A low melt superalloy powder mixture is provided for use with additive manufacturing or welding metal components or portions thereof. The low melt superalloy powder may include by weight about 9.5% to about 10.5% chromium, about 2.9% to about 3.4% cobalt, about 8.0% to about 9.0% aluminum, about 3.8% to about 4.3% tungsten, about 0.8% to about 1.2% molybdenum, about 10% to about 20% tantalum, about 3% to about 12% hafnium, and at least 40% nickel.

A vehicle compressor component includes an aluminum alloy material made by hot-extruding. The aluminum alloy material has a chemical composition consisting of Fe: 5.0% to 9.0% by mass, Mg: 0.7% to 3.0% by mass, V: 0.1% to 3.0% by mass, Mo: 0.1% to 3.0% by mass, Zr: 0.1% to 2.0% by mass, Ti: 0.02% to 2.0% by mass, and balance Al and unavoidable impurities. The aluminum alloy material has a density of 2.96 g/cm.sup.3 or more. A method for manufacturing the vehicle compressor component includes: compacting aluminum alloy powders having the chemical composition to prepare a compact; hot-extruding the compact to make an aluminum alloy material; and forming the aluminum alloy material into a desired shape.

Aluminum wheels include a rim and a disc having a mounting portion. The mounting portion includes an inner mounting face and an outer mounting face. The mounting portion also includes a coarse grain region and a fine grain region. The coarse grain region can be adjacent, and at least partially form, one of the inner mounting face or the outer mounting face. The coarse grain region includes aluminum alloy grains of a first average grain length that is greater than 1 mm. The fine grain region extends between the coarse grain region and the other of the inner mounting face or the outer mounting face. The fine grain region includes aluminum alloy grains of a second average grain length that is less than 0.5 mm.

Some variations provide an aluminum (Al) alloy containing at least 0.1 at % zirconium (Zr) and/or at least 0.1 at % chromium (Cr), wherein the aluminum alloy is in the form of an additively manufactured object. Other variations provide an aluminum-containing powder comprising Al particles, Cr particles, and Zr particles, wherein at least some of the Cr particles as well as at least some of the Zr particles are physically and/or chemically assembled on surfaces of the Al particles, and wherein the aluminum-containing powder contains at least 0.1 at % Zr and at least 0.1 at % Cr. In this invention, the combination of surface functionalization and additive manufacturing has fundamentally created a new composition space of valuable aluminum alloys. The disclosed Al alloys are strong, thermally stable, and corrosion-resistant.

High strength steel sheet having a tensile strength of 800 MPa or more comprising a middle part in sheet thickness and a soft surface layer arranged at one side or both sides of the middle part in sheet thickness, wherein each soft surface layer has a thickness of more than 10 μM and 30% or less of the sheet thickness, the soft surface layer has an average Vickers hardness of more than 0.60 time and 0.90 time or less the average Vickers hardness of the sheet thickness 1/2 position, and the soft surface layer has a nano-hardness standard deviation of 0.8 or less is provided.

A superalloy powder mixture is provided for use with additive manufacturing or welding metal components or portions thereof. The superalloy powder mixture includes at least 51% by weight a high melt superalloy powder and at least 5% by weight a low melt superalloy powder. The low melt superalloy powder may have a solidus temperature lower than the solidus temperature of the high melt superalloy powder by between 50° C. and 220° C. Each of the high melt superalloy powder, the low melt superalloy powder, and the superalloy powder mixture may have a nickel content by weight greater than 40% and may have an aluminum content by weight of greater than 1.5%. The low melt superalloy powder may include at least 5% by weight of tantalum, and the high melt superalloy powder may include less than half the content by weight percent of tantalum compared to the content by weight percent of tantalum in the low melt superalloy powder.

A method is provided that facilitates additive manufacturing a superalloy component using a liquid assisted additive manufacturing process. The method includes successively depositing and fusing together layers of a superalloy powder mixture comprising a high melt superalloy powder and a low melt superalloy powder to build up an additive portion of the superalloy component. The method may further include heat treating the additive portion to form a homogenized base alloy of which the additive portion is comprised, which base alloy has a chemistry defined by the superalloy powder mixture. Each of the high melt superalloy powder, the low melt superalloy powder, and the superalloy powder mixture may have a nickel content by weight greater than 40% and have an aluminum content by weight of greater than 1.5%. The low melt superalloy powder may include at least 5% by weight of tantalum, and the high melt superalloy powder may include less than half the content by weight percent of tantalum compared to the content by weight percent of tantalum in the low melt superalloy powder.

A high melt superalloy powder mixture is provided for use with additive manufacturing or welding metal components or portions thereof. The high melt superalloy powder may include by weight about 7.7% to about 18% chromium, about 10.6% to about 11% cobalt, about 4.5% to about 6.5% aluminum, about 10.6% to about 11% tungsten, about 0.3% to about 0.55% molybdenum, about 0.05% to about 0.08% carbon, and at least 40% nickel.

A wire is provided for additive manufacturing a superalloy component using a liquid assisted additive manufacturing process. The wire has an elongated body that includes therein a superalloy powder mixture including at least 51% by weight a high melt superalloy powder and at least 5% by weight a low melt superalloy powder. The low melt superalloy powder may have a solidus temperature lower than the solidus temperature of the high melt superalloy powder by between 50° C. and 220° C. Each of the high melt superalloy powder, the low melt superalloy powder, and the superalloy powder mixture may have an aluminum content by weight of greater than 1.5%. The low melt superalloy powder may include at least 5% by weight of tantalum, and the high melt superalloy powder may include less than half the content by weight percent of tantalum compared to the content by weight percent of tantalum in the low melt superalloy powder.

One or more embodiments relates to a method of casting a creep-resistant Ni-based superalloy and a homogenization heat treatment for the alloy, The method includes forming a feed stock having Nickel (Ni) and at least one of Chromium (Cr), Cobalt (Co), Aluminum (Al), Titanium (Ti), Niobium (Nb), Iron (Fe), Carbon (C), Manganese (Mn), Molybdenum (Mo), Silicon (Si), Copper (Cu), Phosphorus (P), Sulfur (S) and Boron (B). The method further includes fabricating the creep-resistant Ni-based superalloy in a predetermined shape using the feed stock and at least one process such as vacuum induction melting (VIM), electroslag remelting (ESR) and/or vacuum arc remelting (VAR).