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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2010
Daniel James Branagan, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Brian D. Merkle, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Brian E. Meacham, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
William D. Kiilunen, Rigby, ID (US);
David Paratore, Warren, RI (US);
Daniel James Branagan, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Brian D. Merkle, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Brian E. Meacham, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
William D. Kiilunen, Rigby, ID (US);
David Paratore, Warren, RI (US);
The NanoSteel Company, Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
A method of applying a metallic alloy overlay including providing an iron based feedstock powder including 10 to 75 weight percent iron and manganese, 10 to 60 weight percent of chromium, 1 to 30 weight percent of an interstitial element selected from boron, carbon, silicon or combinations thereof, 0 to 40 weight percent of a transition metal selected from molybdenum, tungsten or combinations thereof and 1 to 25 weight percent niobium. The method also includes providing an electrode including at least 50 weight percent iron and depositing a weld overlay with the feedstock powder and the electrode to create a metallic alloy exhibiting a grain size in the range of 1,000 μm or less.