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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary D Keil, Elmwood, IL (US);
Fredric A Woldow, York, PA (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
266259 ; 266252 ;
Abstract
The present automated system for carburizing a component decreases the energy used to manufacture the component. The operations of heating the component in a first heating apparatus, forging the component in a forge and transferring the hot forged component directly to a second heating apparatus having a controlled atmosphere, increasing the temperature of the component, absorbing carbon within the component to a predetermined surface carbon content and depth and directly transferring the component to a quenching chamber and quenching the component defining a heat treated component.