A system for treatment of atomized powder including a fluidized bed operable to treat feedstock alloy powders. A method of treating atomized powder including communicating an inert gas into a fluidized bed; communicating an atomized powder into the fluidized bed; and heating the atomized powder in the fluidized bed, eject the treated powders out of the fluidized bed to quench the powders.

A method of annealing a steel sheet in an annealing furnace, including: supporting and conveying a steel sheet with hearth rolls; and supporting and conveying the steel sheet with a full-ceramic hearth roll as a hearth roll located in an area where a furnace temperature is equal to or higher than 950° C., wherein a main constituent of the full-ceramic hearth roll is silicon nitride with use of an Al—Y-based sintering aid.

A tool for simultaneous local stress relief of each of a multiple of linear friction welds includes a columnar track defined along an axis, the columnar track having a helical slot; and a support structure engaged with the helical slot to translate and rotate a heat treat fixture portion along the axis.

A system for treatment of atomized powder including a fluidized bed operable to treat feedstock alloy powders. A method of treating atomized powder including communicating an inert gas into a fluidized bed; communicating an atomized powder into the fluidized bed; and heating the atomized powder in the fluidized bed, eject the treated powders out of the fluidized bed to quench the powders.

A method for producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet which has an intermediate layer containing silicon oxide as a main component on a surface of a base steel sheet in which a forsterite film is substantially absent and has an insulation coating on a surface of the intermediate layer includes: a decarburization annealing process of obtaining a decarburization-annealed steel sheet which has the oxygen content or 320 ppm or less and the carbon content of 25 ppm or less by subjecting a cold rolled steel sheet containing Si to decarburization annealing; a final annealing process of heating the decarburization-annealed steel sheet in a state in which a surface of the decarburization-annealed steel sheet is coated with an annealing separator to subject a steel sheet to secondary recrystallization; a removal process of obtaining a finally-annealed steel sheet by removing the annealing separator on the steel sheet which has been subjected to the final annealing process; an intermediate layer forming process of forming the intermediate layer by subjecting the finally-annealed steel sheet to thermal oxidation annealing; and an insulation coating forming process of forming the insulation coating on the finally-annealed steel sheet having the intermediate layer formed thereon.

Workpieces are disposed between a pair of side walls in a heat treatment chamber. A centrifugal fan is disposed to face the workpieces inside the heat treatment chamber, and sucks gas from the workpiece side and generates air current. In regions at the respective side wall sides relative to an intermediate position between the pair of side walls, an air current regulation unit regulates the air current so as to restrict flows of the air current from the centrifugal fan to the respective side wall sides when a rotary blade of the centrifugal fan rotates in regions in which outer circumferential edge portions of the rotating rotary blade separate from the respective side walls, and allows the flows in regions in which the outer circumferential edge portions of the rotating rotary blade approach the respective side walls.

A system for manufacturing a part is provided. The system includes a gantry, a first mobile arm and a second mobile arm, at least one conveyor and at least one sensor. The gantry has a first member and a second member disposed opposite the first member so as to define an opening. The first and the second mobile arms are disposed on the first and the second members, respectively. The at least one conveyor is operative to move the part through the opening so as to position the part within access of the first and the second mobile arms. The at least one sensor is operative to guide the first and the second mobile arms to one or more areas of the part. The first and the second mobile arms are operative to perform a manufacturing process on the part at the one or more areas.

A system includes a feeder configured to feed a continuous length of a tube at a predefined rate, a speed sensor configured to determine a feed rate of the continuous length of the tube, a first geometry sensor configured to determine one or more geometric dimensions of a portion of the continuous length of the tube, a first treatment station comprising a first entrance, a first exit, and a first heat treatment zone therebetween, the first heat treatment zone comprising at least one first zone heating element, and a controller configured to power the first zone heating element at a first heat treatment power level based on a first heat treatment target value, the feed rate, one or more of the geometric dimensions, and a first heating element value of the first zone heating element. The system may also include additional heat treatment and cooling stations.

A system includes a feeder configured to feed a continuous length of a tube at a predefined rate, a speed sensor configured to determine a feed rate of the continuous length of the tube, a first geometry sensor configured to determine one or more geometric dimensions of a portion of the continuous length of the tube, a first treatment station comprising a first entrance, a first exit, and a first heat treatment zone therebetween, the first heat treatment zone comprising at least one first zone heating element, and a controller configured to power the first zone heating element at a first heat treatment power level based on a first heat treatment target value, the feed rate, one or more of the geometric dimensions, and a first heating element value of the first zone heating element. The system may also include additional heat treatment and cooling stations.

A tool for simultaneous local stress relief of each of a multiple of linear friction welds includes a columnar track defined along an axis, the columnar track having a helical slot; and a support structure engaged with the helical slot to translate and rotate a heat treat fixture portion along the axis.