A hat member 1 includes a top-plate portion 13, first ridges 113, and two side walls 11. The two side walls have a middle hardness Dc of 300 HV or higher. Each of the two side walls 11 includes a softened portion L and a strength-transition portion T adjacent to the softened portion L. The softened portion L has a hardness Dn lower than the middle hardness Dc by at least 8% (DcDn0.08Dc). The strength-transition portion T extends 0.5 mm or longer from the softened portion L toward the first end of the side wall. The strength-transition portion T has a hardness Dt that transitionally changes within the range of 8% to 1% lower than the middle hardness Dc (0.92DcDt0.99Dc). The hat member 1 further includes two second ridges 114 and two flanges 14.

The invention relates to a method for producing a steel composite in which at least two steel sheets that consist of different steel grades are placed against each other, hot rolled together, and then possibly cold rolled and in which after the rolling, the composite material, which is thus produced from at least two layers with different steel compositions, is diffusion annealed, wherein the annealing temperature is set so as to select the chemical potential of the steel materials to correspond to the following equation:

.sub.C, material 1>.sub.C, material 2,

where material 1 has a lower carbon content than material 2 so that an uphill diffusion of carbon takes place between material 1 and material 2.

In some embodiments, a process treats a turbine component. The turbine component includes an article and a wear component brazed to the article. The process includes applying a braze tape on at least a portion of the wear component and thermal processing the turbine component while the braze tape is on the at least a portion of the wear component to treat the turbine component. In some embodiments, an assembly includes a turbine component. The turbine component includes an article and a pre-sintered preform brazed to a surface of the article. The assembly also includes a braze tape on at least a portion of the pre-sintered preform. In some embodiments, a treated turbine component includes a treated article and a pre-sintered preform brazed to a surface of the treated article. The treated turbine component has been thermally processed with the pre-sintered preform being substantially free of re-flow.

A high-strength screw (2) includes a threaded portion (7) having a thread (8). The screw (2) includes an inner core (16) as seen in cross-section of the screw (2), the core (16) having a first hardness. The screw (2) includes an outer surface layer (17) as seen in cross-section of the screw (2). The screw (2) includes an unhardening layer (18) forming the outer surface layer (17) in the threaded portion (7), the unhardening layer (18) having a second hardness being reduced compared to the first hardness of the core (16).

A method for manufacturing a blade, the method includes casting a nickel alloy blade precursor having an airfoil and a root. The airfoil and the root are solution heat treating differently from each other. After the solution heat treating, the root is wrought processed. After the wrought processing, an exterior of the root is machined.

An austenitic stainless steel having excellent processability and surface characteristics and a method method of manufacturing the austenitic stainless steel are disclosed. The austenitic stainless steel includes, by weight %, 0.005% to 0.15% of carbon (C), 0.1% to 1.0% of silicon (Si), 0.1% to 2.0% of manganese (Mn), 6.0% to 10.5% of nickel (Ni), 16% to 20% of chromium (Cr), 0.005% to 0.2% of nitrogen (N), the remainder iron (Fe) and other unavoidable impurities, wherein a degree of Ni surface negative segregation defined by the following Formula (1) is in a range of 0.6 to 0.9.

(C.sub.Ni-Min)/(C.sub.Ni-Ave)Formula (1), where C.sub.Ni-Min is a minimum concentration of Ni on the surface of the austenitic stainless steel and C.sub.Ni-Ave is an average concentration of Ni on the surface of the austenitic stainless steel.

Provided are a ferritic stainless steel having an excellent strength and corrosion resistance to acid and a method of manufacturing the same. The ferritic stainless steel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, by weight %, 0.1% to 0.2% of carbon (C), 0.005% to 0.05% of nitrogen (N), 0.01% to 0.5% of manganese (Mn), 12.0% to 19.0% of chrome, 0.01% to 0.5% of nickel (Ni), 0.3% to 1.5% of copper (Cu), the remainder iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities, wherein a number of carbides having a diameter of 100 nm or more per unit area is 50 ea/100 m.sup.2 to 200 ea/100 m.sup.2.

An aspect of the present disclosure relates to a high-strength steel material having enhanced resistance to crack initiation and propagation at low temperature.

The invention relates to an apparatus and to a method for the press hardening of components (2), having at least one furnace (3), having a press (8), which is arranged downstream of the at least one furnace (3), and having a transporting apparatus (4). In order to provide for cycle times which are as short as possible, means (5) for transporting the components (2) are mounted in a moveable manner in the transporting apparatus (4), wherein the means (5) with the components (2) can be moved, along the transporting apparatus (4), through the furnace (3) and into the press (8), wherein the transporting apparatus (4) is continuous between the furnace (3) and the press (8), and wherein the components (2) can be transported from the furnace (3) to the press (8) without being manipulated.

A system and method of fabricating a percussion tool that includes one or more surfaces modified using the ferritic nitrocarburization process. The percussion tool includes a piston positioned in sliding contact within a casing. The piston includes an inner wall and an outer wall, where the inner wall defines a passageway extending longitudinally therethrough. The outer wall is positioned in close fitting relationship with an internal surface of the casing. One or more surfaces of at least one of the casing's internal surface and/or the piston's outer wall are modified using the ferritic nitrocarburization process.