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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1986
Peter Jongenburger, Baden, CH;
BBC Brown, Boveri & Company, Limited, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A method for zone heat treatment of metallic workpiece with a comparatively large cross-section, in which the workpiece is successively passed through a zone of higher temperature in such a way that the temperature of the workpiece initially rises steeply as a function of the displacement in the feed direction, passes through a flat maximum and then falls with a small slope. The method is carried out by passing the workpiece through a heating device equipped with a heating coil and a subsequent insulation body, or alternatively through a furnace. In a special embodiment of the method for obtaining the highest possible temperature gradient, the workpiece is drawn from a water bath and then passed through the heating coil.