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Process for the thermal treatment of metal workpieces in a vacuum

CA 1308631 C · Owner: Heilmann, Paul · Inventors: Schuster, Rolf; Heilmann, Paul; Preisser, Friedrich

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During the thermal treatment of metallic work pieces in a vacuum oven using gas quenching, one achieves quenching intensities comparable to those achieved in an oil bath if one uses helium hydrogen, mixtures of these, or mixtures of helium and/or hydrogen with up to 30%-volume inert gas are used as a cooling gas, and the pressure "p" in the oven is adjusted to a value between 1 and 4 MPa and adjusts a value between 10 and 250 m Mpa sec-1 for the gas circulation velocity "v" relative to, the product of p ? v.

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  • Granted October 13, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 13, 2009.
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FiledOctober 27, 1988
GrantedOctober 13, 1992
Term endedOctober 13, 2009
Patent numberCA 1308631 C
Classification (IPC)C21D1/77 +2 more

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1989199219951998200120042007Application filedOct 27, 1988Patent grantedOct 13, 1992Term endedOct 13, 2009

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