United Technologies Corporation

Neil E Anderson

William P Ogden

Albert Rabinovich

Todd J Angus

Mathew J Bean

A process for treating a steel alloy component includes the steps of: providing a steel alloy component having a plurality of teeth with a root portion and a tip; and processing the steel alloy so that the root portion of the gear teeth are hardened without through hardening of the tips of the gear teeth.

Process for treating steel alloys for gears

A metallic test specimen () extends along a central longitudinal axis () between a first end () and a second end (). The specimen has a first mounting section () and a section mounting section (). A narrowed gauge section () is between the first mounting section and the second mounting section. The first mounting section and the second mounting section each have a blind compartment () extending longitudinally inward to a closed end ().

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Berlin, CT, United States of America

Neil E Anderson