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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2011
Ramesh S. Minisandram, Charlotte, NC (US);
Richard L. Kennedy, Monroe, NC (US);
Robin M. Forbes Jones, Charlotte, NC (US);
Ramesh S. Minisandram, Charlotte, NC (US);
Richard L. Kennedy, Monroe, NC (US);
Robin M. Forbes Jones, Charlotte, NC (US);
ATI Properties, Inc., Albany, OR (US);
Abstract
A method of processing an alloy ingot or other alloy workpiece to reduce thermal cracking may generally comprise depositing a glass material onto at least a portion of a surface of a workpiece, and heating the glass material to form a surface coating on the workpiece that reduces heat loss from the workpiece. The present disclosure also is directed to an alloy workpieces processed according to methods described herein, and to articles of manufacture including or made from alloy workpieces made according to the methods.