihiro Kanno, Shinichi Teraoka
  • Publication number: 20130039801
    Abstract: This martensitic stainless steel contains, in terms of percent by mass: C: 0.003% to 0.03%; Si: 0.01% to 1.0%; Mn: 3.0% to 6.0%; P: 0.05% or less; S: 0.003% or less; Ni: 1.0% to 3.0%; Cr: 15.0% to 18.0%; Mo: 0% to 1.0%; Cu: 0% to 2.0%; Ti: 0% to 0.05%; N: 0.05% or less; Al: 0.001% to 0.1%; and O: 0.005% or less, with a remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein a total amount of C and N is in a range of 0.060% or less, ?max represented by the formula 1 is in a range of 80 or more, and ?pot represented by the formula 2 is in a range of 60 to 90. ?max=420×C %+470×N %+23×Ni %+9×Cu %+7×Mn %?11.5×Cr %?11.5×Si %?52×Al %+189??Formula 1 ?pot=700×C %+800×N %+10×(Mn %+Cu %)+20×Ni %?9.3×Si %?6.2×Cr %?9.3×Mo %?74.4×Ti %?37.2×Al %+63.2??Formula 2 Here, C %, N %, Ni %, Cu %, Mn %, Cr %, Si %, A1%, Mo %, and Ti % represent the contents (mass %) of the respective elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Shinji Tsuge, Haruhiko Kajimura, Hiroshige Inoue
  • Publication number: 20130017116
    Abstract: The stainless steel sheet according to the present invention is a ferritic stainless steel which is comprised of, by mass %, C: 0.001 to 0.03%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.5%, P: 0.005 to 0.05%, S: 0.0001 to 0.01%, Cr: 12 to 16%, N: 0.001 to 0.03%, Nb: 0.05 to 0.3%, Ti: 0.03 to 0.15%, Al: 0.005 to 0.5%, Sn: 0.01 to 1.0%, and has the remainder of Fe and unavoidable impurities and satisfies the relationship of 1?Nb/Ti?3.5. The method comprises heating a slab of stainless steel which contains the above steel ingredients, setting the extraction temperature 1080 to 1190° C., and setting the coiling temperature after the end of hot rolling 500 to 700° C. After hot rolling, the method comprises annealing the hot rolled sheet, which can be omitted, cold rolling once or cold rolling twice or more which includes processing annealing, and finish annealing the steel sheet at 850 to 980° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Masaharu Hatano, Akihito Yamagishi, Shigenori Takahata, Eiichiro Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20120315180
    Abstract: A stainless steel music string having a composition in percent by weight (wt %) of, 0.01?C?0.04; 0.01?N?0.06; 0.1?Si?1.0; 0.2?Mn?2.0; 5.0?Ni?10; 16?Cr?20; 0.2?Cu?3.0; 0?Mo?2.0; 0?W?0.5; 0?V?0.5; 0?Ti?1.0; 0?Al?1.0; 0?Nb?1.0; 0?Co?1.0, and the balance being Fe and normally occurring impurities The music string also includes at least 90% martensite phase by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Anders Soderman, Lars Nylof
  • Publication number: 20120301347
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel alloy consisting essentially of, in terms of weight percent ranges 0.15-0.5C; 8-37Ni; 10-25Cr; 2.5-5Al; greater than 0.6, up to 2.5 total of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta; up to 3Mo; up to 3Co; up to 1W; up to 3Cu; up to 15Mn; up to 2Si; up to 0.15B; up to 0.05P; up to 1 total of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Ce, Hf, and Zr; <0.3Ti+V; <0.03N; and, balance Fe, where the weight percent Fe is greater than the weight percent Ni, and wherein the alloy forms an external continuous scale comprising alumina, and a stable essentially single phase FCC austenitic matrix microstructure, the austenitic matrix being essentially delta-ferrite free and essentially BCC-phase-free. A method of making austenitic stainless steel alloys is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Govindarajan MURALIDHARAN, Yukinori Yamamoto, Michael P. Brady
  • Publication number: 20120111529
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel suitable for use as an EGR cooler member, which can be Ni-brazed into an EGR cooler, contains, by mass, C: at most 0.03%, Si: from more than 0.1 to 3%, Mn: from 0.1 to 2%, Cr: from 10 to 25%, Nb: from 0.3 to 0.8%, and N: at most 0.03%, and optionally selectively contains (a) one or more of Mo, Cu, V and W in a total amount of at most 4%, (b) one or more of Ti, Al and Zr in a total amount of at most 0.3%, (c) one or more of Ni and Co in a total amount of at most 5%, and (d) one or more of REMs (rare earth metals) and Ca in a total amount of at most 0.2%, with a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Oku, Sadayuki Nakamura, Yoshiaki Hori
  • Patent number: 8034197
    Abstract: An ultra-high strength stainless steel alloy with enhanced toughness includes in % by weight: 0 to 0.06% carbon (C); 12.0 to 18% chromium (Cr); 16.5 to 31.0% cobalt (Co); 0 to 8% molybdenum (Mo); 0.5 to 5.0% nickel (Ni); 0 to 0.5% titanium (Ti); 0 to 1.0% niobium (Nb); 0 to 0.5% vanadium (V); 0 to 16% tungsten (W); balance iron (Fe) and incidental deoxidizers and impurities. The heat treating method includes the steps of austenitizing at least once followed by quenching, tempering and sub-zero cooling to obtain no more than about 6-8% retained austenite in the finished alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventor: Warren M. Garrison, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20110189496
    Abstract: A steel alloy with excellent creep strength and corrosion resistance that is ferritic at usage temperatures above 620° C. has the following chemical composition (in wt. %): C?1.0%; Si?1.0%; Mn?1.0%; P max. 0.05%; S max. 0.01%; 2?Al?12%; 3?Cr?16%; 2?Ni?10% and/or 2?Co?10%, where 2?Ni+Co?[% Cr]+2.07×[% Al]>=0.95×([% Ni]+[% Co]); N max. 0.0200%. The remainder is iron with steel production-related impurities. Optionally, one or more elements of V, Ti, Ta, Zr, Nb, Mo and W, as well as one or more elements of Hf, B, Se, Y, Te, Sb, La and Zr with a cumulative content of <0.1% can be added. The steel structure includes uniformly distributed coherent precipitates based on a chromium-stabilized (Ni, Co) Al-B2 intermetallic ordered phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: V & M Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Hahn, Joachim Konrad, Andre Schneider, Charles Stallybrass
  • Publication number: 20110033731
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel suited for use as a member for heat exchangers to be brazed with Ni-based filler metal or Cu-based filler metal, comprising, on the basis of mass percent, C: 0.03% or less, Si: 3% or less, Mn: 2% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Cr: from 11 to 30%, Nb: from 0.15 to 0.8%, and N: 0.03% or less, wherein the balance is composed of Fe and incidental impurities, and wherein a value A determined by the following equation is 0.10 or greater: A=Nb?(C×92.9/12+N×92.9/14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akinori Kawano, Taichirou Mizoguchi, Kouki Tomimura, Wakahiro Harada
  • Publication number: 20100197202
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wire and a method of forming a wire including an iron based glass forming alloy including iron present in the range of 43.0 to 68.0 atomic percent, boron present in the range of 12.0 to 19.0 atomic percent, nickel present in the range of 15.0 to 17.0 atomic percent, cobalt present in the range of 2.0 to 21.0 atomic percent, optionally carbon present in the range of 0.1 to 6.0 atomic percent and optionally silicon present in the range of 0.4 to 4.0 atomic percent, wherein said wire has a thickness of 140 ?m or less and wherein said wire includes spinodal glass matrix microconstituents. The wire may be used in abrading a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: THE NANOSTEEL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel James BRANAGAN, David PARATORE
  • Publication number: 20100074792
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cold work die steel containing, by mass %, C: 0.20 to 0.60%, Si: 0.5 to 2.00%, Mn: 0.1 to 2%, Cr: 3.00 to 9.00%, Al: 0.3 to 2.0%, Cu: 1.00 to 5%, Ni: 1.00 to 5%, Mo: 0.5 to 3% and/or W: 2% or less (including 0%), S: 0.10% or less (not including 0%), in which the following requirements (1) to (3) are satisfied {wherein each square bracket [ ] means a content (%) of each element}: [Cr]×[C]?3.00,??(1) [Cu]/[Ni]:0.5 to 2.2,??(2) [Mo]+0.5×[W]:0.5 to 3.0%,??(3) with the remainder being iron and unavoidable impurities; and to a die obtained by the using the same. The invention also relates to a production method for a cold work die steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.), NIPPON KOSHUHA STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo Murakami, Tsuyoshi Tonomura
  • Publication number: 20100054983
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel, which comprises by mass %, C<0.04%, Si?1.5%, Mn?2%, Cr: 15 to 25%, Ni: 6 to 30%, N: 0.02 to 0.35%, sol. Al?0.03% and further contains one or more elements selected from Nb?0.5%, Ti?0.4%, V?0.4%, Ta?0.2%, Hf?0.2% and Zr?0.2%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and among the impurities P?0.04%, S?0.03%, Sn?0.1%, As?0.01%, Zn?0.01%, Pb?0.01% and Sb?0.01%, and satisfy the conditions F1=S+{(P+Sn)/2}+{(As+Zn+Pb+Sb)/5}?0.0075 and 0.05?F2=Nb+Ta+Zr+Hf+2Ti+(V/10)?1.7?9×F1 has not only excellent liquation cracking resistance in the HAZ on the occasion of welding and excellent embrittling cracking resistance in the HAZ during a long period of use at high temperatures but also excellent polythionic acid SCC resistance and high temperature strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Takahiro OSUKI, Kazuhiro OGAWA, Hiroyuki HIRATA, Yoshitaka NISHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20100021336
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Jochen Kruse
  • Publication number: 20090184790
    Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy consists essentially of 5 percent by weight?Co?30 percent by weight, 1 percent by weight?Cr?20 percent by weight, 0.1 percent by weight?Al?2 percent by weight, 0 percent by weight?Si?1.5 percent by weight, 0.017 percent by weight?Mn?0.2 percent by weight, 0.01 percent by weight?S?0.05 percent by weight where Mn/S is >1.7, 0 percent by weight?O?0.0015 percent by weight, und 0.0003 percent by weight?Ce?0.05 percent by weight, 0 percent by weight?Ca?0.005 percent by weight and the remainder iron, where 0.117 percent by weight?(Al+Si+Mn+V+Mo+W+Nb+Ti+Ni)?5 percent by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Witold Pieper, Joachim Gerster
  • Publication number: 20090110588
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stainless steel containing, by mass, 0.05% or less carbon, 1.5 to smaller than 3.5% Si, 3.0% or less Mn, 6.0 to 12.0% Cr, 4.0 to 10.0% Ni, 10.0% or less Co, 6.0% or less Cu, 0.5 to 3.0% Ti, 0 to 2.0% Al, less than 0.4% Mo, not more than 0.01% nitrogen, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. Preferably, it has a hardness of not lower than 59 HRC and may contain not more than 1.0% Nb and/or not more than 1.0% Ta. Alternatively, the stainless steel may further contain not more than 0.1% of Zr. The process for producing the steel includes producing a steel having a composition as described above by a consumable electrode remelting process, and then subjecting the steel to a solution treatment at a temperature of 1000 to 1150° C. and an aging treatment at a temperature of 400 to 550° C., thereby aging the stainless steel to a hardness of not lower than 59 HRC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki INOUE, Fumio Tohyama
  • Publication number: 20090104068
    Abstract: A brake disk excellent in temper softening resistance and toughness comprising, by mass, 0.1% or less of C, 1.0% or less of Si, 2.0% or less of Mn, 10.5% to 15.0% of Cr, and 0.1% or less of N, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, such that the following inequalities are satisfied: 5Cr+10Si+15Mo+30Nb?9Ni—5Mn—3Cu?225N?270C<45 (1) and 0.03?{C+N?(13/92)Nb}?0.09 (2) wherein Cr, Si, Mo, Nb, Ni, Mn, Cu, N, and C each represent the content of the corresponding elements on a mass percent basis, and having a martensitic structure having prior-austenite grains with an average diameter of 8 to less than 15 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichiro Hirasawa, Takumi Ujiro, Osamu Furukimi
  • Publication number: 20090017238
    Abstract: A martensitic stainless steel pipe having a heat-affected zone with high resistance to intergranular stress corrosion cracking is provided. In particular, the martensitic stainless steel pipe contains less than 0.0100% of C; less than 0.0100% of N; 10% to 14% of Cr; and 3% to 8% of Ni on a mass basis. Alternatively, the martensitic stainless steel pipe may further contain Si, Mn, P, S, and Al within an appropriate content range. The martensitic stainless steel pipe may further contain one or more selected from the group consisting of 4% or less of Cu, 4% or less of Co, 4% or less of Mo, and 4% or less of W and one or more selected from the group consisting of 0.15% or less of Ti, 0.10% or less of Nb, 0.10% or less of V, 0.10% or less of Zr, 0.20% or less of Hf, and 0.20% or less of Ta on a mass basis. The content Csol defined by the following equation is equal to less than 0.0050%: Csol=C??×Cpre, wherein Cpre=12.0{Ti/47.9+½(Nb/92.9+Zr/91.2)+?(V/50.9+Hf/178.5+Ta/180.9)?N/14.0} or Cpre=0 when Cpre<0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Miyata, Mitsuo Kimura, Noritsugu Itakura, Katsumi Masamura
  • Publication number: 20090010793
    Abstract: A method for producing cold-formable, high-strength steel strips or sheets with TWIP properties, wherein in successive working steps are carried out without interruption, uses a molten material of the following composition (mass %): C: 0.003-1.50%, Mn: 18.00-30.00%, Ni: ?10.00%, Si: ?8.00%, Al: ?10.00%, Cr: ?10.00%, N: ?0.60%, Cu: ?3.00%, P: ?0.40%, S: ?0.15%, selectively one or more components from the Se, Te, V, Ti, Nb, B, REM, Mo, W, Co, Ca and Mg group provided that the total content of Se, Te is ?0.25%, the total content of V, Ti, Nb, B, REM is ?4.00%, the total content of Mo, W, Co is ?1.50% and the total content of Ca, Mg is ?0.50%, the rest being iron and melting conditioned impurities, wherein the content of Sn, Sb, Zr, Ta and As, whose total content is equal to or less than 0.30% is included in said impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP STEEL AG
    Inventors: Jens-Ulrik Becker, Harald Hofmann, Manfred Menne, Jochen Wans
  • Publication number: 20080274006
    Abstract: A submerged pot roll and other articles for use in galvanizing baths including a metallurgically bonded superalloy cladding layer on a steel core layer. The cladding layer improves the corrosion resistance and dross buildup of the article and improves service life while reducing costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Mark Bright, Vinod K. Sikka, James W. Hales, Ravi Menon, Ever J. Barbero, Xingbo Liu, Jing Xu
  • Publication number: 20080069718
    Abstract: Alloy compositions suitable for fabricating medical devices, such as stents, are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the compositions have small amounts of nickel, e.g., the compositions can be substantially free of nickel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventor: Charles Horace Craig
  • Patent number: 7297214
    Abstract: Provided is free cutting alloy excellent in machinability, preserving various characteristics as alloy. The free cutting alloy contains: one or more of Ti and Zr as a metal element component; and C being an indispensable element as a bonding component with the metal element component, wherein a (Ti,Zr) based compound including one or more of S, Se and Te is formed in a matrix metal phase. The free cutting alloy is more excellent in machinability, preserving various characteristics as alloy at similar levels to a conventional case. The effect is especially conspicuous, for example, when a compound expressed in a chemical form of (Ti,Zr)4C2(S,Se,Te)2 as the (Ti,Zr) based compound is formed at least in a dispersed state in the alloy structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignees: Daido Tokushuko Kabushiki Kaisha, Tohoku Tokushuko Kabushiki Kaisha, Japan Industrial Technology Association, Tohoku Technoarch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyohito Ishida, Katsunari Oikawa, Takashi Ebata, Takayuki Inoguchi, Tetsuya Shimizu, Michio Okabe
  • Patent number: 7294214
    Abstract: Alloy compositions suitable for fabricating medical devices, such as stents, are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the compositions have small amounts of nickel, e.g., the compositions can be substantially free of nickel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Horace Craig
  • Patent number: 7211159
    Abstract: A ferritic heat-resistant steel, which exhibits excellent creep characteristics even at a high temperature exceeding 600° C., comprises, on the basis of percent by weight, 1.0 to 13% of chromium, 0.1 to 8.0% of cobalt, 0.01 to 0.20% of nitrogen, 3.0% or less of nickel, 0.01 to 0.50% of one or more of elements selected from a group consisting of vanadium, niobium, tantalum, titanium, hafnium, and zirconium that are MX type precipitate forming elements, and 0.01% or less of carbon and a balance being substantially iron and inevitable impurities, wherein the MX type precipitates precipitate on grain boundaries and in entire grains and the grain boundary existing ratio of an M23C6 type precipitate precipitating on the grain boundaries is 50% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignees: National Institute for Materials Science, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Taneike, Fujio Abe
  • Patent number: 6841122
    Abstract: A hot working die steel contains 0.05-0.25% C, 0.30% or less Si, 0.03% or less Mn, 1.0% or less Ni, 5.0-13.0 % Cr, 2.0% or less Mo, 1.0-8.0% W, 1.0-10.0% Co, 0.003-0.020% B, 0.005-0.050% N, and the balance consisting essentially of Fe and unavoidable impurities. If desired, the hot working die steel may further contain 0.01-1.0% V and 0.01-1.0% of at least one kind selected from Nb and Ta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Rinzo Kayano, Eiji Maeda
  • Patent number: 6737018
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant chromium steel for architectural and civil engineering structural elements, includes 0.0015 to 0.02 mass percent C, 0.0015 to 0.02 mass percent N, 0.1 to 1.0 mass percent Si, 0.1 to 3.0 mass percent Mn, more than 5 mass percent to less than 10 mass percent Cr, 0.01 to 3.0 mass percent Ni, 0.1 mass percent or less of Al, 0.05 mass percent or less of P, 0.03 mass percent or less of S, 0.01 to 1.0 mass percent Co, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. The steel has high long-term corrosion resistance and high weld-zone toughness. Preferably, the steel further includes 0.01 to 0.5 mass percent V and 0.001 to 0.05 mass percent W, the Cr content is in the range of more than 5 mass percent to less than 8 mass percent, and the Cr, V, and W contents are within a specified ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Ota, Takumi Ujiro, Junichiro Hirasawa, Osamu Furukimi
  • Publication number: 20030226625
    Abstract: A nanocarbide precipitation strengthened ultrahigh-strength, corrosion resistant, structural steel possesses a combination of strength and corrosion resistance comprising in combination, by weight, about: 0.1 to 0.3% carbon (C), 8 to 17% cobalt (Co), 0 to 10% nickel (Ni), 6 to 12% chromium (Cr), less than 1% silicon (Si), less than 0.5% manganese (Mn), and less than 0.15% copper (Cu), with additives selected from the group comprising about: less than 3% molybdenum (Mo), less than 0.3% niobium (Nb), less than 0.8% vanadium (V), less than 0.2% tantalum (Ta), less than 3% tungsten (W), and combinations thereof, with additional additives selected from the group comprising about: less than 0.2% titanium (Ti), less than 0.2% lanthanum (La) or other rare earth elements, less than 0.15% zirconium (Zr), less than 0.005% boron (B), and combinations thereof, impurities of less than about: 0.02% sulfur (S), 0.012% phosphorus (P), 0.015% oxygen (O) and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Applicant: QuesTek Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Charles J. Kuehmann, Gregory B. Olson, Herng-Jeng Jou
  • Publication number: 20030188813
    Abstract: A structural hot-rolled or cold-rolled stainless steel sheet having improved intergranular corrosion resistance and toughness at the welding heat affected zone and further having low strength and high elongation. The composition of the steel sheet contains less than about 0.008 mass percent of C; about 1.0 mass percent or less of Si; about 1.5 mass percent or less of Mn; about 11 to about 15 mass percent of Cr; more than about 1.0 mass percent and about 2.5 mass percent or less of Ni; less than about 0.10 mass percent of Al; about 0.009 mass percent or less of N; about 0.04 mass percent or less of P; about 0.01 mass percent or less of S; and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. These contents satisfy the expressions: (Cr)+1.2×(Ni)≧15.0; (Ni)+0.5×(Mn)+30×(C)≦3.0; (C)+(N)≦0.015; and (Cr)−(Mn)−1.7×(Ni)−27×(C)−100×(N)≧9.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: KAWASAKI STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichiro Hirasawa, Takumi Ujiro, Osamu Furukimi
  • Publication number: 20030103860
    Abstract: An iron-based corrosion resistant and wear resistant alloy is addressed. The alloy contains (in weight percent) 1.1-1.4% carbon, 11-14.25% chromium, 4.75-6.25% molybdenum, 3.5-4.5% tungsten, 0-3% cobalt, 1.5-2.5% niobium, 1-1.75% vanadium, 0-2.5% copper, up to 1.0% silicon, up to 0.8% nickel, up to 0.6% manganese, and the balance iron. The alloy is suitable for use in valve seat insert applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventor: Cong Yue Qiao
  • Patent number: 6419878
    Abstract: Fe—Cr alloy having excellent weldability and initial rust resistance with no requirement of greatly increasing the amount of elements such as Ni, Cu, Cr or Mo, addition of Nb or Ti and, further, excess reduction of C and N, in which the Fe—Cr alloy containing Cr in an amount of more than about 8.0 mass % and less than about 15 mass % is controlled specifically for the ingredients to contain Co: from about 0.01 mass % to about 0.5 mass %, V: from about 0.01 mass % to about 0.5 mass % and W: from about 0.001 mass % to about 0.05 mass %, and a value X represented by the following equation (1) and, preferably, a value Z represented by the following equation (2) satisfy: X≦11.0, and 0.03≦Z≦1.5 respectively: X value=Cr(mass %)+Mo(mass %)+1.5Si(mass %)+0.5Nb(mass %)+0.2V(mass %)+0.3W(mass %)+8Al(mass %)−Ni(mass %)−0.6Co(mass %)−0.5Mn(mass %)−30C(mass %)−30N(mass %)−0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Yazawa, Takumi Ujiro, Susumu Satoh, Hiroki Ota
  • Patent number: 6355212
    Abstract: The invention is directed to anti-corrosive alloys and relates in particular to an alloy containing cobalt, chromium, aluminum, yttrium, silicon, a metal from the second main group, together with the corresponding oxide, in the following proportions: chromium (Cr) 26.0-30%; aluminum (Al) 5.5-13.0%; yttrium (Y) 0.3-1.5%; silicon (Si) 1.5-4.5%; metal from the second main group (magnesium, calcium, barium, strontium) 0.1-2.0%; oxide of the corresponding metal from the second main group 0.1-2.0%; cobalt (Co) remaining percentage. Preferably, tantalum (Ta) is also added in a proportion of 0.5-4.0%, and the remaining percentage of cobalt is replaced by a remaining percentage of Me, Me being understood to mean a metal which may be nickel (Ni) or iron (Fe) or cobalt (Co) or a composition comprising Ni—Fe—Co, Ni—Fe, Ni—Co, Co—Fe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Turbocoating SpA
    Inventor: Nelso Antolotti
  • Patent number: 6221183
    Abstract: A high-strength low-thermal-expansion alloy consisting of, by weight, 0.06 to 0.50% C, 25 to 65% in total of one or both of 65% or less Co and less than 30% Ni, and balance of Fe as a main component, other optional elements and unavoidable impurities, and having a primary phase of austenite phase and martensite phase induced by working. A wire is made from the alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Sato, Rikizo Watanabe, Takehiro Ohno, Yoshiki Masugata, Minoru Takuwa, Shigeaki Sato, Yoshimi Senda
  • Patent number: 6207103
    Abstract: Fe—Cr—Si steel sheet having an excellent corrosion resistance and high toughness and method for manufacturing the same; the amount of Cr is about 10-30 wt %, the total amount of C and N is not more than about 100 ppm and the remainder consists of Fe and incidental impurities; when a cast piece of this steel is subjected to hot rolling to roll into a thickness of not more than about 3 mm, the hot rolled sheet can be subjected to cold rolling or to warm rolling without annealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeaki Takajo, Takako Yamashita, Akihiro Matsuzaki, Osamu Kondo
  • Patent number: 6174385
    Abstract: A method of designing a ferritic iron-base alloy having excellent characteristics according not to the conventional trial-and-error technique but to a theoretical method, and a ferritic heat-resistant steel for use as the material of turbines and boilers usable even in an ultrasupercritical pressure power plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiko Morinaga, Yoshinori Murata, Ryokichi Hashizume
  • Patent number: 5911842
    Abstract: A heat resisting steel whose metal structure is entirely martensite phase produced by tempering after quenching. The steel comprises, by weight, 0.05 to 0.20% C, not more than 0.15% Si, not more than 1.5% Mn, not more than 1.0% Ni, 8.5 to 13.0% Cr, not more than 3.50% Mo, not more than 3.5% W, 0.05 to 0.30% V, 0.01 to 0.20% Nb, not more than 5.0% Co, 0.001 to 0.020% boron, 0.005 to 0.040% nitrogen, 0.0005 to 0.0050% oxygen and 0.00001 to 0.0002% hydrogen. The steel has preferably not more than 10 of the Cr equivalent. The steel has 10 kgf/mm.sup.2 or more of 100,000 hours creep rupture strength at 650.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., The Japane Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Shiga, Kishio Hidaka, Norio Yamada, Shigeyoshi Nakamura, Yutaka Fukui, Nobuo Shimizu, Ryoichi Kaneko, Yasuhiro Harada, Yasuo Watanabe, Toshio Fujita, Norio Morisada, Yasuhiko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5888318
    Abstract: A method of designing a ferritic iron-base alloy having excellent characteristics according not to the conventional trial-and-error technique but to a theoretical method, and a ferritic heat-resistant steel for use as the material of turbines and boilers usable even in an ultrasupercritical pressure power plant. Specifically, the d-electron orbital energy level (Md) and the bond order (Bo) with respect to iron (Fe) of each alloying element of a body-centered cubic iron-base alloy are determined by the Dv-X.alpha. cluster method, and the type and quantity of each element to be added to the alloy are determined in such a manner that the average Bo value and average Md value represented respectively by the following equations:average Bo value=.SIGMA.Xi.(Bo)i 1average Md value=.SIGMA.Xi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiko Morinaga, Yoshinori Murata, Ryokichi Hashizume
  • Patent number: 5514328
    Abstract: A cavitation erosion resistant alloy comprising about 10 to 40 percent by weight of one or more carbide formers including some chromium, 5 to 15 percent by weight cobalt, 5 to 15 percent by weight manganese, 3.5 to 7.0 percent by weight silicon, 1.8 to 4.8 percent by weight nickel, 0.15 to 3.5 percent by weight carbon plus boron, up to 0.3 percent weight nitrogen and the balance being iron plus impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Stoody Deloro Stellite, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi Menon, William C. Mosier, James B. C. Wu
  • Patent number: 5501834
    Abstract: A Ni free ferrous nonmagnetic alloy having excellent corrosion resistance and workability and high cost performance is described.The alloy comprises, by weight, 9 to 25% Cr, 3 to 35% Mn, 3 to 40% Co and the balance Fe and incidental impurities, and sum of Mn and 0.6Co is in accordance with a general relationship as indicated by formula 1/ , and preferably a restricted relationship as indicated by formula 2/ .19%.ltoreq.Mn+0.6 Co.ltoreq.40% 1/22%.ltoreq.Mn+0.6 Co.ltoreq.36% 2/One type of alloy of this invention further containing 0.02 to 2% Ag has excellent machinability as well as corrosion resistance, workability and nonmagnetism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignees: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., Sanyo Special Alloys, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Nakasuji, Masaki Takashima
  • Patent number: 5350559
    Abstract: A ferrite steel suitable for use as the material of a part which is used at high and which is required to have high toughness at weld heat affected zones. The ferrite steel has a composition which contains C: not more than 0.02 wt %, Si: not more than 2.0 wt %, Mn: not more than 1.0 wt %, Cr: not less than 6.0 wt % but not more than 23.0 wt %, Ni: not more than 1.0 wt %, Nb: not less than 0.4 wt % but not more than 0.65 wt %, Co: not less than 0.01 wt % but not more than 2.0 wt %, Al: not more than 0.5 wt %, N: not more than 0.03 wt % and the balance substantially Fe and incidental inclusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Astushi Miyazaki, Takumi Ujiro, Fusao Togashi
  • Patent number: 5340534
    Abstract: An austenitic, stainless steel alloy having a good combination of galling resistance and corrosion resistance is disclosed containing in weight percent about:______________________________________ Broad Intermediate Preferred ______________________________________ C 0.25 max. 0.02-0.15 0.05-0.12 Mn 3-10 4-8 5-7 Si 2.25-5 2.5-4.5 3-4 Cr 15-23 16.5-21 17.5-19 Ni 2-12 4-10 6-9 Mo 0.5-4.0 0.5-2.5 0.75-1.5 N 0.35 max. 0.05-0.25 0.10-0.20 ______________________________________and the balance of the alloy is essentially iron. This alloy also has good resistance to formation of deformation-induced martensite as indicated by the alloy's low work-hardening rate and low magnetic permeability when cold-rolled to a 50% reduction in cross-sectional area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: CRS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: John H. Magee
  • Patent number: 5296054
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-silicon-content corrosion-resistant austenitic steel, characterized by alloying contents (in % by weight) of______________________________________ max. 0.2% C 10 to 25% Ni 8 to 13% Cr 6.5 to 8% Si 0 to 10% Mn and/or Co max. 0.010% S max. 0.025% P ______________________________________residue iron and the usual admixtures and impurities due to manufacture.The steel is suitable as a material for the production of corrosion-resistant articles for the handling of highly concentrated hot sulphuric acid, highly concentrated hot nitric acid and other strongly oxidizing media, such as chromic acid, in the form of rolled plates, strips, pipes, rods, wires and other forms of product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignees: I.P. Bardin Central Research Institute of Iron & Steel, Krupp-VDM GmbH
    Inventors: Levin F. Lvovich, Goronkova A. Dmitrievna, Kzasnykh V. Ivanovich, Rolf Kirchheiner, Michael Kohler, Ulrich Heubner