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Process for shaping and improving the mechanical properties of blanks produced by powder metallurgy from an alloy with increased high-temperature strength by extrusion

Assignee: ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd
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Filing: 1989-07-28
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Granted: 1991-02-12
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Expires: 2009-07-28
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Abstract

Abstract Process for shaping and improving the mechanical properties of blanks produced by powder metallurgy from an alloy with increased high-temperature strength by extrusion, and the deformation is successively performed in at least two temperature ranges different from one another or in two phases, in that the blank (2) is first reduced in its cross section at a temperature T1 and then is either agin reduced in at a lower temperature T2 or is deformed at a temperature T3 under counterpressure so that its cross section is further widened. T3 can be smaller than or equal to T1.

Inventors

  • 👤 Malcolm Couper
  • 👤 Reinhard Fried

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 23:02
CPC Classifications
B; B22; B22F; B22F3/00; B22F3/20; B21; B21C; B21C23/00; B21C23/001; B21C23/01; B22F3/02; B22F3/04; B22F9/00; B22F9/002; B22F9/02; B22F9/06; B22F9/08; C; C22; C22C; C22C21/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim 87 words
Process for shaping and improving the mechanical properties of blanks (2) produced by powder metallurgy from an alloy with increased high-temperature strength by hot extrusion, characterized in that the deformation is successively performed in at least two temperature ranges different from one another, and the workpiece is first reduced in its cross section by hot extrusion in a higher temperature range (T 1 ) and then is further deformed in a lower temperature range (T 2 ) by hot extrusion, and its cross section is further reduced.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 87 words
Process for shaping and improving the mechanical properties of blanks (2) produced by powder metallurgy from an alloy with increased high-temperature strength by hot extrusion, characterized in that the deformation is successively performed in at least two temperature ranges different from one another, and the workpiece is first reduced in its cross section by hot extrusion in a higher temperature range (T 1 ) and then is further deformed in a lower temperature range (T 2 ) by hot extrusion, and its cross section is further reduced.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 44 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein the alloy with increased high-temperature strength is selected from the group consisting of precipitation-hardenable high-temperature aluminum alloys produced from supersaturated melt by an extremely high cooling rate, oxide-dispersion-hardened magnesium alloys, precipitation-hardenable oxide-dispersion-hardened copper alloys and oxide-dispersion-hardened nickel-bas superalloys.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 76 words
Process according to claim 2, wherein the alloy is a high-temperature aluminum alloy and the first deformation is performed in the temperature range (T 1 ) of 360° to 450° C. with a first reduction ratio of 4:1 to 8:1 and the second deformation is performed in temperature range (T 2 ) of 200° to 350° C. with a second reduction ratio of 2:1 to 6:1, so that the total reduction ratio is 8:1 to 40:1.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 36 words
Process according to one of above claims 1 to 3, wherein blank (2) made of aluminum alloy produced by powder metallurgy is cold-isostatically prepressed and degassed or cold-isostatically prepressed, degassed and further cold or hot compressed.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 37 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein the workpiece produced by the first deformation reducing the cross section is hot forged before the second deformation by upsetting in the extrusion direction so that its cross section is widened.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 106 words
Process for shaping and improving the mechanical properties of blanks (2) produced by powder metallurgy from an alloy with increased high-temperature strength by hot extrusion, wherein the deformation is performed in at least two phases, and the material is first reduced in its cross section by hot extrusion in a first temperature range (T 1 ) and then is again deformed in a second temperature range (T 2 , T 3 ) by hot extrusion, and its cross section is again widened, so that immediately after said first reduction it is forced to a comparatively angular deflection and to a flow crosswise to the extrusion direction.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 106 words
Process for shaping and improving the mechanical properties of blanks (2) produced by powder metallurgy from an alloy with increased high-temperature strength by hot extrusion, wherein the deformation is performed in at least two phases, and the material is first reduced in its cross section by hot extrusion in a first temperature range (T 1 ) and then is again deformed in a second temperature range (T 2 , T 3 ) by hot extrusion, and its cross section is again widened, so that immediately after said first reduction it is forced to a comparatively angular deflection and to a flow crosswise to the extrusion direction.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 44 words
Process according to claim 6, wherein the alloy with increased high-temperature strength is selected from the group consisting of precipitation-hardenable high-temperature aluminum alloys produced from supersaturated melt by an extremely high cooling rate, oxide-dispersion-hardened magnesium alloys, precipitation-hardenable oxide-dispersion-hardened copper alloys and oxide-dispersion-hardened nickel-based superalloys.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 71 words
Process according to claim 7, wherein the alloy is a high-temperature aluminum alloy and wherein the first deformation is performed in temperature range (T 1 ) of 360° to 450° C. with a reduction ratio of 4:1 and the second deformation serving to widen the cross section is performed in temperature range (T 2 , T 3 ) of 200° to 500° C. with a widening ratio of 1:2 to 1:8.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 37 words
Process according to claim 8, wherein the second deformation serving to widen the cross section is performed at a temperature (T 2 , T 3 ), which is below temperature (T 1 ) of the first deformation.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 37 words
Process according to claim 8, wherein the second deformation serving to widen the cross section is performed at a temperature (T 2 , T 3 ), which is above temperature (T 1 ) of the first deformation.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 38 words
Process according to claim 8, wherein the cross-sectional reduction of the first deformation and the cross-sectional widening of the second deformation approximately offset each other so that the product has approximately the original cross-sectional area of the blank.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 42 words
Process according to claim 11, wherein a cross-sectional reduction by extrusion with a reduction ratio of 4:1 to 8:1 in temperature range T 1 of 360° to 450° C. is placed upstream from the deformation consisting of cross-sectional reduction and cross-sectional widening.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 29 words
Process according to claim 6, wherein the second deformation is performed under hydrostatic pressure or under superposition of isostatic pressure in sense of a combined extrusion- and hot-isostatic pressing.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 61 words
Process according to claim 6, wherein the first and second deformation are performed at the same time but locally separated in an extrusion press, which consists of two containers (14, 19), an intermediately placed extrusion die (16) and two rams (15, 18), and the latter perform an axial movement in the same direction relative to the center of extrusion die (16).
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 36 words
Process according to one of above claims 6 to 14, wherein blank (2) made of aluminum alloy produced by powder metallurgy is cold-isostatically prepressed and degassed or cold-isostatically prepressed, degassed and further cold or hot compressed.

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