发明名称 |
PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR SURFACE HARDENING OF REFRACTORY METAL WORKPIECES |
摘要 |
A process and apparatus for forming a hardened outer shell (40) on a refractory metal workpiece (36) preferably heated in a fluidized bed of metallic oxide particles (38) in an environment of an inert gas and a reactive gas with the reactive gas either oxygen or nitrogen. The workpieces (36) are heated in the fluidized bed to a temperature between 800 DEG F and 1,600 DEG F for a period of over two hours to form hardened outer shell (40) in two layers (42, 44). Outer layer (42) is an oxide or nitride layer having a thickness (T1) between 10 microns and 25 microns. Inner layer (44) is a case hardened layer of the refractory metal having a thickness (T2) between 25 microns and 75 microns. In one embodiment (Figure 3) workpieces (56) may be cold worked by peening from finely divided metal oxide particles (54) to provide a uniform surface texture for subsequent hardening. |
申请公布号 |
WO9306257(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
1993.04.01 |
申请号 |
WO1992US06088 |
申请日期 |
1992.07.22 |
申请人 |
KEMP DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION |
发明人 |
KEMP, WILLARD, E. |
分类号 |
C23C14/08;C21D1/53;C21D1/62;C23C8/10;C23C8/24;C23C8/28 |
主分类号 |
C23C14/08 |
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