The present invention discloses a Fluid End and its manufacturing method. The conventional fluid end manufacturing methods involve machining of all surfaces. This demands more input stock for manufacturing process and a lot of material wastage during machining process. In the conventional processes involving open die forging followed by machining result into only about 34% utilization of material. In the present invention, fluid end component geometry is optimized. Assembly surfaces are machined whereas other or non-assembly surfaces are as-forged condition. The method of invention also results in significant reduction in machining time and chip removal. The present invention also discloses a process of manufacturing using a combination of open die and closed die forging, and machining. It involves the steps of cogging an ingot to form billet for closed die forging using open die forging, forging the billet in closed die using forging equipment, semi-finish/rough/partial machining, heat treatment, drilling and finish machining the component. Most of the non-assembly areas of the fluid end are left in as-forged condition.

The invention relates to a method and to a device for heat treating a metal component. The method comprises at least the following steps: a) heating the component; b) setting a temperature difference between at least one first sub-region and at least one second sub-region of the component; c) at least partially forming and/or cooling the component in a press hardening tool; and d) mechanically post-processing the at least one first sub-region of the component.

A method of heating a selected portion of an object includes the steps of projecting an energy beam onto a surface of the object and repetitively scanning the beam in accordance with a scanning pattern so as to establish an effective spot on the surface, and displacing the effective spot along a track to progressively heat a selected portion of the object. The selected portion has a first width at a first position along the track and a second width at a second position along the track. The second width is less than 75% of the first width.

The scanning pattern is repeated with a first frequency in correspondence with the first position and with a second frequency in correspondence with the second position, the second frequency being more than 60% and less than 140% of the first frequency.

A method for improving the uniformity of connection performance of an assembly surface based on zoned hardening is provided. Through a finite element contact analysis of the assembly surface, a topology optimization of the hardening layer layout of the assembly surface is carried out with the aim of improving the uniformity of the connection performance of the assembly surface. The design is based on the optimized theoretical data, and uses the laser hardening technology to realize the zoned differential hardening of the assembly surface. By performing the zoned differential hardening on the assembly surface, the uniformity of the connection performance of the assembly surface can be effectively improved, and the purpose of improving the high cycle fatigue and the vibration of the high-end equipment parts such as aero-engines can be further achieved.

The proposed solution relates, in particular, to an engine component having at least one first loading zone, which is designed for dynamic loads arising at the engine component when the engine component is correctly built into an engine and when the engine is operating, and a second loading zone, which is provided spaced at a distance from the first loading zone on the engine component and likewise is designed for dynamic loads arising at the engine component when the engine component is correctly built into an engine and when the engine is operating.

The proposal is, in particular, that at least one spatially delimited modification zone with introduced internal tensile stress is formed on the engine component, via which zone a crack propagating in the engine component is guided to the and/or within the second loading zone.

A method and a device produces a pressing tool. A pressing tool is provided for producing a workpiece, which pressing tool includes a structured pressing surface of metal with elevations and recesses. Subsequently, a laser or an electron beam device is controlled such that a laser beam generated by the laser and/or an electron beam generated by the electron beam device is directed onto the pressing surface and hits it, such that the pressing surface is laser hardened and/or electron beam hardened.

A cooling apparatus for cooling a metallic material has at least one cooling beam with a plurality of coolant application elements for applying the metallic material with a coolant. In order to be able to adapt such known cooling apparatuses even more precisely to different temperature distributions across the width of the metallic material to be cooled the density of the cross-sectional areas of the outlet openings of the coolant application elements in the width direction y of the cooling beam be distributed or dimensioned according to the amount of the slope of the distribution of the temperature T(y) of the metallic material across its width before the inlet under the cooling beam. A method for cooling a metallic material so includes determining a temperature distribution of the metallic material to be cooled and producing or selecting a cooling beam to match the temperature distribution of the metallic material.

The present disclosure discloses a method for improving fatigue strength of a workpiece (100). The method comprises positioning the workpiece (100) in a punch and die assembly (102). Operating the punch and die assembly (102) one or more times to imprint surface features (2) on a portion of a surface of the workpiece (100), wherein the surface features (2) induces compressive residual stresses at a sub-surface level of the workpiece (100), and improves the fatigue strength of the workpiece (100).

A method for at least locally increasing the plasticity of a metal workpiece, which contains in particular an aluminum alloy, wherein the workpiece is irradiated in order to increase its temperature, and an associated production device, is provided. In order to be able to more quickly and thoroughly heat specific regions of a metal workpiece than other regions in a targeted manner, wherein it is possible to heat these regions more quickly and thoroughly with the same radiation output, while the surface of the workpiece remains largely unaffected, it is proposed that an absorbent be applied at least locally to the workpiece prior to irradiation thereof, wherein the degree of absorption of the absorbent for the radiation is greater than the degree of absorption of the workpiece for the radiation.

A guiding member, having a body provided with a bore for mounting a mobile element is presented. The body consists of a metallic material. The bore has a surface layer treated against jamming over a diffusion depth of less than or equal to 0.6 mm. The surface layer has a hardness of greater than or equal to 500 Hv1 over a depth of between 5 and 50 μm.