Titanium, Zirconium Or Hafnium Containing Patents (Class 420/68)
  • Patent number: 12146203
    Abstract: A method of making a forged, martensitic, stainless steel alloy is provided. The alloy is a forged preform of martensitic, pitting corrosion resistant stainless steel alloy comprising, by weight: 12.0 to 16.0 percent chromium; greater than 16.0 to 20.0 percent cobalt, 6.0 to 8.0 percent molybdenum, 1.0 to 3.0 percent nickel, 0.02 to 0.04 percent carbon; and the balance iron and incidental impurities. The alloy has a microstructure that comprises a retained austenite phase less than or equal to 2 percent by volume of the microstructure. The method heats the preform to a solutionizing temperature to form a solutionized microstructure. The preform is cooled with a liquid to room temperature at a rate of no less than 0.25° C./sec. to prevent formation of sigma phase. The preform is immersed in a cryo-liquid to transform the retained austenite phase in the microstructure to martensite. The preform is heated to a temperature of less than 600° F. for a time sufficient to form a tempered forged preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventor: Theodore Francis Majka
  • Patent number: 11697857
    Abstract: A method of making a forged, martensitic, stainless steel alloy is provided. The alloy is a forged preform of martensitic, pitting corrosion resistant stainless steel alloy comprising, by weight: 12.0 to 16.0 percent chromium; greater than 16.0 to 20.0 percent cobalt, 6.0 to 8.0 percent molybdenum, 1.0 to 3.0 percent nickel, 0.02 to 0.04 percent carbon; and the balance iron and incidental impurities. The alloy has a microstructure that comprises a retained austenite phase less than or equal to 2 percent by volume of the microstructure. The method heats the preform to a solutionizing temperature to form a solutionized microstructure. The preform is cooled with a liquid to room temperature. The preform is immersed in a cryo-liquid to transform the retained austenite phase in the microstructure to martensite. The preform is heated to a temperature of less than 600° F. for a time sufficient to form a tempered forged preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Theodore Francis Majka
  • Patent number: 11667986
    Abstract: Ferritic stainless steel is characterized by including, by mass %: Cr: 12.0% to 16.0%; C: 0.020% or less; Si: 2.50% or less; Mn: 1.00% or less; P: 0.050% or less; S: 0.0030% or less; Al: 2.50% or less; N: 0.030% or less; Nb: 0.001% to 1.00%; one or more of B: 0.0200% or less, Sn: 0.20% or less, Ga: 0.0200% or less, Mg: 0.0200% or less, and Ca: 0.0100% or less; and a balance consisting of Fe and impurities, in which Expression (1) is satisfied. 10(B+Ga)+Sn+Mg+Ca>0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Hatano, Mitsuki Sugeoi, Takumi Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 11021777
    Abstract: A triple-phase stainless steel and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The triple-phase stainless steel includes a ferrite phase formed in a central region, an austenite phase formed in an outermost region comprising a surface, and a martensite phase formed between the ferrite phase and the austenite phase. Thus, a triple-phase stainless steel having excellent corrosion resistance, high strength, and high toughness may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventor: Jung Hyun Kong
  • Publication number: 20150147591
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of iron-based corrosion resistant hardfacing alloys. The alloys can be designed through the use of different compositional, thermodynamic, microstructural, and performance criteria. In some embodiments, chromium content in the alloy can be increased while avoiding the formation of different hard chromium carbides, thereby increasing the corrosion resistance of the alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Justin Lee Cheney, Shengjun Zhang, John Hamilton Madok, Jonathon Bracci
  • Patent number: 9028746
    Abstract: Provided a build-up welding material which contains C: 0.2 to 1.5 mass %, Si: 0.5 to 2 mass %, Mn: 0.5 to 2 mass %, Cr: 20 to 40 mass %, Mo: 2 to 6 mass %, Ni: 0.5 to 6 mass %, V: 1 to 5 mass % and W: 0.5 to 5 mass %, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Takeda, Ryuichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20150000468
    Abstract: There is provided a metal powder for powder metallurgy including Zr and Si in a manner such that following conditions of (A) and (B) are satisfied, wherein a remainder thereof includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni, (A) the mass ratio of a content of Zr to a content of Si is 0.03 to 0.3, and (B) the content of Si is 0.35 to 1.5% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventor: Hidefumi NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 8900380
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optimum low-chromium stainless steel which prevents corrosion resistance degradation of a weld in the case of welding a low-chromium stainless steel utilizing martensite transformation in multiple passes (multipass), is excellent in weld intergranular corrosion resistance even in a severe corrosion environment, simultaneously avoids occurrence of preferential corrosion at the bond-bordering region of the weld heat-affected zone, and is also excellent in productivity, which low-chromium stainless steel comprises, in mass %, C: 0.015 to 0.025%, N: 0.008 to 0.014%, Si: 0.2 to 1.0%, Mn: 1.0 to 1.5%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Cr: 10 to 13%, Ni 0.2 to 1.5%, and Al: 0.005 to 0.1% or less, and further comprises Ti: 6×(C %+N %) or greater and 0.25% or less, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the contents of the elements satisfy specified expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Teraoka, Shunji Sakamoto, Masuhiro Fukaya
  • Patent number: 8894924
    Abstract: This ferrite stainless steel includes: by mass %, C: 0.020% or less; N: 0.025% or less; Si: 1.0% or less; Mn: 0.5% or less; P: 0.035% or less; S: 0.01% or less; Cr: 16% to 25%; Al: 0.15% or less; Ti: 0.05% to 0.5%; and Ca: 0.0015% or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the following formula (1) is fulfilled, BI=3Al+Ti+0.5Si+200Ca?0.8??(1) (wherein Al, Ti, Si, and Ca in the formula (1) represent contents (mass %) of the respective components in the steel).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru Matsuhashi, Michio Nakata
  • Publication number: 20140308154
    Abstract: The invention provides ferritic stainless steels exhibiting good weldability and excellent corrosion resistance even under such welding conditions that sensitization is induced. The ferritic stainless steel includes, by mass %, C: 0.001 to 0.030%, Si: more than 0.3 to 0.55%, Mn: 0.05 to 0.50%, P: not more than 0.05%, S: not more than 0.01%, Cr: 19.0 to 28.0%, Ni: 0.01 to less than 0.30%, Mo: 0.2 to 3.0%, Al: more than 0.08 to 1.2%, V: 0.02 to 0.50%, Cu: less than 0.1%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.50%, Ti: 0.05 to 0.50%, and N: 0.001 to 0.030%, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, the ferritic stainless steel satisfying Equations (1) and (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ishii, Shin Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Ogata
  • Patent number: 8747733
    Abstract: A precipitation hardenable martensitic stainless steel excellent in the stability of martensite, having the high strength, high toughness and high corrosion resistance is provided. The precipitation hardenable martensitic stainless steel contains at a mass rate, C: 0.05-0.10%, Cr: 12.0-13.0%, Ni: 6.0-7.0%, Mo: 1.0-2.0%, Si: 0.01-0.05%, Mn: 0.06-1.0%, Nb: 0.3-0.5%, V: 0.3-0.5%, Ti: 1.5-2.5%, Al: 1.0-2.3%, and the remainder consisting of Fe and an unavoidable impurity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Oikawa, Hideo Yoda, Masahiko Arai, Hiroyuki Doi
  • Publication number: 20140154129
    Abstract: Stainless steel for fuel cell separators contains C: ?0.03%, Si: ?1.0%, Mn: ?1.0%, S: ?0.01%, P: ?0.05%, Al: ?0.20%, N: ?0.03%, Cr: 16 to 40%, and one or more of Ni: ?20%, Cu: ?0.6% and Mo: ?2.5%, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. According to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the surface of the stainless steel contains fluorine and provides a 3.0 or higher ratio of the total of atomic concentrations of Cr and Fe in other than the metallic forms calculated from data resulting from the separation of peaks of Cr and Fe into metallic peaks and peaks other than the metallic peaks to the total of atomic concentrations of Cr and Fe in the metallic forms calculated from data resulting from the separation of peaks of Cr and Fe into metallic peaks and peaks other than the metallic peaks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriko Makiishi, Hisato Noro, Shin Ishikawa, Shinsuke Ide, Tomohiro Ishii, Masayasu Nagoshi
  • Patent number: 8721960
    Abstract: The present invention provides a ferritic stainless steel comprised of, by mass %, C: 0.001 to 0.02%, Si: 0.01 to 0.6%, Mn: 0.01 to 0.6%, P: 0.005 to 0.04%, S: 0.0001 to 0.01%, Cr: 13 to 22%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, Al: 0.005 to 0.05%, Sn: 0.001 to 1%, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, which steel satisfies the following formulae: 0<I(Fe)/I(Cr)<5 and 0<I(O)/I(Sn)<3, where I(Fe), I(Cr), I(Sn), and I(O) are the X-ray intensities of the Fe oxides, Cr oxides, Sn oxides, and the sum of X-ray intensities other detected oxides at the steel surface measured by an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer. The present invention also provides a method of producing the ferritic stainless steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masaharu Hatano, Akihiko Takahashi, Eiichiro Ishimaru, Shigenori Takahata
  • Publication number: 20140030134
    Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide a martensitic stainless steel applicable in environments involving both wet carbon dioxide gas and wet hydrogen sulfide and excellent in weldability, manufacturability, and resistance to strain age hardening. Provided is a martensitic stainless steel having excellent corrosion resistance and resistance to strain age hardening comprising, in percent by mass, 0.02% or less of C, 0.02% or less of N, 0.1 to 0.5% of Si, 0.1 to 0.5% of Mn, 10 to 13% Cr, Ni exceeding 5.0% but 8% or less, 1.5 to 3% of Mo, 0.01 to 0.05% of V, 0.16 to 0.30% of Zr, 0.01 to 0.05% of Ta, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the martensitic stainless steel satisfies the condition that the sum of the carbon and the nitrogen exceeds 0.02% but 0.04% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: NKK TUBES
    Inventors: Shuji Hashizume, Yusuke Minami, Yu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140023432
    Abstract: Ferritic stainless steel excellent in corrosion resistance of the weld zone, in particular the corrosion resistance to crevice corrosion, even if eliminating the Ar gas shield at the time of TIG welding and, furthermore, excellent in weld zone strength and a structure of the same are provided. By making the ingredient system one satisfying the following formula (1) in ferritic stainless steel which has predetermined contents of ingredients by mass % under a usual corrosive environment, it is possible to raise the corrosion resistance. Furthermore, under a severely corrosive environment, by making the relationship between the back surface exposed width of the weld bead and the steel sheet thickness satisfy the formula (2) in addition to the relationship of the ingredients prescribed in formula (1), it is possible to obtain a welded structure strong in crevice corrosion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Tooru Matsuhashi, Michio Nakata
  • Publication number: 20130316262
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel excellent in corrosion resistance and conductivity and a method for manufacturing the same, the stainless steel having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.001% or more and 0.05% or less, Si: 0.001% or more and 0.5% or less, Mn: 0.001% or more and 1.0% or less, Al: 0.001% or more and 0.5% or less, N: 0.001% or more and 0.05% or less, Cr; 17% or more and 23% or less, Mo: 0.1% or less and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities and a passivation film on the surface of the stainless steel which is obtained by immersing the stainless steel in a solution for an immersion treatment, said solution mainly contains hydrofluoric acid or a liquid mixture of hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ishii, Shin Ishikawa, Takumi Ujiro
  • Patent number: 8470237
    Abstract: The stainless steel of the first embodiment includes C: 0.001 to 0.02%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, Si: 0.01 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 0.5%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Ni: more than 3% to 5%, Cr: 11 to 26%, and either one or both of Ti: 0.01 to 0.5% and Nb: 0.02 to 0.6%, and contains as the remainder, Fe and unavoidable impurities. The stainless steel of the second embodiment has an alloy composition different from those of the first and third embodiments and satisfies the formula (A): Cr+3Mo+6Ni?23 and formula (B): Al/Nb?10 and contains as the remainder, Fe and unavoidable impurities. The stainless steel of the third embodiment has an alloy composition different from those of the first and second embodiments and includes either one or both of Sn: 0.005 to 2% and Sb: 0.005 to 1% and contains as the remainder, Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Hiraide, Haruhiko Kajimura, Ken Kimura
  • Patent number: 8444916
    Abstract: The stainless steel of the first embodiment includes C: 0.001 to 0.02%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, Si: 0.01 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 0.5%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Ni: more than 3% to 5%, Cr: 11 to 26%, and either one or both of Ti: 0.01 to 0.5% and Nb: 0.02 to 0.6%, and contains as the remainder, Fe and unavoidable impurities. The stainless steel of the second embodiment has an alloy composition different from those of the first and third embodiments and satisfies the formula (A): Cr+3Mo+6Ni?23 and formula (B): Al/Nb?10 and contains as the remainder, Fe and unavoidable impurities. The stainless steel of the third embodiment has an alloy composition different from those of the first and second embodiments and includes either one or both of Sn: 0.005 to 2% and Sb: 0.005 to 1% and contains as the remainder, Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Hiraide, Haruhiko Kajimura, Ken Kimura
  • Patent number: 8383034
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel sheet for a water heater with excellent corrosion resistance of welds and toughness includes, in terms of mass %, 0.020% or less of C, 0.30 to 1.00% of Si, 1.00% or less of Mn, 0.040% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, 20.0 to 28.0% of Cr, 0.6% or less of Ni, 0.03 to 0.15% of Al, 0.020% or less of N, 0.0020 to 0.0150% of O, 0.3 to 1.5% of Mo, 0.25 to 0.60% of Nb, and 0.05% or less of Ti, the remainder being composed of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the ferritic stainless steel sheet satisfying the following formulae (1) and (2): 25?Cr+3.3Mo?30??(1) 0.35?Si+Al?0.85??(2) wherein Cr, Mo, Si, and Al represent the content (mass %) of Cr, Mo, Si, and Al, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Fukuda, Yoshimasa Funakawa, Shuji Okada, Toshihiro Kasamo, Katsuhiro Kobori, Takumi Ujiro, Tomohiro Ishii
  • Patent number: 8361247
    Abstract: A quenched and tempered high strength, corrosion resistant steel suitable for aircraft landing gears and structures, having a unique combination of mechanical and corrosion resistant properties: ultimate tensile strength of 295 to 305 ksi, yield strength of 225 to 235 ksi; elongation of 12 to 13.5%, reduction of area of 34 to 36%, Charpy v-notch impact toughness energy of about 14 to 16 ft-lb, fracture toughness of 55 to 60 ksiVin, and corrosion resistance in salt spray test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Inventor: Gregory Vartanov
  • 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: 20130011294
    Abstract: The present invention provides a ferritic stainless steel exhibiting excellent corrosion resistance in a condensed water environment arising from a hydrocarbon combustion exhaust gas typified by the use environment of a structural member of a secondary heat exchanger, which stainless steel is a ferritic stainless steel comprising, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, N: 0.030% or less, Si: 0.4% or less, Mn: 0.01 to 0.5%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Cr: 16 to 24%, Mo: 0.30 to 3%, Ti: 0.05 to 0.25%, Nb: 0.05 to 0.50%, Al: 0.01 to 0.2%, and Cu: 0.4% or less, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and satisfying Expression (A): Cr+Mo+10Ti?18 and Expression (B): Si+Cu?0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Tooru Matsuhashi, Jun Tokunaga, Yuuichi Tamura
  • Publication number: 20130004361
    Abstract: This ferritic stainless steel for components of an automobile exhaust system includes, in terms of percent by mass: C: ?0.015%; Si: 0.01% to 0.50%; Mn: 0.01% to 0.50%; P: ?0.050%; S: ?0.010%; N: ?0.015%; Al: 0.010% to 0.100%; Cr: 16.5% to 22.5%; Ni: 0.5% to 2.0%; and Sn: 0.01% to 0.50%, and further includes either one or both of Ti: 0.03% to 0.30% and Nb: 0.03% to 0.30%, with a remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Shunji Sakamoto, Shinichi Teraoka, Nobuhiko Hiraide
  • Publication number: 20120328466
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optimum low-chromium stainless steel which prevents corrosion resistance degradation of a weld in the case of welding a low-chromium stainless steel utilizing martensite transformation in multiple passes (multipass), is excellent in weld intergranular corrosion resistance even in a severe corrosion environment, simultaneously avoids occurrence of preferential corrosion at the bond-bordering region of the weld heat-affected zone, and is also excellent in productivity, which low-chromium stainless steel comprises, in mass %, C: 0.015 to 0.025%, N: 0.008 to 0.014%, Si: 0.2 to 1.0%, Mn: 1.0 to 1.5%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Cr: 10 to 13%, Ni 0.2 to 1.5%, and Al: 0.005 to 0.1% or less, and further comprises Ti: 6×(C %+N %) or greater and 0.25% or less, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the contents of the elements satisfy specified expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Shinichi Teraoka, Shunji Sakamoto, Masuhiro Fukaya
  • Patent number: 8337748
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel composition including relatively low nickel and molybdenum levels, and exhibiting corrosion resistance, resistance to elevated temperature deformation, and formability properties comparable to certain alloys including higher nickel and molybdenum levels. Embodiments of the austenitic stainless steel include, in weight %, up to 0.20 C, 2.0-9.0 Mn, up to 2.0 Si, 16.0-23.0 Cr, 1.0-7.0 Ni, up to 3.0 Mo, up to 3.0 Cu, 0.05-0.35 N, up to 4.0 W, (7.5(% C))?(Nb+Ti+V+Ta+Zr)?1.5, up to 0.01 B, up to 1.0 Co, iron and impurities. Additionally, embodiments of the steel may include 0.5?(Mo+W/2)?5.0 and/or 1.0?(Ni+Co)?8.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: ATI Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Rakowski, David S. Bergstrom, Charles P. Stinner, John J. Dunn, John F. Grubb
  • Patent number: 8337749
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel composition including relatively low Ni and Mo levels, and exhibiting corrosion resistance, resistance to elevated temperature deformation, and formability properties comparable to certain alloys including higher Ni and Mo levels. Embodiments of the austenitic stainless steel include, in weight percentages, up to 0.20 C, 2.0-9.0 Mn, up to 2.0 Si, 15.0-23.0 Cr, 1.0-9.5 Ni, up to 3.0 Mo, up to 3.0 Cu, 0.05-0.35 N, (7.5(% C))?(% Nb+% Ti+% V+% Ta+% Zr)?1.5, Fe, and incidental impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: ATI Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Bergstrom, James M. Rakowski
  • Patent number: 8317944
    Abstract: One or more embodiments relates to a high-temperature, titanium alloyed, 9 Cr-1 Mo steel exhibiting improved creep strength and oxidation resistance at service temperatures up to 650° C. The 9 Cr-1 Mo steel has a tempered martensite microstructure and is comprised of both large (0.5-3 ?m) primary titanium carbides and small (5-50 nm) secondary titanium carbides in a ratio of. from about 1:1.5 to about 1.5:1. The 9 Cr-1 Mo steel may be fabricated using exemplary austenizing, rapid cooling, and tempering steps without subsequent hot working requirements. The 9 Cr-1 Mo steel exhibits improvements in total mass gain, yield strength, and time-to-rupture over ASTM P91 and ASTM P92 at the temperature and time conditions examined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: U.S. Department of Energy
    Inventors: Paul D. Jablonski, David Alman, Omer Dogan, Gordon Holcomb, Christopher Cowen
  • Patent number: 8246767
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition and heat treatment for a high-temperature, titanium alloyed, 9 Cr-1 Mo steel exhibiting improved creep strength and oxidation resistance at service temperatures up to 650° C. The novel combination of composition and heat treatment produces a heat treated material containing both large primary titanium carbides and small secondary titanium carbides. The primary titanium carbides contribute to creep strength while the secondary titanium carbides act to maintain a higher level of chromium in the finished steel for increased oxidation resistance, and strengthen the steel by impeding the movement of dislocations through the crystal structure. The heat treated material provides improved performance at comparable cost to commonly used high-temperature steels such as ASTM P91 and ASTM P92, and requires heat treatment consisting solely of austenization, rapid cooling, tempering, and final cooling, avoiding the need for any hot-working in the austenite temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Paul D. Jablonski, David Alman, Omer Dogan, Gordon Holcomb, Christopher Cowen
  • Publication number: 20120195785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cast steel alloy for producing cast parts with ferritic structure, wherein the alloy contains iron (Fe), carbon (C), chromium (Cr) and molybdenum (Mo). An increased resistance to intercrystalline corrosion is obtained when the alloy additionally contains titanium (Ti) and niobium (Nb).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: J. Eberspacher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Sylvia Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20120177531
    Abstract: A powder composition and a sintered body thereof are presented. The powder is a martensitic stainless steel powder for powder injection molding without deformation problems during sintering. The powder composition includes 0.80-1.40 weight percent (wt %) of carbon (C), less than 1.0 wt % of silicon (Si), less than 1.0 wt % of manganese (Mn), 15.0-18.0 wt % of chromium (Cr), 0.10-2.50 wt % of titanium (Ti), and the remainder iron (Fe). The powder can be sintered with a sintering temperature varying within 50° C. and can reach a high density without distortion, and thereby a good dimensional stability is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: TAIWAN POWDER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Hsiang Chuang, Kuen Shyang Hwang
  • Publication number: 20120107170
    Abstract: A steel powder and their sintered body comprise iron as its primary component and further comprise from 1.4 to 2.0% by weight of carbon, less than 1.0% by weight of silicon, less than 1.0% by weight of manganese, from 11.0 to 13.0% by weight of chromium, from 0.3 to 2.3% by weight of titanium, less than 0.75% by weight of a combination of copper and nickel, and less than 5.0% by weight of at least one strengthening element. During sintering, titanium carbide inhibits grain coarsening, whereby the sintering window can be expanded to about 50° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Kuen-Shyang HWANG, Kai-Hsiang Chuang
  • Patent number: 8163233
    Abstract: A martensitic stainless steel for welded structures including by mass %, C: 0.001 to 0.05%, Si: 0.05 to 1%, Mn: 0.05 to 2%, P: 0.03% or less, REM: 0.0005 to 0.1%, Cr: 8 to 16%, Ni: 0.1 to 9% and sol. Al: 0.001 to 0.1%; and further including one or more elements selected from among Ti: 0.005 to 0.5%, Zr: 0.005 to 0.5%, Hf: 0.005 to 0.5%, V: 0.005 to 0.5% and Nb: 0.005 to 0.5%; and O: 0.005% or less, N: 0.1% or less, with the balance being Fe and impurities; and the P and REM content satisfies: P?0.6×REM. This steel possesses excellent SCC (stress corrosion cracking) resistance in welded sections in Sweet environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Amaya, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Akira Taniyama, Masakatsu Ueda, Hideki Takabe
  • Patent number: 8153054
    Abstract: An iron-based high-temperature alloy is disclosed which contains the following chemical composition: 20% by weight Cr; 5 to 6% by weight Al; 4% by weight Ta; 4% by weight Mo; 3 to 4% by weight Re; 0.2% by weight Zr; 0.05% by weight B; 0.1% by weight Y; 0.1% by weight Hf; 0 to 0.05% by weight C; and remainder Fe and unavoidable impurities. The alloy can be produced at low cost and can possess outstanding oxidation resistance and good mechanical properties at temperatures up to 1200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Mohamed Nazmy, Andreas Künzler, Giuseppe Bandiera, Hanspeter Zinn
  • Publication number: 20110314965
    Abstract: There is provided a metal powder for powder metallurgy including Zr and Si in a manner such that following conditions of (A) and (B) are satisfied, wherein a remainder thereof includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni, (A) the mass ratio of a content of Zr to a content of Si is 0.03 to 0.3, and (B) the content of Si is 0.35 to 1.5% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidefumi NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 8062584
    Abstract: The present invention provides, as a material superior in heat resistance in a hot environment where the maximum temperature of the exhaust gas becomes 750 to 900° C., ferritic stainless steel sheet superior in heat resistance in a broad temperature region of 750 to 900° C. with long term stability by a smaller amount of addition of Mo than SUS444 containing about 2% of expensive Mo, that is, ferritic stainless steel sheet superior in heat resistance characterized by containing, by mass %, C: 0.01% or less, N: 0.02% or less, Si: 0.05 to 1%, Mn: 0.1 to 2%, Cr: 10 to 30%, Mo: 0.1 to 1%, Cu: 1 to 2%, Nb: 0.2 to 0.7%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.3%, and B: 0.0002 to 0.0050%, having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and having a 0.2% yield strength at 750° C. of 70 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Hamada, Haruhiko Kajimura, Toshio Tanoue, Fumio Fudanoki, Yoshiharu Inoue
  • Patent number: 7985372
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel sheet for use in raw material pipes for forming bellows pipes has excellent formability. More specifically, the ferritic stainless steel sheet contains 10 % to 25 % by mass of Cr and has a yield stress in the range of 300 to 450 MPa and the product of the yield stress and the uniform elongation properties of at least 5200 (MPa·%). Preferably, the ferritic stainless steel sheet for use in raw material pipes for forming bellows pipes has an average crystal grain size D of 35 ?m or less or a surface roughness of 0.40 ?m or less as determined by Ra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ozaki, Yasushi Kato, Takaaki Iguchi
  • Patent number: 7914732
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a ferritic stainless steel cast iron including: Fe as a main component; C: 0.20 to 0.40 mass %; Si: 1.00 to 3.00 mass %; Mn: 0.30 to 3.00 mass %; Cr: 12.0 to 30.0 mass %; and one of Nb and V, or both of Nb and V in total: 1.0 to 5.0 mass %, the ferritic stainless steel cast iron satisfying the following formula (1): 1400?1562.3?{133WC+14WSi+5WMn+10(WNb+WV)}?1480??(1) wherein, WC (mass %), WSi (mass %), WMn (mass %), WCr (mass %), WNb (mass %), WV (mass %) and WCu (mass %) are contents of C, Si, Mn, Cr, Nb, V and Cu, respectively; a process for producing a cast part from the ferritic cast steel; and the cast part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Daido Tokushuko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takabayashi, Shigeki Ueta, Tetsuya Shimizu, Toshiharu Noda
  • Patent number: 7883663
    Abstract: The present invention provides optimal low chromium stainless steel preventing the deterioration in corrosion resistance at the weld zone in the case of multipass welding, superior in grain boundary corrosion resistance of the weld zone even in a harsh corrosive environment, simultaneously free from preferential corrosion at the heat affected zones near weld fusion lines, and further superior in manufacturability, that is, low chromium stainless steel containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% or less, N: 0.004 to 0.02%, Si: 0.2 to 1%, Mn: over 1.5 to 2.5%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Cr: 10 to 15%, Ni: 0.2 to 3.0%, and Al: 0.005 to 0.1%, further containing Ti: 4×(C %+N %) to 0.35%, and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, having a ?p(%) expressed by a predetermined formula satisfying 80 or more, and satisfying Ti %×N %<0.004 as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masuhiro Fukaya, Akihiko Takahashi, Shinichi Teraoka, Shunji Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 7879159
    Abstract: A precipitation-hardened stainless maraging steel which exhibits a combination of strength, toughness, and corrosion resistance comprises by weight about: 8 to 15% chromium (Cr), 2 to 15% cobalt (Co), 7 to 14% nickel (Ni), and up to about 0.7% aluminum (Al), less than about 0.4% copper (Cu), 0.5 to 2.6% molybdenum (Mo), 0.4 to less than about 0.75% titanium (Ti), up to about 0.5% tungsten (W), and up to about 120 wppm carbon (C), the balance essentially iron (Fe) and incidental elements and impurities, characterized in that the alloy has predominantly lath martensite microstructure essentially without topologically close packed intermetallic phases and strengthened primarily by a dispersion of intermetallic particles primarily of the eta-Ni3Ti phase and wherein the titanium and carbon (Ti) and (C) levels are controlled such that C can be dissolved during a homogenization step and subsequently precipitated during forging to provide a grain-pinnning dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: QuesTek Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: James Wright, Jin-Won Jung
  • Patent number: 7819991
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel sheet for forming a raw material pipe for bellows pipe is excellent in formability and high-temperature properties (high-temperature salt corrosion resistance and high-temperature fatigue properties). Specifically, the ferritic stainless steel sheet for forming a raw material pipe for bellows pipe contains 0.015% by mass or less of C, 1.0% by mass or less of Si, 1.0% by mass or less of Mn, 0.04% by mass or less of P, 0.010% by mass or less of S, 11% to 19% by mass of Cr, 0.015% by mass or less of N, 0.15% by mass or less of Al, 1.25% to 2.5% by mass of Mo, 0.3% to 0.7% by mass of Nb, 0.0003% to 0.003% by mass of B, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. In the ferritic stainless steel sheet for forming a raw material pipe for bellows pipe, preferably, the average crystal grain diameter D of the steel sheet is 35 ?m or less, and alternatively, the surface roughness Ra of the steel sheet is 0.40 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Kato, Yoshihiro Ozaki, Osamu Furukimi, Norimasa Hirata, Takumi Ujiro
  • Patent number: 7806993
    Abstract: The present invention provides a ferritic stainless steel that has excellent strength at high temperature, oxidation resistance at high temperature, and salt corrosion resistance at high temperature and that can be used under high temperatures exceeding 900° C., and a method of producing the same. Specifically, the composition thereof is adjusted, on a % by mass basis, so as to include C: 0.02% or less; Si: 2.0% or less; Mn: 2.0% or less; Cr: from 12.0 to 40.0%; Mo: from 1.0 to 5.0%; W: more than 2.0% and 5.0% or less; wherein the total content of Mo and W: (Mo+W)?4.3%, Nb: from 5 (C+N) to 1.0%, N: 0.02% or less, and Fe and inevitable impurities as residual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Miyazaki, Kenji Takao, Osamu Furukimi
  • Publication number: 20100150770
    Abstract: The stainless steel of the first embodiment includes C: 0.001 to 0.02%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, Si: 0.01 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 0.5%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Ni: more than 3% to 5%, Cr: 11 to 26%, and either one or both of Ti: 0.01 to 0.5% and Nb: 0.02 to 0.6%, and contains as the remainder, Fe and unavoidable impurities. The stainless steel of the second embodiment has an alloy composition different from those of the first and third embodiments and satisfies the formula (A): Cr+3Mo+6Ni?23 and formula (B): Al/Nb?10 and contains as the remainder, Fe and unavoidable impurities. The stainless steel of the third embodiment has an alloy composition different from those of the first and second embodiments and includes either one or both of Sn: 0.005 to 2% and Sb: 0.005 to 1% and contains as the remainder, Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Hiraide, Haruhiko Kajimura, Ken Kimura
  • Patent number: 7704338
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of manufacturing a martensitic stainless steel. The method comprises the following steps (a) to (c): (a) preparing a steel having a chemical composition consisting of, by mass %, C: 0.003 to 0.050%, Si: 0.05 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.10 to 1.50%, Cr: 10.5 to 14.0%, Ni: 1.5 to 7.0%, V: 0.02 to 0.20%, N: 0.003 to 0.070%, Ti: not more than 0.300% and the balance Fe and impurities, and P and S among impurities are not more than 0.035% and not more than 0.010% respectively, and that it also satisfies the following equation: ([Ti]?3.4×[N])/[C]>4.5 wherein [C], [N] and [Ti] mean the content (mass %) of C, N and Ti, respectively, (b) heating the steel at a temperature between 850 and 950° C., (c) quenching the steel, and (d) tempering the steel at a temperature between Ac1?35° C. and Ac1+35° C. and in a condition of not more than 0.5 of the value of variation ?LMP1 in the softening characteristics LMP1, which is defined by the following equation: LMP1=T×(20+1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Mutsumi Tanida
  • Publication number: 20100098994
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a ferritic chromium stainless steel with the following composition in percent by weight: C max 0.1, Si 0.1-1, Mn max 0.6, Cr 20-25, Ni max 2, Mo 0.5-2, Nb 0.3-1.5, Ti max 0.5, Zr max 0.5, REM max 0.3, Al max 0.1, N max 0.07 balance Fe and normally occurring impurities, and wherein the content of Zr+Ti is at least 0.2%. The ferritic chromium stainless steel is suitable for use in fuel cells, especially Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicants: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB, Topsoe Fuel Cell A/S
    Inventors: Mikael Schuisky, Lars Mikkelsen, Jorgen Gutzon Larsen, Niels Christiansen
  • Publication number: 20100084413
    Abstract: Disclosed is a ferritic stainless steel for hot-water tanks with welded structure, comprising, in terms of % by mass, at most 0.02% of C, from 0.01 to 0.30% of Si, at most 1% of Mn, at most 0.04% of P, at most 0.03% of S, from more than 21 to 26% of Cr, at most 2% of Mo, from 0.05 to 0.6% of Nb, from 0.05 to 0.4% of Ti, at most 0.025% of N, and from 0.02 to 0.3% of Al, and optionally containing at least one of at most 2%, preferably from 0.1 to 2% of Ni and at most 1%, preferably from 0.1 to 1% of Cu, with a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Toshiro Adachi, Akihiro Nonomura, Osamu Yamamoto, Kouki Tomimura
  • Publication number: 20100074791
    Abstract: A ferrous abrasion resistant sliding material capable of improving seizing resistance, abrasion resistance and heat crack resistance is provided. The ferrous abrasion resistant sliding material has a martensite parent phase which forms a solid solution with carbon of 0.15 to 0.5 wt %, and the martensite parent phase contains one or more types of each special carbide of Cr, Mo, W and V dispersed therein in a total content of 10 to 50% by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventor: Takemori Takayama
  • Publication number: 20100061878
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel sheet for a water heater with excellent corrosion resistance of welds and toughness includes, in terms of mass %, 0.020% or less of C, 0.30 to 1.00% of Si, 1.00% or less of Mn, 0.040% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, 20.0 to 28.0% of Cr, 0.6% or less of Ni, 0.03 to 0.15% of Al, 0.020% or less of N, 0.0020 to 0.0150% of 0, 0.3 to 1.5% of Mo, 0.25 to 0.60% of Nb, and 0.05% or less of Ti, the remainder being composed of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the ferritic stainless steel sheet satisfying the following formulae (1) and (2): 25?Cr+3.3Mo?30??(1) 0.35?Si+Al?0.85??(2) wherein Cr, Mo, Si, and Al represent the content (mass %) of Cr, Mo, Si, and Al, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Kunio Fukuda, Yoshimasa Funakawa, Shuji Okada, Toshihiro Kasamo, Katsuhiro Kobori, Takumi Ujiro, Tomohiro Ishii
  • Patent number: 7572407
    Abstract: A martensitic stainless steel sheet having superior corrosion resistance, toughness at the weld zones, and workability. The composition of the steel sheet is, on a mass basis: less than about 0.02% of carbon; about 1.0% or less of silicon; less than about 1.5% of manganese; about 0.04% or less of phosphorus; about 0.01% or less of sulfur; about 0.1% or less of aluminum; about 1.5% or more and less than about 4.0% of nickel; about 11% or more and less than about 15% of chromium; about 0.5% or more and less than about 2.0% of molybdenum; and less than about 0.02% of nitrogen, the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities, wherein 15.0%?[Cr]+1.5×[Mo]+1.2×[Ni]?20.0%; [C]+[N]<0.030%; [Ni]+0.5×([Mn]+[Mo])+30×[C]>3.0%; and 8.0%?72×[C]+40×[N]+3×[Si]+2×[Mn]+4×[Ni]+[Mo]?18.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Junichiro Hirasawa, Takumi Ujiro, Osamu Furukimi
  • Publication number: 20090098008
    Abstract: A martensitic stainless steel oil country tubular good contains, by mass, 0.005% to 0.1% C, 0.05% to 1% Si, 1.5% to 5% Mn, at most 0.05% P, at most 0.01% S, 9% to 13% Cr, at most 0.5% Ni, at most 2% Mo, at most 2% Cu, 0.001% to 0.1% Al, and 0.001% to 0.1% N, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and the pipe has a Cr-depleted region under the surface. The martensitic stainless steel oil country tubular good according to the present invention does not have a passive film on the surface and corrodes wholly at low speed. In addition, the Ni content is reduced, which allows uneven corrosion to be prevented. Therefore, SCC can be prevented from being generated in spite of the presence of a Cr-depleted region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Hisashi Amaya, Kunio Kondo, Masakatsu Ueda
  • Publication number: 20090098009
    Abstract: The present invention provides optimal low chromium stainless steel preventing the deterioration in corrosion resistance at the weld zone in the case of multipass welding, superior in grain boundary corrosion resistance of the weld zone even in a harsh corrosive environment, simultaneously free from preferential corrosion at the heat affected zones near weld fusion lines, and further superior in manufacturability, that is, low chromium stainless steel containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% or less, N: 0.004 to 0.02%, Si: 0.2 to 1%, Mn: over 1.5 to 2.5%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Cr: 10 to 15%, Ni: 0.2 to 3.0%, and Al: 0.005 to 0.1%, further containing Ti: 4×(C %+N %) to 0.35%, and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, having a ?p(%) expressed by a predetermined formula satisfying 80 or more, and satisfying Ti %×N %<0.004 as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Masuhiro Fukaya, Akihiko Takahashi, Shinichi Teraoka, Shunji Sakamoto