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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2009
Glenn J. Swiatek, Palos Heights, IL (US);
Ronald E. Bailey, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Glenn J. Swiatek, Palos Heights, IL (US);
Ronald E. Bailey, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
ATI PROPERTIES LLC, Albany, OR (US);
Abstract
A process for reducing flatness deviations in an alloy article is disclosed. An alloy article may be heated to a first temperature at least as great as a martensitic transformation start temperature of the alloy. A mechanical force may be applied to the alloy article at the first temperature. The mechanical force may tend to inhibit flatness deviations of a surface of the alloy article. The alloy article may be cooled to a second temperature no greater than a martensitic transformation finish temperature of the alloy. The mechanical force may be maintained on the alloy article during at least a portion of the cooling of the alloy article from the first temperature to the second temperature.