American Can Company

Albert J Klein

Lou Kohl

Chiou-Tse Chen

Edward Willard Hitchler

William H Hooper

A process for modifying or removing the prior powder particle boundaries and surface films from ferrous particulate metals and alloys, such as iron, low carbon steel and low alloy steel, for burnishing the clean, freshly revealed metal surfaces of the particles, and for inducing and storing energy of deformation into the surface layers of said particles. The sintering characteristics of metal powders are improved, and the most rapid sintering characteristics are produced.

Method for producing metal powder having rapid sintering characteristics

A process for conditioning ferruous particles with heat and a reducing atmosphere to reduce the oxygen content of the particles in a non-agglomerative manner and to make the conditioned particles readily pourable and free-flowing, and to process the particles into steel strip.

Process for fabricating steel from ferrous metal particles

A process for conditioning ferrous particles with heat and a reducing atmosphere to reduce the oxygen content of the particles in a non-agglomerative manner and to make the conditioned particles readily pourable and free-flowing, and to process the particles into steel strip.

Continuous strip cast aluminum alloy of relatively high manganese content which is size-reduced suitably thin for conversion into cans and like fabrications is given an anti-galling character for such severe metal working conditions as drawing and ironing in can making and in equivalently difficult operations by heat treatment of the strip product prior to its final cold reduction pass at temperatures in the 900.degree. F. + range for at least about 4 hours.

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Arlington Heights, IL, United States of America

Albert J Klein