A method of forming a consolidated component having a complex shape includes providing a first component having a first shape similar to the complex shape. The method further includes placing the first component in a chamber and surrounding the first component with a medium. The method further includes applying pressure and at least one of heat or electricity into the chamber to process the first component to form a consolidated component having the complex shape.

A method of forming a consolidated component having a complex shape includes providing a first component having a first shape similar to the complex shape. The method further includes placing the first component in a chamber and surrounding the first component with a medium. The method further includes applying pressure and at least one of heat or electricity into the chamber to process the first component to form a consolidated component having the complex shape.

Process for the treatment of a steel material, wherein the grains of which it is composed include a matrix into which precipitates are incorporated. The precipitates include at least one metallic element selected from a metallic element M, a metallic element M, a metallic element M or mixtures thereof. The microstructure of the steel is such that the grains are equiaxial and the average size of the grains being such that the average of their largest dimension Dmax and/or the average of their smallest dimension Dmin is in the range 10 m to 50 m.