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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2013
Ati Properties Llc, Albany, OR (US);
Robin M. Forbes Jones, Charlotte, NC (US);
Christopher D. Rock, Monroe, NC (US);
ATI PROPERTIES LLC, Albany, OR (US);
Abstract
A thermo-mechanical treatment process is disclosed. A nickel-base alloy workpiece is heated in a first heating step to a temperature greater than the MCcarbide solvus temperature of the nickel-base alloy. The nickel-base alloy workpiece is worked in a first working step to a reduction in area of 20% to 70%. The nickel-base alloy workpiece is at a temperature greater than the MCcarbide solvus temperature when the first working step begins. The nickel-base alloy workpiece is heated in a second working step to a temperature greater than 1700° F. (926° C.) and less than the MCcarbide solvus temperature of the nickel-base alloy. The nickel-base alloy workpiece is not permitted to cool to ambient temperature between completion of the first working step and the beginning of the second heating step. The nickel-base alloy workpiece is worked to a second reduction in area of 20% to 70%. The nickel-base alloy workpiece is at a temperature greater than 1700° F. (926° C.) and less than the MCcarbide solvus temperature of the nickel-base alloy when the second working step begins.