Grau Gmbh

G. Rau Gmbh & Co.

Heinz Spengler

A thermocouple bimetal of the type made from a metallic component of high thermal expansion which is bonded to a component of low thermal expansion and in which said component of low thermal expansion consists of a thermally age-hardenable iron-nickel-titanium alloy with 26 to 55% nickel, 1-5% free titanium, 0-16% cobalt, remainder iron including impurities conditioned by the melt, and said component of high thermal expansion consists of a thermally age-hardenable iron-nickel-manganese-titanium alloy with 14-26% nickel, 3-10% manganese, 1-5% free titanium, remainder iron including impurities conditioned by the melt. An advantageous method of producing such a bimetal is also described.

Thermocouple bimetal having a high application limit, and method of

The bimetallic material comprises a laminate of two materials, one having a high coefficient of thermal expansion, one with a low coefficient of thermal expansion. The material with the high coefficient of expansion is a corrosion resisting and heat resisting austenitic chromium-nickel steel, while the material with the low coefficient of expansion is a heat hardenable alloy of iron, nickel, cobalt and titanium and/or aluminium. It is found that this combination of materials gives rise to a bimetallic material capable of heavy duty applications without the disadvantages normally associated with such heavy duty materials.

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Pforzheim, Germany

Heinz Spengler