US4844949A
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Method of surface treatment and apparatus used therefor
Assignee: Toyota Central R&D Labs Inc
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Filing: 1988-09-23
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Granted: 1989-07-04
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Expires: 2008-09-23
Abstract
Abstract A method of forming a surface layer of carbide, nitride, carbonitride, or solid-solution on the surface of a material to be treated, which comprises disposing in a fluidized bed furnace a treating agent comprising a powder of a refractory material, and a powder of a metal for forming a carbide, nitride, carbonitride or solid-solution or a powder of an alloy thereof, introducing a fluidizing gas into the fluidized bed furnace to fluidize the treating agent and form a fluidized layer, disposing the material to be treated in the fluidized layer, and introducing a predetermined amount of halide into the fluidized layer, and an apparatus for forming the surface layer on the material to be treated, comprising a furnace body for forming the surface layer in the fluidized layer of the treating agent, a heating furnace for heating the fluidized layer, a halide supply pipe in communication with the outside of the furnace body, and a halide gas jetting pipe disposed within the furnace body, which is connected to the halide supply pipe and has a plurality of apertures opened into the fluidized layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Tohru Arai
- 👤 Junji Endo
- 👤 Hiromasa Takeda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 13:39
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B41/00; C04B41/80; C04B41/81; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/22; C23C16/30; C23C16/32; C23C16/34; C23C16/36; C23C16/44; C23C16/442; C23C16/448; C23C16/4488; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S118/00; Y10S118/05
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
164 words
A method of forming a surface layer on a material to be treated, which comprises: disposing in a fluidized bed furnace a treating agent comprising a powder of a refractory material, and a powder of a metal for forming a carbide, nitride, carbonitride or solid-solution or a powder of an alloy thereof, introducing a fluidizing gas into said fluidized bed furnace to fluidize said treating agent and form a fluidized bed, disposing said material to be treated in said fluidized bed, introducing, as activator means, solid halide through halide supply pipe means for conducting activator from outside of the furnace, and gasifying said solid halide by means of halide gasification means disposed within said fluidized bed furnace, said halide gasification means being connected to said halide supply pipe means and having a plurality of apertures which open into said fluidized bed, thereby forming under heating a carbide, nitride, carbonitride, or solid-solution layer of said metal on the surface of said material to be treated.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
164 words
A method of forming a surface layer on a material to be treated, which comprises: disposing in a fluidized bed furnace a treating agent comprising a powder of a refractory material, and a powder of a metal for forming a carbide, nitride, carbonitride or solid-solution or a powder of an alloy thereof, introducing a fluidizing gas into said fluidized bed furnace to fluidize said treating agent and form a fluidized bed, disposing said material to be treated in said fluidized bed, introducing, as activator means, solid halide through halide supply pipe means for conducting activator from outside of the furnace, and gasifying said solid halide by means of halide gasification means disposed within said fluidized bed furnace, said halide gasification means being connected to said halide supply pipe means and having a plurality of apertures which open into said fluidized bed, thereby forming under heating a carbide, nitride, carbonitride, or solid-solution layer of said metal on the surface of said material to be treated.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said halide comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of ammonium halides, metal halides, and alkali metal or alkaline earth metal halides, the amount of said halide being 0.05 to 20 weight % based on said treating agent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein the amount of said metal powder or said alloy powder is 1 to 50 weight % based on said treating agent.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein said fluidizing gas is a nitrogen gas, a nitrogen-containing gas or a mixture of said nitrogen or nitrogen-containing gas and argon, thereby forming the nitride or carbonitride layer on the surface of said material to be treated.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein said fluidizing gas is an inert gas, thereby forming the carbide or solid-solution layer on the surface of said material to be treated.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein said heating is carried out at a temperature of 400° C. to 1200° C.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
68 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein said treating agent comprises said refractory material powder and said metal or alloy powder for forming a carbide or a carbonitride, and said material to be treated is one of a metal material containing carbon, cemented carbide, and a carbonaceous material mainly composed of graphite, thereby forming the carbide or carbonitride layer on the surface of said material to be treated.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 7, wherein said material to be treated is one of iron, nickel and cobalt containing carbon.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
55 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said treating agent comprises said refractory material powder and said metal or alloy powder for forming a nitride, and said material to be treated is one of a metal material or a non-metal material, thereby forming the nitride layer on the surface of said material to be treated.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 9, wherein said material to be treated is one of iron, nickel, cobalt and sintered ceramics.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
52 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said treating agent comprises said refractory material powder and said metal or alloy powder for forming a solid-solution, and said material to be treated is a metal material not containing carbon, thereby forming the solid-solution layer on the surface of said material to be treated.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method according to claim 11, wherein said material to be treated is one of iron and stainless steel not containing carbon.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
62 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said treating agent comprises said refractory material powder and said metal or alloy powder for forming a carbide, a nitride or a carbonitride, and said material to be treated is a metal material subjected to a nitriding treatment, thereby forming the carbide, nitride or carbonitride layer on the surface of said material to be treated.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
144 words
Apparatus for forming a surface layer on material to be treated, comprising: a fluidized bed furnace for forming said surface layer in a fluidized bed of treating agent comprising powder of a refractory material and powder of a metal for forming a carbide, nitride, carbonitride or solid-solution or powder of an alloy thereof, means for introducing a fluidizing gas into said fluidized bed furnace to fluidize said treating agent and form the fluidized bed, means for disposing the material to be treated in said fluidized bed, halide supply pipe means for introducing solid halide from outside of said furnace, halide gasification means for gasifying said halide, dispose within said fluidized bed furnace, said halide gasification means being connected to said halide supply pipe means and having a plurality of apertures which open into said fluidized bed, and heating means for heating said fluidized bed.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
144 words
Apparatus for forming a surface layer on material to be treated, comprising: a fluidized bed furnace for forming said surface layer in a fluidized bed of treating agent comprising powder of a refractory material and powder of a metal for forming a carbide, nitride, carbonitride or solid-solution or powder of an alloy thereof, means for introducing a fluidizing gas into said fluidized bed furnace to fluidize said treating agent and form the fluidized bed, means for disposing the material to be treated in said fluidized bed, halide supply pipe means for introducing solid halide from outside of said furnace, halide gasification means for gasifying said halide, dispose within said fluidized bed furnace, said halide gasification means being connected to said halide supply pipe means and having a plurality of apertures which open into said fluidized bed, and heating means for heating said fluidized bed.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
51 words
An apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the ratio of the total cross sectional area of said halide gasification means and halide supply pipe means on a plane vertical to the flow of the fluidizing gas is not more than 1/3 of the vertical cross sectional area of the fluidized bed.
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