A helicoidal blade system is presented having an armature to facilitate bending of metal stock to form helicoidal blades. In one or more embodiments, the armature has an exterior surface that is generally conical in shape and includes a guide structure and an engagement track. The helicoidal blade system also includes drive coupler and motor that are operably coupled together. The drive coupler is configured to engage the engagement track of the conical armature and rotate the conical armature when the motor is operated. A blade metal feed apparatus is configured to feed the metal stock into the helical shaped guide structure as the conical armature is rotated. As the conical armature is rotated, the metal stock is bent around the armature within the helical shaped guide structure to form one or more helicoidal blades.

The present invention provides a high-strength tin blackplate and a manufacturing method therefor.

The tin blackplate according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: by wt %, 0.03 to 0.09% of carbon (C); 0.2 to 0.4% of manganese (Mn); 0.01 to 0.06% of aluminum (Al); 0.15 to 0.45% of chromium (Cr); 0.05 to 0.25% of copper (Cu); 0.03 to 0.08% of titanium (Ti); and the balance of iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities, and has a yield strength of 570 to 700 MPa.

A direct flame furnace burner unit for furnaces for the thermo-chemical treatment of steel strips in continuous hot-dip galvanizing plants includes a burner with a combustion head provided with a combustion chamber having an outlet opening of the combustion flame, and a body to which the combustion head is fixed. The body includes a first chamber which is in communication with the combustion chamber, a first lance for the injection of a fuel into the combustion chamber, a mixing chamber provided with at least a first inlet and a second inlet opening which is connectable to a second supply source, at least a second lance for the injection of the mixture into the combustion chamber. The burner is operable in two distinct operating modes, a diffusive flame combustion mode and a premixed flame combustion mode.

A process of producing a partially hardened metallic formed part comprises: heating a semi-finished product of hardenable hot-formable steel sheet to a hardening temperature; hot-forming the heated semi-finished product in a combined hot-forming cutting device into a three-dimensional formed part; cutting the formed part in the combined hot-forming cutting device; pressure-hardening the formed part in the hot-forming cutting device into a hardened formed part such that a first partial region is hardened by rapid cooling and that a second partial region of the formed part is heat-treated so as to comprise a greater ductility and a lower strength than the first partial region, wherein the operation of cutting the formed part takes place at least in one of the first and second partial region. A combined hot-forming cutting device can be used to produce a metallic formed part.

This Zn-plated hot stamped product includes a steel, a Zn-based plating layer, and an oxide layer, in which an upper layer which is a region on a surface side of the Zn-based plating layer has a two-phase structure of a Γ phase and an Fe—Zn solid solution, and a lower layer which is a region of the Zn-based plating layer excluding the upper layer has a single-phase structure of an Fe—Zn solid solution, an upper layer thickness and a lower layer thickness satisfy the following expression, a Mn content ratio of Max. Mn/Min. Mn, which is a ratio of a maximum value Max. Mn to a minimum value Min. Mn of an Mn content on a surface of the Zn-plated hot stamped product, is 10.0 or less, and an average value Ave. Mn is 0.5 to 7.5% by mass %.

0.20≤upper layer thickness/(upper layer thickness+lower layer thickness)≤0.80

An essentially lead free steel having improved machinability while reducing or eliminating lead (except for trace impurities) and without detriment of the material properties of the steel. The properties of the lead free steel are dependent on both the composition and method of manufacture. The improved lead free steel has, in percent by weight (wt-%): Carbon: 0.39-0.43%; Manganese: 0.75-1.00%; Silicon: 0.15-0.35%; Chromium: 0.80-1.05%; Molybdenum: 0.15-0.25%; at least one of Tellurium: 0.003-0.090 wt-%, Selenium: 0.080-0.2 wt-%, Sulfur: 0.065-0.09% wt-%, and Bismuth: 0.03-0.1 wt-%; and the balance being Fe and normally occurring scrap steel impurities. The hot-rolled lead-free steel product is subjected to a heat treatment at a first temperature for a first duration, at a second temperature for a second duration that is less than the first temperature, at a third temperature for a third time period that is greater than the second temperature, and subsequently cooling the steel product.

The present invention discloses a method for manufacturing a manual tool, comprising: performing dual-frequency induction quenching on a first surface of a moment output part or a moment transmission part of the manual tool such that a quench-hardened layer is formed within a first depth range from the first surface of the moment output part to the interior of the moment output part or within a first depth range from the first surface of the moment transmission part to the interior of the moment transmission part, the hardness of the quench-hardened layer being higher than that of the body of the moment output part or the moment transmission part; the dual-frequency induction quenching being configured to simultaneously feed or introduce a high-frequency current and an intermediate-frequency current to the same induction coil to simultaneously heat the first surface of the moment output part or the first surface of the moment transmission part by the high-frequency current and the intermediate-frequency current, and then the moment output part or the moment transmission part being cooled and quenched. The present invention also discloses a manual tool manufactured by the above method. The manual tool subjected to double-frequency induction quenching according to the present invention has good abrasion resistance.

A method of making a forged, martensitic, stainless steel alloy is provided. The alloy is a forged preform of martensitic, pitting corrosion resistant stainless steel alloy comprising, by weight: 12.0 to 16.0 percent chromium; greater than 16.0 to 20.0 percent cobalt, 6.0 to 8.0 percent molybdenum, 1.0 to 3.0 percent nickel, 0.02 to 0.04 percent carbon; and the balance iron and incidental impurities. The alloy has a microstructure that comprises a retained austenite phase less than or equal to 2 percent by volume of the microstructure. The method heats the preform to a solutionizing temperature to form a solutionized microstructure. The preform is cooled with a liquid to room temperature. The preform is immersed in a cryo-liquid to transform the retained austenite phase in the microstructure to martensite. The preform is heated to a temperature of less than 600° F. for a time sufficient to form a tempered forged preform.

A method and apparatus for treating a workpiece such as a mold grid includes moving the workpiece laterally along a conveyor assembly into a furnace for heating in a carbon-rich atmosphere to form a heated workpiece. The heated workpiece is then received from the furnace onto the conveyor assembly in an enclosed vestibule whereupon it is clamped under pressure between an overhead mechanical press and the conveyor assembly to form a clamped assembly. The clamped assembly, including a portion of the conveyor, is then lowered into a quenching bath via an elevator assembly until the heated workpiece is quenched, whereupon the clamped assembly is raised out of the bath and the clamping force released. This clamping during quenching acts to maintain the workpiece in a planar orientation while reducing warpage during the quenching process.

A flat steel product for hot forming may be produced from a steel substrate that includes a steel comprising 0.1-3% by weight Mn and up to 0.01% by weight B, along with a protective coating that is applied to the steel substrate. The protective coating may be based on Al and may contain up to 20% by weight of other alloy elements. Also disclosed are methods for producing such flat steel products, steel components, and methods for producing steel components. Absorption of hydrogen is minimized during heating necessary for hot forming. This is achieved at least in part through an alloy constituent of 0.1-0.5% by weight of at least one alkaline earth or transition metal in the protective coating, wherein an oxide of the alkaline earth or transition metal is formed on an outer surface of the protective coating during hot forming of the flat steel product.