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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2001
Imphy Ugine Precision, Puteaux, FR;
Abstract
Process for manufacturing a strip made of an Fe—Ni alloy of the “&ggr;′ and/or &ggr;″ structural hardening” type, the thermal expansion coefficient between 20° C. and 150° C. of which is less than 7×10 /K, in which a hot strip is manufactured either by hot rolling a semi-finished product or by direct casting of a thin strip which is optionally lightly hot-rolled, and the hot strip is subjected to a softening annealing operation consisting of a soak between 950° C. and 1200° C. followed by rapid cooling and optionally a pickling operation, in order to obtain a softened strip; a cold-worked strip is manufactured by cold rolling the said softened strip, with a reduction ratio of greater than 5%; and the cold-worked strip is subjected to a recrystallization annealing operation in an inert or reducing atmosphere, carried out either on the run with a residence time between 900° C. and 1200° C. of between 30 s and 5 min, or statically with a soak at a temperature of between 900° C. and 1050° C. for a time of between 15 min to 5 h, followed by cooling down to a temperature below 500° C. at a cooling rate sufficient to prevent the formation of hardening precipitates. Strip made of an Fe—Ni alloy.