With Modification Or Control Of Temperature Of Work, Tool Or Machine Patents (Class 72/200)
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Patent number: 8578748Abstract: An apparatus comprises a platform, a stylus, and a heating system. The platform is capable of holding a sheet of material. The stylus is capable of impinging the sheet of the material to incrementally form a shape for a part. The heating system is capable of heating at least a portion of the sheet of material in a location on the sheet of material prior to the stylus impinging the location.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2009Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Christopher S. Huskamp, Keith A. Young, James B. Castle
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Publication number: 20130283881Abstract: A process of producing metal blanks with different thicknesses from a metallic material includes: producing sheet metal blanks from a band material; changing the temperature of the metal blanks such that, in the blanks, a plurality of regions is produced with different temperatures; rolling the metal blanks having regions with different temperatures in a rolling tool with a roll gap setting, wherein the roll gap setting is kept constant during the operation of rolling the metal blanks, wherein, due to the regions with different temperatures in the sheet metal blanks, portions are produced with different thicknesses. The invention also relates to a suitable device for producing sheet metal blanks with different thicknesses from a metallic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2012Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: MUHR UND BENDER KGInventors: Andreas Hauger, Andreas Elvenkemper
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Publication number: 20130280122Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet that exhibits excellent surface quality after anodizing, includes a peritectic element that undergoes a peritectic reaction with at least aluminum, and requires an anodic oxide coating is characterized in that the concentration of the peritectic element in a solid-solution state that is present in the outermost surface area of the aluminum alloy sheet varies in the widthwise direction of the aluminum alloy sheet in the form of a band having a width of 0.05 mm or less, and the difference in the concentration of the peritectic element between adjacent bands is 0.008 mass % or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Mineo ASANO, Yusuke YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20130273392Abstract: A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes a steel sheet and a hot-dip galvanized layer arranged on the steel sheet, in which the Si content and the Al content by mass % of components of the steel sheet satisfy a relationship 0.5<Si+Al<1.0, and a metallographic structure of the steel sheet satisfies a relationship of {(n2)2/3×d2}/{(n1)2/3×d1}×ln(H2/H1)<0.3 when the n1 is the number of a MnS of a surface portion of the steel sheet, the d1 ?m is an average equivalent circle diameter of the MnS in the surface portion of the steel sheet, the H1 GPa is a hardness of a martensite of the surface portion of the steel sheet, the n2 is the number of the MnS of a center portion of the steel sheet, the d2 ?m is an average equivalent circle diameter of the MnS in the center portion of the steel sheet, and the H2 GPa is the hardness of the martensite of the center portion of the steel sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2011Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiki Nonaka, Toshio Ogawa, Nobuhiro Fujita
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Patent number: 8555687Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hot rolling apparatus for manufacturing a metal plate by hot-rolling-treating a metal material including copper.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2008Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignees: IHI Corporation, IHI Metaltech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kengo Ishige, Yasuo Matsunaga, Hiroyuki Otsuka, Kenichi Ide, Masahiro Kuchi, Hisashi Honjou
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Publication number: 20130240095Abstract: High temperature heat treatable aluminum alloys that can be used at temperatures from about ?420° F. (?251° C.) up to about 650° F. (343° C.) are described. The alloys are strengthened by dispersion of particles based on the L12 intermetallic compound Al3X. These alloys comprise aluminum; silicon; at least one of scandium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, and lutetium; and at least one of gadolinium, yttrium, zirconium, titanium, hafnium, and niobium. Magnesium and copper are optional alloying elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: United Technologies CorporationInventor: Awadh B. Pandey
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Publication number: 20130240246Abstract: Provided is a less expensive and high-performance superconductive wire material substrate, a method of manufacturing the less expensive and high-performance superconductive wire material substrate, and a superconductive wire material using the less expensive and high-performance superconductive wire material substrate. A superconductive wire material substrate 1 is formed such that a surface roughness Ra of one surface is 10 nm or less, and a surface roughness Ra of an other surface is larger than the surface roughness Ra of the one surface, and is 8 nm or more and less than 15 nm, between the surface roughnesses Ra of both surfaces of the superconductive wire material substrate 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2011Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Nagasu, Masaru Higuchi, Hisaki Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20130206002Abstract: A separation membrane including an alloy wherein the alloy includes at least one Group 5 element and at least one Group 14 element, wherein the at least one Group 5 element and the at least one Group 14 element of the alloy define a body centered cubic structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2013Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Publication number: 20130189148Abstract: A wire rod and steel wire having superior magnetic characteristics and a method for manufacturing same, wherein the wire rod and the steel wire can be used in transformers, vehicles, electric or electronic products, or the like which require low iron loss and high permeability. Provided are a wire rod and steel wire having superior magnetic characteristics and a method for manufacturing same, wherein the wire rod or the steel wire comprises, by wt %, 0.03 to 0.05% of C, 3.0 to 5.0% of Si, 0.1 to 2.0% of Mn, 0.02 to 0.08% of Al, 0.0015 to 0.0030% of N, and the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The wire rod and steel wire having directional properties may be provided by a general manufacturing process without using expensive alloying elements and without having to add a manufacturing facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2011Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: POSCOInventors: Dong-Hyun Kim, You-Hwan Lee, Woo-Gi Shin
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Publication number: 20130183192Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprises melting scrap steel into molten steel; decarburizing the molten steel and adding alloys; transferring the steel to ladles and casting the steel into slabs; hot rolling the slabs into sheets; pickling the sheets; annealing the sheets; cold rolling the sheets; and performing one or more of tension leveling, a rough rolling, or a coating process on the sheets after cold rolling, without an intermediate annealing process between the cold rolling and the tension leveling, the rough rolling, or the coating process. The sheet is sent to the customer for stamping and customer annealing. The new process provides an electrical steel with the similar, same, or better magnetic properties than an electrical steel manufactured using the traditional processing with an intermediate annealing step after cold rolling.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: Nucor CorporationInventors: Theodore E. Hill, Eric E. Gallo
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Publication number: 20130180632Abstract: A steel sheet for enameling for eliminating surface defects such as fish scale defects and having excellent formability, and provides a steel sheet for enamel having no surface defects, including: more than 0 wt % and 0.005 wt % or less of C, 0.1 to 0.5 wt % of Mn, more than 0 wt % and 0.03 wt % or less of Si, 0.05 to 0.3 wt % of Cr, more than 0 wt % and 0.03 wt % or less of Al, 0.03 to 0.1 wt % of O, more than 0 wt % and 0.03 wt % or less of P, more than 0 wt % and 0.02 wt % or less of S, more than 0 wt % and 0.015 wt % or less of Cu, more than 0 wt % and 0.005 wt % or less of N, Fe in a remaining content, and other inevitable impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2011Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: POSCOInventors: Hang-Sik Cho, Woo-Yeol Cha, Su-Beom Park, Woo-Sung Kim
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Publication number: 20130174948Abstract: The invention concerns an austenite-ferrite stainless steel composition, whose composition contains in % by weight: 0.01%?C?0.10% 20.0%?Cr?24.0% 1.0%?Ni?3.0% 0.12%?N?0.20% 0.5%?Mn?2.0% 1.6%?Cu?3.0% 0.05% 5 Mo 5 1.0% W?0.15% 0.05%?Mo +W/2?1.0% 0.2%?Si?1.5% Al?0.05% V?0.5% Nb?0.5% Ti?0.5% B?0.003% Co?0.5% REM?0.1% Ca?0.03% Mg?0.1% Se?0.005% O?0.01% S?0.030% P?0.040% the rest being iron and impurities resulting from the production and the microstructure being composed of austenite and 35 to 65% ferrite by volume, the composition furthermore obeying the following relations: 40?IF?65 with IF=10%Cr+5.1%Mo+1.4%Mn+24.3%Si+35%Nb+71.5%Ti?595.4%C?245.1%N?9.3%Ni?3.3%Cu?99.8 and IRCGCU?32.0 with IRCGCU=%Cr+3.3%Mo+2%Cu+16%N+2.6%Ni?0.7%Mn and 0?IU?6.0 with IU=3%Ni+%Cu+%Mn?100%C?25%N?2(%Cr+%Si)?6%Mo+45 as well as a method of manufacture of plates, bands, coils, bars, wires, profiles, forged pieces and molded pieces of this steel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2011Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicants: UGITECH, ArcelorMittal Investigacion Y Desarrollo SLInventors: Jerome Peultier, Amelie Fanica, Nicolas Renaudot, Christophe Bourgin, Eric Chauveau, Marc Mantel
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Patent number: 8479550Abstract: A method for the production of a hot-rolled steel strip from a steel melt in a continuous manufacturing process: continuously casting a steel strand in a continuous casting mold of a continuous casting plant, roll-forming the case steel strand in a first group of roll stands into a pre-rolled hot strip, roll-forming the pre-rolled hot strip in a second group of roll stands into a hot-rolled steel strip, setting the hot strip to a rolling temperature between the first and second groups, and winding or dividing the hot-rolled steel strip; further: descaling the hot strip before temperature setting, holding the hot strip in a protective gas atmosphere during temperature setting. A combined casting and rolling plant for the method is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2006Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Siemens Vai Metals Technologies GmbHInventors: Gerald Eckerstorfer, Gerald Hohenbichler, Josef Maierl
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Publication number: 20130167608Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a pipe, including: a rolling step of arranging a plurality of carbon threads such that the carbon threads tightly contact an outer surface of a mandrel; a heat-molding step of heating the mandrel in a furnace so as to compressively heat the carbon threads such that the latter are molded into a pipe; and a drawing step of removing a compression tape from the molded pipe, and separating the pipe from the mandrel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicants: TAE GUIK LEPORTS CO. LTD., DONGSHIN POLYCHEM CO. LTD.Inventor: Won Jong Choi
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Publication number: 20130160277Abstract: A rolling line (10) for the production of flat products (111) comprises a casting machine (12) suitable to continuously cast a thin slab (11), a temperature maintenance and homogenization unit (18), a rolling unit (22) comprising at least a double rolling stand (23a, 23b) of the Steckel reversing type downstream of the temperature maintenance and homogenization unit (18), at least a forming stand or roughing stand (20), directly connected immediately to the exit of the casting machine (12) and upstream of the temperature maintenance and homogenization unit (18), and suitable to reduce the thickness of the slab (11) just solidified. The forming stand or roughing stand (20) is configured to perform an adaptive reduction of the thickness of the cast slab (11) smaller than or equal to about 65% at least as a function of the thickness, width and type of material of the finished flat product.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: DANIELI & C. OFFICINE MECCANICHE SPAInventors: Gianpietro Benedetti, Paolo Bobig
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Patent number: 8458887Abstract: A method of casting a metal ingot with a microstructure that facilitates further working, such as hot and cold rolling. The metal is cast in a direct chill casting mold, or the equivalent, that directs a spray of coolant liquid onto the outer surface of the ingot to achieve rapid cooling. The coolant is removed from the surface at a location where the emerging embryonic ingot is still not completely solid, such that the latent heat of solidification and the sensible heat of the molten core raises the temperature of the adjacent solid shell to a convergence temperature that is above a transition temperature for in-situ homogenization of the metal. A further conventional homogenization step is then not required. The invention also relates to the heat-treatment of such ingots prior to hot working.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Robert Bruce Wagstaff, Wayne J. Fenton
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Publication number: 20130125601Abstract: A steel having a predetermined composition is hot-rolled so as to form a steel strip, the steel strip is subjected to first cold-rolling, the steel strip is subjected to intermediate annealing, the steel strip is subjected to second cold-rolling, and the steel strip is subjected to finish annealing. A finish temperature in the hot-rolling is 900° C. or less, annealing is not performed between the hot-rolling and the first cold-rolling, and a rolling reduction in the second cold-rolling is not less than 40% nor more than 85%.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Kubota, Masahiro Fujikura
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Publication number: 20130126052Abstract: A structural stainless steel sheet which can be manufactured at a low cost and with high efficiency, and possesses excellent welded-part corrosion resistance and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The structural stainless steel sheet has a composition which contains by mass % 0.01 to 0.03% C, 0.01 to 0.03% N, 0.10 to 0.40% Si, 1.5 to 2.5% Mn, 0.04% or less P, 0.02% or less S, 0.05 to 0.15% Al, 10 to 13% Cr, 0.5 to 1.0% Ni, 4×(C+N) or more and 0.3% or less Ti, and Fe and unavoidable impurities as a balance, V, Ca and O in the unavoidable impurities being regulated to 0.05% or less V, 0.0030% or less Ca and 0.0080% or less O, wherein an F value expressed by Cr+2×Si+4×Ti?2×Ni?Mn?30×(C+N) satisfies a condition that F value?11 and an FFV value expressed by Cr+3×Si+16×Ti+Mo+2×Al?2×Mn?4×(Ni+Cu)?40×(C+N)+20×V satisfies a condition that FFV value?9.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Ota, Kenichi Fujita, Yasushi Kato
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Publication number: 20130118632Abstract: A steel pipe with dual phase structure includes, as chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.07% to 0.15%, Si: 0.1% to 0.5%, Mn: 0.8% to 1.9%, Nb: 0.020% to 0.10%, P: limited to 0.05% or less, S: limited to 0.01% or less, Al: limited to 0.1% or less, and a balance consisting of iron and unavoidable impurities, wherein, when [X] is amount of element X in mass %, carbon equivalent Ceq defined by Equation of Ceq=[C]+[Mn]/6 is 0.25 to 0.40 and [Nb]×[C]?0.002 is satisfied, and includes, as metallographic structure, by area %, ferrite of 80% to 98% and martensite, residual austenite, or mixture thereof of 2% to 20% in total, wherein average grain size of ferrite is 1 ?m to less than 8 ?m and average grain size of martensite, residual austenite, or mixture thereof is 0.1 ?m to 2 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuru Sawamura, Hitoshi Asahi, Eiji Tsuru, Jun Agata
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Patent number: 8408035Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for the production of hot-rolled strip silicon-alloy steel for further processing into grain-oriented sheets, such as electrical sheets, wherein a cast product, in this case a thin slab, for example, with a maximum thickness of 120 mm, is subjected to thermal pretreatment and to a subsequent rolling process on a hot-rolling line to set a desired recrystallization state. The invention proposes an intake temperature (Tin) of the cast product (2) into the hot-rolling line (9a or 9b) of at least 1200° C., and preferably in excess of 1250° C., which should be controlled during pretreatment by adding at least one preheating stage (3) and one intensive heating stage (6) to ensure the final rolling temperature (TFR).Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2007Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: SMS Siemag AGInventors: Ingo Schuster, Christoph Klein, Mario Sucker, Heribert Neifer
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Publication number: 20130074566Abstract: A method of recycling a one-piece rail having a base portion and a head portion spaced from each other by a substantially flat web portion. The steps include: heating the rail to a plastic state; feeding the heated rail through a first reduction pass to reduce a cross section of the rail without slitting the rail; feeding the rod through a second reduction pass in which the cross section of the rod is further modified and then slitting the rod along the web portion into two rod pieces, one containing the former head portion and one containing the former base portion, as the rod leaves the second reduction pass; and rolling the two rod pieces, in a single pass line, through a series of reduction passes to produce a desired final cross section of the pieces.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2011Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: W. SILVER INC.Inventors: Bhupendra Kenjale, Alfredo Cardona, Kishan Raghunath, Luis Garcia, Mark Fenenbock
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Publication number: 20130076017Abstract: Hot-rolled high-strength steel elongated structural members and method of making same are disclosed by hot-rolling high-strength steel having a specific chemical composition to provide the members of desired geometrical configuration including a thin web with opposed thicker flanges extending therefrom to increase the load bearing capacity of the members.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: CONSOLIDATED METAL PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Hugh M. Gallagher, JR.
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Patent number: 8402802Abstract: A conveying device includes a plurality of conveying rollers supported in parallel at predetermined intervals, and conveys a workpiece to a heat-retaining/heating furnace from a rolling mill by the conveying rollers. The conveying device includes an impact prediction data collecting unit and a control unit. The impact prediction data collecting unit acquires data on the upstream of the heat-retaining/heating furnace. The data is used to predict the magnitude of an impact applied to rollers in the furnace, which are positioned in the heat-retaining/heating furnace, of the conveying rollers by the workpiece. The control unit predicts the magnitude of an impact from the data, which is acquired by the impact prediction data collecting unit, and adjusts the conveying speed of the workpiece in the heat-retaining/heating furnace according to the magnitude of the impact.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2009Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignees: IHI Metaltech Co., Ltd, IHI CorporationInventors: Masahiro Kuchi, Hajime Ishii, Hisashi Honjou
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Publication number: 20130062003Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and a method of forming a material of low ductility including providing a first sheet made from a material of low ductility, providing an integrated forming device comprising a heat source and a forming element, and moving the forming element relative to the first sheet along a forming direction while simultaneously heating a localized portion of the first sheet along the forming direction at a substantially constant predetermined distance in front of the forming element. The predetermined distance is selected so as to yield a predetermined temperature to achieve a predetermined ductility at the localized portion of the first sheet when the forming element reaches the localized portion of the first sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Boris Shulkin, Maximilian Amtmann, Hongping Gu
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Publication number: 20130031944Abstract: A machine for asymmetric rolling of a work-piece includes pair of rollers disposed in an arrangement to apply opposing, asymmetric rolling forces to roll a work-piece therebetween, wherein a surface of the work-piece is rolled faster than an opposite surface of the work-piece; and an exit constraint die rigidly disposed adjacent an exit side of the pair of rollers so that, as the work-piece exits the pair of rollers, the work-piece contacts the exit constraint die to constrain curling of the work-piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Govindarajan Muralidharan, Thomas R. Muth, David C. Harper
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Publication number: 20130025337Abstract: A method for manufacturing a gasket-oriented steel plate excellent in elasticity and formability, to allow for reduction of a breaking elongation of the steel plate to improve a formability (punchability) and improve a proof stress of the steel plate against a repeated stress from a discharge valve to maintain a higher elasticity of the steel plate and a gasket able to withstand the repeated stress from the discharge valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Inventors: Takashi NAKAO, Nobuaki TANAKA
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Publication number: 20130014555Abstract: The quenchable steel sheet has an alloy composition including carbon (C) in an amount of 0.15 to 0.30 wt %, silicon (Si) in an amount of 0.05 to 0.5 wt %, manganese (Mn) in an amount of 1.0 to 2.0 wt %, boron (B) in an amount of 0.0005 to 0.0040 wt %, sulfur (S) in an amount of 0.003 wt % or less, phosphorus (P) in an amount of 0.012 wt % or less, one or more selected from among calcium (Ca) in an amount of 0.0010 to 0.0040 wt % and copper (Cu) in an amount of 0.05 to 1.0 wt %, two or more selected from among cobalt (Co), zirconium (Zr) and antimony (Sb), and iron (Fe). Alloy elements are controlled to increasing hot ductility and enabling pressing at 600 to 900° C. so that a tensile strength of 1400 MPa or more and an elongation of 8% or more are obtained after pressing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANYInventors: Taekjoon KIM, Seungha LEE, Seongju KIM
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Publication number: 20120328896Abstract: An improved reinforcing bar (REBAR) and the process for manufacturing the same for the enhancement of the life span of reinforced concrete, reinforced concrete structures and constructions as well as reinforced concrete elements without the need for any surface treatment or surface protection to REBAR or addition of admixture in concrete or without any other special provision or effort following the making/manufacturing of REBAR where the rebar, even when made of high strength steel or any other material, has a plain surface but with a deformed axis for use in all concrete constructions. The improved reinforcing bar (REBAR) for reinforced concrete constructions and reinforced concrete structures comprising a high strength material, a circular or oval or elliptical cross section of said bar; deformation of the axis of the bar in specific plane(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Inventor: Anil Krishna Kar
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Publication number: 20120327632Abstract: Bottom chassis for a tablet-type mobile display having a thickness of 0.2 mm, light weight and high strength by controlling the alloy composition and process condition. A method for manufacturing the bottom chassis comprises: (a) homogenizing a slab material by heating, the slab material having at most 0.3 wt % silicone, at most 0.4 wt % iron, at most 0.1 wt % copper, 0.15˜0.2 wt % manganese, 2.5˜3.5 wt % magnesium, 0.15˜0.35 wt % chromium, and at most 0.1 wt % zinc, the balance being impurities and aluminum; (b) subjecting the homogenized material to hot-rolling to thickness of 7.5±0.5 mm followed by cooling; (c) subjecting the hot-rolled and cooled material to a 1st cold-rolling to thickness of 2.5±0.5 mm followed by annealing; (d) subjecting the cold-rolled and annealed material to a finishing cold-rolling to thickness of 0.2±0.05 mm; (e) tempering the finishing cold-rolled material; and (f) processing the tempered material to the final shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD, G&G CORPORATIONInventors: Sang-Joon PARK, Bo-Hyun HEO
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Publication number: 20120305122Abstract: Provided are a steel pipe for a linepipe having a heavy wall thickness and excellent fracture toughness in a base material, and methods of producing the same. A welded heat affected zone is achieved by suppressing lowering of yield stress caused by a Bauschinger effect by optimizing the metal microstructure of a steel plate. A steel pipe has a composition which contains by mass % 0.03 to 0.08% C, 0.10% or less Si, 1.00 to 2.00% Mn, 0.010% or less P, 0.0030% or less S, 0.06% or less Al, 0.005 to 0.020% Nb, 0.005 to 0.025% Ti, 0.0010 to 0.0060% N, and Fe and unavoidable impurities as a balance. Ti(%)/N(%) is a value which falls within a range of 2 to 4, and a Ceq value is 0.30 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2010Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventors: Nobuyuki Ishikawa, Akihiko Tanizawa, Hitoshi Sueyoshi, Masayuki Horie, Yasumitsu Kiyoto
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Patent number: 8322179Abstract: In a reel furnace having a strip reeling device, the strip reeling device comprising a reel shaft, a reel drum supported on the reel shaft and at least one stirrup clamp, the reel shaft passing through a furnace wall delimiting the inner space of the reel furnace and being supported rotatably in supporting bearings outside the reel furnace, the reel drum and the at least one stirrup clamp being positioned with respect to one another by means of a connection element, and a gap for receiving a strip head being set between the reel drum and the at least one stirrup clamp. The useful life of the reel drum is appreciably increased and a strip thickness-dependent setting of the entry gap for the hot-rolled strip is ensured when the reel drum is designed as a closed body and the connection element is designed as an actuating device for fixing a specific gap width between the reel drum and the stirrup clamp and for clamping a strip head which has entered the gap.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2006Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Siemens Vai Metals Technologies GmbHInventors: Oliver Grieshofer, Herbert Hinterleitner, Michael Jesche, Thomas Kierner, Friedrich Moser, Wolfgang Peitl, Guenter Thaller, Peter Wimmer
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Publication number: 20120291927Abstract: Drawn heat treated steel wire for high strength spring use is provided containing, by mass %, C: 0.67% to less than 0.9%, Si: 2.0 to 3.5%, Mn: 0.5 to 1.2%, Cr: 1.3 to 2.5%, N: 0.003 to 0.007%, and Al: 0.0005% to 0.003%, having Si and Cr satisfying the following formula: 0.3%?Si?Cr?1.2%, and having a balance of iron and unavoidable impurities, having as impurities, P: 0.025% or less and S: 0.025% or less, furthermore having a circle equivalent diameter of undissolved spherical carbides of less than 0.2 ?m, further having, as a metal structure, at least residual austenite in a volume rate of over 6% to 15%, having a prior austenite grain size number of #10 or more, and having a circle equivalent diameter of undissolved spherical carbides of less than 0.2 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Hashimura, Tetsushi Chida
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Publication number: 20120272705Abstract: A sheet metal repair jig for smoothening a sheet metal by heating and cooling a part of the sheet metal to be repaired includes at least one roller having a cylindrical shape, the roller being made of an electrically-conductive material and serving as a heating means; a roller support shaft supporting the roller pivotably about an axis of rotation of the cylindrical shape; a support supporting the roller support shaft and having an electrode electrically connected to the roller; and a cooling channel serving as an air channel for discharging cooling air to a contact surface between the part of the sheet metal to be repaired and the roller. The cooling channel is formed inside the roller support shaft and has a discharge port that discharges the cooling air to the contact surface between the part of the sheet metal to be repaired and the roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Inventor: Akio Hirane
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Publication number: 20120244373Abstract: There are provided a method for producing a magnesium alloy sheet having good press formability and a magnesium alloy coil stock obtained by coiling the magnesium alloy sheet. After a raw material sheet 1 composed of a magnesium alloy is preheated to 280° C. or less, the heated raw material sheet 1 is rolled with a reduction roll 3 and the obtained long rolled sheet is coiled. The surface temperature of the reduction roll 3 is set to be 230° C. or more and 290° C. or less. The preheating, rolling, and coiling are repeatedly performed in a continuous manner. By setting both the temperatures of the raw material sheet 1 and reduction roll 3 to be certain temperatures, the rolling property of the raw material sheet can be improved and the raw material sheet can be properly rolled in a continuous manner. In addition, a variation in temperature in the width direction of the reduction roll can be suppressed and uniform rolling can be performed, resulting in the production of a long magnesium alloy sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2010Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki Mori, Yukihiro Oishi
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Publication number: 20120234066Abstract: A method of production of an ?+?-type titanium alloy part for a motorcycle, car, or bicycle which has a high Young's modulus (rigidity) in the axial direction of the shaped product and a bolt, engine valve, or connecting rod made of an ?+?-type titanium alloy and a method of production of the same, wherein an ?+?-type titanium alloy is heated at the temperatures giving the ?-single phase, then is uni-directionally hot rolled, the plate is machined so that a direction vertical to both the hot rolling direction and thickness direction (width direction) corresponds to the direction in which high rigidity is demanded in the finished part, that is, the axial direction of the bolt, engine valve, or connecting rod, and the X-ray diffraction intensities I(0002), I(10-10), and I(10-11), of the (0002) plane, (10-10) plane, and (10-11) plane of the titanium ?-phase measured at the cross-sections vertical to the longitudinal axial direction of the parts satisfy I(0002)/[I(10-10)+I(10-11)]?1.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2010Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventors: Kazuhiro Takahashi, Akira Kawakami, Tomonori Kunieda, Motomi Masaki
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Publication number: 20120237388Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel sheet for springs having both a high strength and excellent formability has a chemical composition comprising C: 0.01-0.15%, Si: at most 3.0%, Mn: at most 3.0%, Cr: 10.0-30.0%, Ni: 4.0-20.0%, N: at most 0.40%, and a remainder of Fe and impurities, and it has a metallurgical structure such that the austenite content ?s (%) in the surface region of the steel sheet and the austenite content ?c (%) in the center region of the sheet thickness satisfy (?s+?c)/2?55 and ?s/?c?0.10, with the remaining structure being primarily strain-induced martensite.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Masayoshi SAWADA
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Publication number: 20120214015Abstract: A hemming station is configured for hemming a panel assembly including an outer panel having a hem flange defined by a hem edge. The hemming station includes a roller configured to fold the hem flange, a heating device configured to heat the hem edge, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to control the roller and the heating device such that the roller folds the hem flange when the temperature of the hem edge is in a predetermined temperature range.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2011Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: John E. Carsley, Anil K. Sachdev, James C. O'Kane, Raja K. Mishra, Rajesh Raghavan
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Publication number: 20120192611Abstract: In a method for producing a sheet metal part, a sheet metal blank is rolled to have at least two regions of different material thickness to define a thick region and a thin region, with a thickness profile of the sheet metal blank extending in substantial symmetric relationship to a central plane of the sheet metal blank. The sheet metal blank is inserted into a forming tool having a punch and a die and a punch-proximal side of the sheet metal blank is contacted with a pressing cam formed on the punch. The sheet metal blank is formed into the sheet metal part by pressing the punch against the die and thereby forming an embossment by a die cam provided on the die on a die-proximal side of the sheet metal part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Christian Hielscher, Otto Buschsieweke
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Publication number: 20120193589Abstract: Disclosed is a silver alloy target for forming a reflective electrode film for an organic EL element, which has a component composition containing 0.1% to 1.5% by mass of In and the remainder composed of Ag and unavoidable impurities. The average grain diameter of the crystal grain of the alloy is 150 to 400 ?m, and the dispersion of the grain diameter of the crystal grain is 20% of the average grain diameter or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2010Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Shozo Komiyama, Ikuo Ito
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Publication number: 20120177532Abstract: A method of forming an article from an a-13 titanium including, in weight percentages, from about 2.9 to about 5.0 aluminum, from about 2.0 to about 3.0 vanadium, from about 0.4 to about 2.0 iron, from about 0.2 to about 0.3 oxygen, from about 0.005 to about 0.3 carbon, from about 0.001 to about 0.02 nitrogen, and less than about 0.5 of other elements. The method comprises cold working the ??? titanium alloy.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: ATI Properties, Inc.Inventors: John J. Hebda, Randall W. Hickman, Ronald A. Graham
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Publication number: 20120128997Abstract: A coil material capable of contributing to an improvement of the productivity of a high-strength magnesium alloy sheet and a method for manufacturing the coil material are provided. Regarding the method for manufacturing a coil material through coiling of a sheet material formed from a metal into the shape of a cylinder, so as to produce the coil material, the sheet material is a cast material of a magnesium alloy discharged from a continuous casting machine and the thickness t (mm) thereof is 7 mm or less. The sheet material 1 is coiled with a coiler while the temperature T (° C.) of the sheet material 1 just before coiling is controlled to be a temperature at which the surface strain ((t/R)×100) represented by the thickness t and the bending radius R (mm) of the sheet material 1 becomes less than or equal to the elongation at room temperature of the sheet material 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: Sumitomo Electries Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Masatada Numano, Michimasa Miyanaga, Takeshi Uchihara, Yukihiro Oishi, Nozomu Kawabe
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Publication number: 20120121825Abstract: Provided are a bottom chassis, a method of fabricating the same, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) including the same. The bottom chassis is fabricated using an aluminum alloy plate including, by weight, 0.5 to 1.5% manganese, 0.8 to 1.5% magnesium, 0.01 to 0.03% titanium, less than 0.02% molybdenum, and 96% or more aluminum.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventor: Sang-Joon PARK
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Publication number: 20120096914Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing a slab (1) in a device, which comprises at least one furnace (2), at least one processing device (3, 4) arranged downstream of the furnace (2) in the conveying direction (F) of the slab (1), and a rolling train (5) arranged downstream of the at least one processing device (3, 4) in the conveying direction (F) of the slab (1), wherein means (6, 7) are provided, by means of which a force can be applied to the sides (8, 9) of the slab (1) in order to move the axis (10) of the slab (1) in agreement with a specified position transversely to the conveying direction (F) of the slab (1), in particular in accordance with the axis (11) of the rolling train (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2009Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Jürgen Seidel, Klaus Lazzaro
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Publication number: 20120070330Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet comprises, by weight, not less than 0.25% and not more than 0.5% of C, not less than 4% and not more than 14% of Mn, not less than 6.5% and not more than 9.5% of Cr, and not less than 0.3% and not more than 3% of Si. The high-strength steel sheet satisfies the following formulas 1 and 2 and mainly consists of austenite, and the high-strength steel sheet has yield strength of not less than 1000 MPa and total elongation of not less than 20%. 12?2.0Si+5.5Al+Cr+1.5Mo?25 ??(1) 13 ?30C+0.5Mn+0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2008Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTDInventors: Masashi Ishii, Sven Leonhardt, Yoshitaka Okitsu, Klaus Brokmeier, Georg Frommeyer, Ursula Frommeyer, Astrid Frommeyer
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Publication number: 20120031160Abstract: The present invention relates to low carbon welded tubes and process of manufacture thereof. Manufacture of welded tubes utilising draw bench processes is energy intensive process due to the need of multiple pass (to enhance mechanical properties, in particular tensile and yield strength) to reduce the diameter of the hollow to desired dimensions as only 20 to 35% reduction achievable in a single pass. Further, there is substantial material loss with every pass and poor control on dimensional stability and surface finish of the tube. The present invention provides a synergistic combination of induction and/or resistance heat treatment of the hollow and the cold rolling process resulting in remarkable reduction in energy consumption, and at the same time enhancing quality of the resulting tubes with improved dimensional stability, closeness of tolerance, reduced thickness variation, concentricity and substantial reduction in material wastage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: Arihant Domestic Appliances Ltd.Inventor: Harishchandra Waghulade Sanjay
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Publication number: 20120034484Abstract: Metal foil for the catalytic production of hydrogen, having the following chemical composition (in % by weight): C 0.001 to 0.5%; S max. 0.008%; N 0.1 to 0.3%; Cr 24 to 28%; Ni 30 to 33%; Mn 1.0 to 2.0%; Si 0.005 to 0.2%; Mo 6.0 to 7.5%; Ti max. 0.05%; Nb max. 0.05%; Cu 0.8 to 2.0%; P max. 0.025%; AI max. 0.2%; Cer composition metal 0.01 to 0.1%; W max. 0.5%; Co max. 0.5%; B 0.001 to 0.05%; the remainder being Fe and production-related impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP VDM GMBHInventor: Rainer Behrens
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Publication number: 20120014830Abstract: Ferritic stainless steel excellent in heat resistance and workability which contains, by mass %, C: 0.02% or less, N: 0.02% or less, Si: 2% or less, Mn: 2% or less, Cr: 10 to 20%, Cu: 0.4 to 3%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.5%, and B: 0.0002 to 0.0030% and has a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2010Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventors: Junichi Hamada, Norihiro Kanno, Akihiko Takahashi, Yoshiharu Inoue, Shinichi Teraoka
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Publication number: 20120000262Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing grain-oriented silicon steel with single cold rolling, comprising: 1) smelting, refining and continuous casting to obtain a casting blank; 2) hot rolling; 3) normalization, i.e. normalizing annealing and cooling; 4) cold-rolling, i.e. single cold rolling at a cold rolling reduction rate of 75-92%; 5) decarburizing annealing at 780-880° C. for 80-350 s in a protective atmosphere having a due point of 40-80° C., wherein the total oxygen [0] in the surface of the decarburized sheet: 171/t?[O]?313/t (t represents the actual thickness of the steel sheet in mm), the amount of absorbed nitrogen: 2-10 ppm; 6) high temperature annealing, wherein the dew point of the protective atmosphere: 0-50° C., the temperature holding time at the first stage: 6-30 h, the amount of absorbed nitrogen during high-temperature annealing: 10-40 ppm; 7) hot-leveling annealing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2009Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Guobao Li, Pijun Zhang, Yongjie Yang, Kanyi Shen, Zhuochao Hu, Peiwen Wu, Weizhong Jin, Quanli Jiang
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Publication number: 20110318597Abstract: The present invention provides a titanium material for hot rolling that enables reduction of defects occurring on the surface (in the case of a flat material or strip coil, including not only the flat surfaces but also the side surfaces and edges) owing to the hot rolling, and a method of producing the same, particularly to a titanium material for hot rolling enabling omission of an ingot breakdown process, and a method of producing the same, characterized in that it is a titanium material for hot rolling having dimples imparted by cold plastic deformation whose mean value of the heights (Wc) of the undulation profile elements is 0.2 to 1.5 mm and mean value of the lengths (WSm) thereof is 3 to 15 mm, and makes it possible to minimize surface defects occurring in hot rolling even if a process for breaking down the ingot is omitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2010Publication date: December 29, 2011Inventors: Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tomonori Kunieda, Kenichi Mori, Hiroaki Otsuka, Hideki Fujii, Yoshimasa Miyazaki, Takashi Oda, Hisamune Tanaka, Osamu Tada, Norio Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20110311835Abstract: The present invention provides a titanium slab for hot rolling which can be fed into a general purpose hot-rolling mill for producing strip coil, without passage through a breakdown process such as blooming or a straightening process, and can further suppress surface defect occurrence of the hot-rolled strip coil, and a method of producing and a method of rolling the same, characterized in that in the cast titanium slab an angle ? formed by the crystal growth direction (solidification direction) from the surface layer toward the interior and a direction parallel to the slab casting direction (longitudinal direction) is 45 to 90°, and moreover, there is a surface layer structure of 10 mm or greater whose ? is 70 to 90°, and further characterized in that a crystal grain layer of 10 mm or greater is formed whose C-axis direction inclination of a titanium a phase is, as viewed from the side of the slab to be hot rolled, in the range of 35 to 90° from the normal direction of the surface to be hot rolled.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2010Publication date: December 22, 2011Inventors: Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tomonori Kunieda, Kenichi Mori, Hiroaki Otsuka, Hideki Fujii, Yoshihiro Fujii, Yoshimasa Miyazaki, Takashi Oda, Hisamune Tanaka, Osamu Tada