The disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a biocompatible wire, a biocompatible wire comprising a biocompatible metallic material and a medical device comprising such wire.

The method for manufacturing a biocompatible wire comprises providing a workpiece of a biocompatible metallic material, cold working the workpiece into a wire, and annealing the wire, wherein a cold work percentage is 97 to 99%, wherein the cold working is a drawing with a die reduction per pass ratio in a range of 6 to 40%, and wherein the annealing is done in a range of 850 to 1100° C.

According to the invention, the electrode wire (1) for electric discharge machining comprises a metal core (2), in one or more layers of metal or metal alloy. On the metal core (2), a coating (3) having an alloy different from that of the metal core (2) contains more than 50 wt % zinc. The coating (3) comprises copper-zinc alloy (3a) of fractured γ phase, and covers the majority of the metal core (2). The coating (3) contains covered pores (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e) larger than 2 μm.

The invention relates to a steel wire suitable for making a spring or medical wire products which remarkably improve the performance of conventional stainless steel wire. The steel comprises (in wt. %): C: 0.02 to 0.15, Si: 0.1 to 0.9, Mn: 0.8 to 1.6, Cr 16 to 20, Ni: 7.5 to 10.5, Mo: ≤3, Al: 0.5 to 2.5, Ti: ≤0.15, N: ≤0.05, optional elements, and impurities, balance Fe, wherein the total amount of Cr and Ni is 25 to 27 wt. %, and wherein the steel has a microstructure including, in volume % (vol. %), martensite: 40 to 90, austenite: 10 to 60, and delta ferrite: ≤5.

A spring steel having a superior fatigue life, and a manufacturing method for the same. The chemical components thereof are as follows in weight percentage: C: 0.52-0.62%, Si: 1.20-1.45%, Mn: 0.25-0.75%, Cr: 0.30-0.80%, V: 0.01-0.15%, Nb: 0.001-0.05%, N: 0.001-0.009%, O: 0.0005-0.0040%, P: ≤0.015%, S: ≤0.015%, and Al: ≤0.0045%, with the remainder being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein the following condition is also met 0.02≤(2Nb+V)/(20N+C)≤0.40. The spring steel of the present invention has a microstructure of tempered troostite+tempered sorbite, a prior austenite grain size less than 80 um, a size of alloy nitride and carbide precipitates being 5-60 nm, and a maximum width of single-grain inclusions being less than 30 pm. The spring steel has a handling strength greater than 2020 MPa, superior ductility and toughness (the reduction of area≥40%), and a fatigue life≥800,000 times, thereby meeting application requirements of high-stress springs in industries, such as automobiles, machinery, and the like.

A method of manufacturing a two-layer metal wire, in particular in a gold-based alloy and of silver, which comprises a succession of steps which consist in coupling an outer metal tube (2) to an inner metal tube (4) interposing a first binding thickness (3) in low-melting metal material, welding the inner surface (12) of the outer metal tube (2) to the outer surface (13) of the first binding thickness (3) and the inner surface (13″) of the same first binding thickness (3) to the outer surface (141) of the inner metal tube (4), to firmly associate the outer tube (2) with the inner tube (4) together, so as to form a tubular element (7, 107) which has at least three metal layers, and then draw, by final drawing, the tubular element (7, 107) to obtain a compound metal wire (9) from at least three metal layers. The object of the present invention is also a semi-finished tubular element (7, 107), having at least three metal layers, which comprises an outer metal tube (2), an Inner metal tube (4) and a first binding thickness (3) interposed between the outer metal tube (2) and the inner metal tube (4).

A method for manufacturing a wire includes: preparing a tubular outer layer body including a magnetic metal containing iron; preparing a metal core body having an outer diameter that is 85.1% or more and 99.4% or less of an inner diameter of the tubular outer layer body; mechanically polishing an inner surface of the tubular outer layer body and an outer surface of the metal core body; treating at least one of the inner surface of the tubular outer layer body and the outer surface of the metal core body with hydrochloric acid; obtaining a preform by disposing the metal core body inside the tubular outer layer body; and obtaining a wire by drawing the preform through a wire drawing die.

Systems and methods for drawing high aspect ratio metallic glass-based materials are provided. Methods of drawing a high aspect ratio metallic glass-based material are premised on stably drawing high aspect ratio metallic glass-based material from a preform metallic glass-based composition, accounting for the relationships between: the desired formation of an amorphous structure that is substantially homogenous along the majority of the length of the drawn high aspect ratio material; the desired final geometry of the drawn high aspect ratio material; the nature of the force that is used to draw the molten metallic glass-based composition; the velocity at which the high aspect ratio material is drawn; the viscosity profile of the material along its length as it is being drawn; and/or the effect of temperature on the metallic glass-based material. A precise thermal treatment is imposed along the forming length of the drawn material so as to enable a steady state drawing process, the precise thermal treatment being based on: the desire to develop a substantially same amorphous structure along the length of the drawn material; the desired final geometry for the drawn material; the nature of the force used to draw the material; the velocity at which the material is being drawn; and/or the thermal treatment's impact on the viscosity profile of the material along its length as it is being drawn.

A scale-style micro-texture electrode wire material and a preparation method therefor and use thereof. In particular, the electrode wire material has a scale-style micro-texture layer on the surface, and the electrode wire material comprises: i) an alloy substrate layer as an inner layer; ii) an interdiffusion layer as an intermediate layer; and iii) a plating layer as an outer layer; and a contact angle of the electrode wire material to a cooling liquid is 105-150. A method for preparing the electrode wire material and a use thereof. Due to the special surface bionic structure, the electrode wire can obviously reduce the cutting resistance and improve the cooling speed, thereby improving the cutting speed and effectively improving the use performance of the electrode wire. The preparation method has the characteristics of simple process and easy for industrial production.

One aspect relates to a production method for a ring electrode, to a ring electrode, and to an electrode system. One method for the ring electrode includes providing an outer element, including an outer tube, providing a first inner element, including a first inner tube having a first core of a sacrificial material, providing a second inner element, including a second core of a sacrificial material, forming a composite tube by arranging the first inner element and the second inner element inside the outer element, the first inner element and the second inner element being arranged off-center with respect to one another, drawing the composite tube in a longitudinal direction of the composite tube, separating a composite tube disk from the composite tube, removing the sacrificial material of the first core, and removing the sacrificial material of the second core in order to obtain a contacting opening in the ring electrode.

Embodiments of the invention include magnesium-based alloys especially adapted for extrudable aerospace grade applications. Alloys of the invention provide excellent combinations of mechanical properties, good extrudability in hollow forms, and resistance to combustion.