| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20110041961 | HARDENED MARTENSITIC STEEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT FROM THIS STEEL AND COMPONENT OBTAINED IN THIS MANNER - The invention relates to steel which is characterized by the following composition as expressed in percentages by weight: —C=0.18 0.30%, —Co=5-7%, —Cr=2-5%, —Al=1-2%, —Mo+W/2=1-4%, —V=trace 0.3%, —Nb=trace 0.1%, —B=trace-50 ppm, —Ni=10.5-15% with Ni≧7+3.5 Al, —Si=trace 0.4%, —Mn=trace 0.4%, —Ca=trace-500 ppm, —Rare earths=trace-500 ppm, —Ti=trace-500 ppm, —O=trace-200 ppm if the steel is obtained by means of powder metallurgy or trace-50 ppm if the steel is produced in air or under a vacuum from molten metal, —N=trace-100 ppm, —S=trace-50 ppm, —Cu=trace-1%, and —P=trace-200 ppm, the remainder including iron and the inevitable impurities resulting from production. The invention also relates to a method of producing a part from said steel and to the part thus obtained. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110048583 | HARDENED MARTENSITIC STEEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT FROM THIS STEEL AND COMPONENT OBTAINED IN THIS MANNER - The invention relates to steel which is characterized by the following composition as expressed in percentages by weight: —C=0.18 0.30%, —Co=5-7%, —Cr=2-5%, —Al=1-2%, —Mo+W/2=1-4%, —V=trace 0.3%, —Nb=trace 0.1%, —B=trace−50 ppm, —Ni=10.5-15% with Ni≧7+3.5 Al, —Si=trace 0.4%, —Mn=trace 0.4%, —Ca=trace−500 ppm, —Rare earths=trace−500 ppm, —Ti=trace−500 ppm, −O=trace−200 ppm if the steel is obtained by means of powder metallurgy or trace−50 ppm if the steel is produced in air or under a vacuum from molten metal, —N=trace−100 ppm, —S=trace−50 ppm, —Cu=trace−1%, and —P=trace−200 ppm, the remainder including iron and the inevitable impurities resulting from production. The invention also relates to a method of producing a part from said steel and to the part thus obtained. | 03-03-2011 |
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| 20090301615 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VALVE AND VALVE OBTAINED IN THIS MANNER - The invention concerns a method for making a unitary spark ignition valve, characterized in that it consists in preparing and casting a steel made up in wt. % of: 0.45%≦C 0.55%; 12%≦Cr≦18%; 1%≦Si≦2.5%; traces≦Mn≦2%; 0.2%≦V≦0.5%; traces≦Mo≦0.5%; 0.05%≦N≦0.15% with 0.55%≦C+N≦0.70%; traces≦Ni≦1%; traces≦Cu≦0.25%; or Cu≦0.5 Ni if Cu>0.25%; traces≦Co≦1%; traces≦W≦0.2%; traces≦Nb≦0.15%; traces≦AI≦0.025%; traces≦Ti≦0.010%; traces≦S≦0.030%; traces≦P≦0.040%; traces≦B≦0.0050%; the balance being iron and impurities resulting from the preparation; in transforming by hot thermomechanical process, for example, by rolling and/or forging between 1000 and 1200° C.; optionally soft annealing, between 650 and 900° C. for 2 to 8 hours followed by air or furnace cooling; and performing the final thermal or thermomechanical treatments which will impart to the valve its shape and its final properties, including hot-shaping by forging or extrusion, and in a final manufacturing step a localized surface quenching, such as a high-frequency quenching, a plasma or a laser shock quenching, performed on certain parts of the valve. The invention also concerns a unitary spark ignition engine valve obtained by said method. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100139817 | MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR MAKING A MECHANICAL PART FROM SAID STEEL AND RESULTING PART - The invention concerns martensitic stainless steel, characterized in that its composition in weight percentages is as follows: 9%=Cr=13%; 1.5%=Mo=3%; 8%=Ni=14%; 1%=Al=2%; 0.5%=Ti=1.5% with AI+Ti=2.25%; traces=Co=2%; traces=W=1% with Mo+(W/2)=3%; traces=P=0.02%; traces=S=0.0050%; traces=N=0.0060%; traces=C=0.025%; traces=Cu=0.5%; traces=Mn=3%; traces=Si=0.25%; traces=O=0.0050%; and is such that: Ms (° C.)=1302 42 Cr 63 Ni 30 Mo+20AI-15W-33Mn-28Si-30Cu-13Co+10 Ti=50Cr eq/Ni eq=1.05 with Cr eq (%)=Cr+2Si+Mo+1.5 Ti+5.5 AI+0.6W Ni eq (%)=2Ni+0.5 Mn+3O C+25 N+Co+0.3 Cu. The invention also concerns a method for making a mechanical part using said steel, and the resulting part. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100200119 | HARDENED MARTENSITIC STEEL HAVING A LOW OR ZERO CONTENT OF COBALT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT FROM THIS STEEL, AND COMPONENT OBTAINED IN THIS MANNER - Steel, characterised in that the composition thereof is, in percentages by weight:
| 08-12-2010 |