Accession Number:

ADD014072

Title:

Bearings Fabricated from Rapidly Solidified Powder and Method.

Descriptive Note:

Patent, Filed 24 Nov 87, patented 28 Feb 89,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Adam, Colin M.

Report Date:

1989-02-28

Pagination or Media Count:

11.0

Abstract:

A process of fabricating steel stock for bearing components from highly alloyed steel powders supersaturated in carbon up to 0.5 weight percent in ferrite and up to 1.0 weight percent in austenite type combinations is disclosed. Rapid solidification of an atomized molten composition yields a metal powder with a diameter ranging between 75 and 105 microns. The metal powder is then compressed and heated to a low forging temperature between 1,600 and 1,800 F. to yield the steel stock. Keywords Solidified powders, Powder alloys, Solidification, Fatigue mechanics, Patents. sdw

Descriptors:

• *BEARINGS
• *POWDER METALS
• *SOLIDIFICATION
• AUSTENITE
• CARBON
• FERRITES
• FORGING
• LOW TEMPERATURE
• PATENTS
• POWDER ALLOYS
• POWDERS
• QUICK REACTION
• STEEL

Subject Categories:

• Properties of Metals and Alloys
• Fabrication Metallurgy
• Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE