Apparatus (1) for cooling an automobile component (20) by means of a gas, the apparatus comprising a cooling box (11) with a re-closeable opening (12) for receiving an automobile component (20) to be cooled, wherein at least one heat sink (13) is provided inside the cooling box (11) for cooling of the gas, and wherein the apparatus (10) includes at least one infra sound pulsator (2,3) arranged to provide an infra sound into said cooling box (11) to improve heat exchange of the gas both with a cooling surface of the at least one heat sink (13), and with the automobile component (20).

This non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a base metal having a predetermined chemical composition satisfying the expression [Si+0.5×Mn≥4.3], and an average grain size of the base metal is more than 40 μm and 120 μm or less.

A method of braze repair for a superalloy material component. Following a brazing operation on the superalloy material, the component is subjected to an isostatic solution treatment, followed by a rapid cool down to ambient temperature under pressure The conditions of the isostatic solution treatment combined with the cool down at pressure function to both reduce porosity in the component and to solution treat the superalloy material, thereby optimizing superalloy properties without reintroducing porosity in the braze.

The present invention provides fabrication methods for cold rolled, precoated and press hardened steel sheets, for which the chemical composition includes, with contents expressed by weight, 0.24%≤C≤0.38%, 0.40%≤Mn≤3%, 0.10%≤Si≤0.70%, 0.015%≤Al≤0.070%, 0%≤Cr≤2%, 0.25%≤Ni≤2%, 0.015%≤Ti≤0.10%, 0%≤Nb≤0.060%, 0.0005%≤B≤0.0040%, 0.003%≤N≤0.010%, 0.0001%≤S≤0.005%, 0.0001%≤P≤0.025%, it being understood that the titanium and nitrogen content satisfy: Ti/N>3.42, and that the carbon, manganese, chromium and silicon content satisfy: 2.6C+Mn/5.3+Cr/13+Si/15≥1.1%, with the chemical composition optionally including one or more of the following elements: 0.05%≤Mo≤0.65%, 0.001%≤W≤0.30%, 0.0005%≤Ca≤0.005%, with the remainder made up of iron and inevitable impurities coming from preparation.

A steel alloy is disclosed that provides a unique combination of strength, toughness, and fatigue life. The steel alloy has the following composition in weight percent:

TABLE-US-00001 C about 0.15 to about 0.30 Mn about 1.7 to about 2.3 Si about 0.7 to about 1.1 Cr about 1.85 to about 2.35 Ni about 0.5 to about 0.9 Mo + ½W about 0.1 to about 0.3 Cu about 0.3 to about 0.7 V + 5/9 × Nb about 0.2 to about 0.5
The balance of the alloy is iron, usual impurities, and residual amounts of other elements added during melting for deoxidizing and/or desulfurizing the alloy. A hardened and tempered steel article made from the alloy is also disclosed.

Method for forming a metallic component surface to achieve lower electrical contact resistance. The method comprises modifying a surface chemical composition and creating a micro-textured surface structure of the metallic component that includes small peaks and/or pits. The small peaks and pits have a round or irregular cross-sectional shape with a diameter between 10 nm and 10 microns, a height/depth between 10 nm and 10 microns, and a distribution density between 0.4 million/cm.sup.2 and 5 billion cm.sup.2.

In various embodiments, electronic devices such as touch-panel displays incorporate interconnects featuring a conductor layer and, disposed above the conductor layer, a capping layer comprising an alloy of Cu and one or more refractory metal elements selected from the group consisting of Ta, Nb, Mo, W, Zr, Hf, Re, Os, Ru, Rh, Ti, V, Cr, and Ni.

In various embodiments, electronic devices such as touch-panel displays incorporate interconnects featuring a conductor layer and, disposed above the conductor layer, a capping layer comprising an alloy of Cu and one or more refractory metal elements selected from the group consisting of Ta, Nb, Mo, W, Zr, Hf, Re, Os, Ru, Rh, Ti, V, Cr, and Ni.

This disclosure is directed at mechanical property improvement in a metallic alloy that has undergone one or more mechanical property losses as a consequence of forming an edge, such as in the formation of an internal hole or an external edge. Methods are disclosed that provide the ability to improve mechanical properties of metallic alloys that have been formed with one or more edges placed in the metallic alloy by a variety of methods which may otherwise serve as a limiting factor for industrial applications.

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the targeted heat treatment of specific component zones of a steel component. A predominantly austenitic structure can be created in the steel component in one or more first regions, from which, by quenching, a majority martensitic microstructure can be created; and in one or more second regions, a majority bainitic microstructure can be created, wherein the steel component is initially heated in a furnace to a temperature above the AC3 temperature, the steel component is subsequently transferred into a treatment station, and can cool down during the transfer, and in the treatment station, the one or more second regions of the steel component are cooled down to a cooling finish temperature ϑ.sub.2 during a treatment time.