IP Library Granted Patent US 12,630,907
Granted Patent B2
US 12,630,907 · App. 17/908,529 · Granted May 19, 2026

Production method of alloy member, alloy member, and product using alloy member

Inventors: Kousuke Kuwabara (Tokyo, JP); Shuho Koseki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
C22C30/00B22F10/28B33Y80/00C22C1/04C22F1/16F04D29/023F04D29/284B22F2203/11B22F2301/15B22F2301/205B22F2301/35B22F2304/054B22F2998/10B22F2999/00B33Y10/00B33Y40/20B33Y70/00F05D2230/40F05D2300/17
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Patent No.
US 12,630,907
App. No.
17/908,529
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A production method for an alloy member having mainly high hardness and high resistance to corrosion and produced by an additive manufacturing method, the alloy member, and a product using the alloy member are provided. The production method of an alloy member includes: an additive manufacturing step of forming a shaped member through an additive manufacturing method using an alloy powder containing elements Co, Cr, Fe, Ni, and Ti each in a range of 5 atom % to 35 atom % and containing Mo in a range exceeding 0 atom % and 8 atom % or less, the remainder being unavoidable impurities; and a heat treatment step of holding the shaped member in a temperature range higher than 500° C. and lower than 900° C. directly after the additive manufacturing step without undergoing a step of holding the shaped member in a temperature range of 1080° C. to 1180° C.

Claims (8)

1 . A production method of an alloy member comprising:

an additive manufacturing step of forming a shaped member through an additive manufacturing method using an alloy powder containing elements Co, Cr, Fe, Ni, and Ti each in a range of 5 atom % or more to 35 atom % or less and containing Mo in a range exceeding 0 atom % and 8 atom % or less, the remainder being unavoidable impurities; and

an aging heat treatment step of holding the shaped member obtained through the additive manufacturing step in a temperature range higher than 500° C. and lower than 900° C. in a state where a melt solidification structure comprises microcell structure, which are cell-shaped regions finely separated by a network of dislocations, and each cell-shaped region has an average diameter of 10 μm or less and is provided at least in crystal grains of a surface layer part of the shaped member,

the shaped member which has been additively manufactured is directly subjected to the aging heat treatment without undergoing a solution heat treatment step.

2 . The production method of an alloy member according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the additive manufacturing step, a heat source used in the additive manufacturing method is a laser beam or an electron beam.

3 . The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein a holding time of the aging heat treatment step is 0.5 hours or longer and 24 hours or shorter.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 3, 2023
From: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
To: PROTERIAL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063526/0046 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2022
From: KUWABARA, KOUSUKE; KOSEKI, SHUHO
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 061001/0822 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-035862 · Mar 3, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230122004A1 · Apr 20, 2023
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