US121263A - Improvement in converting articles made of wrought-iron into steel - Google Patents
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- CWYNVVGOOAEACU-UHFFFAOYSA-N fe2+ Chemical compound [Fe+2] CWYNVVGOOAEACU-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 title description 26
- 229910000831 Steel Inorganic materials 0.000 title description 24
- 239000010959 steel Substances 0.000 title description 24
- 229910000754 Wrought iron Inorganic materials 0.000 title description 12
- 229910001018 Cast iron Inorganic materials 0.000 description 28
- 229910001296 Malleable iron Inorganic materials 0.000 description 14
- 238000006243 chemical reaction Methods 0.000 description 10
- OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N carbon Chemical compound [C] OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 8
- XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N iron Chemical compound [Fe] XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 8
- 239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 description 8
- 229910052751 metal Inorganic materials 0.000 description 8
- 238000003466 welding Methods 0.000 description 8
- 229910052799 carbon Inorganic materials 0.000 description 6
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 6
- 239000000446 fuel Substances 0.000 description 4
- 230000004927 fusion Effects 0.000 description 4
- 229910052742 iron Inorganic materials 0.000 description 4
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 description 4
- IJGRMHOSHXDMSA-UHFFFAOYSA-N nitrogen Chemical compound N#N IJGRMHOSHXDMSA-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- 206010002368 Anger Diseases 0.000 description 2
- 210000003284 Horns Anatomy 0.000 description 2
- 240000003936 Plumbago auriculata Species 0.000 description 2
- 239000005864 Sulphur Substances 0.000 description 2
- RHZUVFJBSILHOK-UHFFFAOYSA-N anthracen-1-ylmethanolate Chemical compound C1=CC=C2C=C3C(C[O-])=CC=CC3=CC2=C1 RHZUVFJBSILHOK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 239000003830 anthracite Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000002802 bituminous coal Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000003610 charcoal Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000003245 coal Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000000571 coke Substances 0.000 description 2
- 230000001419 dependent Effects 0.000 description 2
- 230000000694 effects Effects 0.000 description 2
- 239000007789 gas Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000011521 glass Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000010439 graphite Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000007654 immersion Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000010985 leather Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000002844 melting Methods 0.000 description 2
- 150000002825 nitriles Chemical class 0.000 description 2
- 229910052757 nitrogen Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- QJGQUHMNIGDVPM-UHFFFAOYSA-N nitrogen group Chemical group [N] QJGQUHMNIGDVPM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- OAICVXFJPJFONN-UHFFFAOYSA-N phosphorus Chemical compound [P] OAICVXFJPJFONN-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229910052698 phosphorus Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000011574 phosphorus Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000004576 sand Substances 0.000 description 2
- VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N silicium dioxide Chemical compound O=[Si]=O VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 239000002893 slag Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000000126 substance Substances 0.000 description 2
- NINIDFKCEFEMDL-UHFFFAOYSA-N sulfur Chemical compound [S] NINIDFKCEFEMDL-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
- C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
- C23C8/00—Solid state diffusion of only non-metal elements into metallic material surfaces; Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive gas, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals
- C23C8/06—Solid state diffusion of only non-metal elements into metallic material surfaces; Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive gas, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals using gases
- C23C8/28—Solid state diffusion of only non-metal elements into metallic material surfaces; Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive gas, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals using gases more than one element being applied in one step
- C23C8/30—Carbo-nitriding
- C23C8/32—Carbo-nitriding of ferrous surfaces
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T29/00—Metal working
- Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
- Y10T29/49716—Converting
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- my invention consists in manufacturing the articles to be treated under my process of and with wrought-iron first, and immersing them in a bath of molten cast-iron free from sulphur and phosphorus, and carburized to its utmost capacity.
- the best for that purpose is spiegleisen, but in default thereof, such cast-iron may be made by melting good malleable iron or blister-steel in a cupola-furnace with charcoal, or the best anthracite coal, or bituminous coal, or coke, as fuel.
- the articles are left in this bath a space of time which must vary with the degree of hardness desired to be imparted to the metal and with the size of the articles, and also according to the intention of converting the whole mass of the metal into steel, or simply of converting the surface so as to retain a core of malleable 11011.
- This brasque is intended to supply to the bath dated November 28, 1871;; antedated November 13, 1871.
- the converting-bath of cast-iron may also be covered during the operation with a glass or slag covering, so as to prevent the loss of carbon by contact with the gas of the furnace.
- the time required for the degree of conversion sought for the converted articles are taken out or, still better, the castiron is tapped and run off, and the heat in the crucible or furnace increased so as to free the objects from any portion of cast-iron which might adhere to them, when it will be found that they are according as the operation has been conductedpartly or totally converted into steel, the quality of which will depend upon that of the iron used.
- the cementation or conversion into steel of articles made of wrought-iron by immersing them in a bath of molten cast-iron after they have been partially worked into their respective shapes, whereby the heaviest parts of the work is accomplished upon wrought-iron and not upon steel, and the operation of welding steel to iron is dispensed with.
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Description
PATENT OFFICE.
LOUIS LA BREOHE-VIGER,
OF MONTREAL, CANADA.
IMPROVEMENT IN CONVERTING ARTICLES MADE OF WROUGHHRUN INTO STEEL.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,263,
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, LoUIs LA BREoHE-VIGER, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful improvement in the manufacture of axes, chisels, hammers, saws, angers, and of all other tools and instruments which are usually made of steel or of malleable iron, or partly of both, by welding, and also in the manufacture of rails, axles, and of all parts of machinery of any kind in which steel may be substituted for malleable iron, or may be usefully combined with malleable iron by Welding; and I declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof.
The nature of my invention consists in manufacturing the articles to be treated under my process of and with wrought-iron first, and immersing them in a bath of molten cast-iron free from sulphur and phosphorus, and carburized to its utmost capacity. The best for that purpose is spiegleisen, but in default thereof, such cast-iron may be made by melting good malleable iron or blister-steel in a cupola-furnace with charcoal, or the best anthracite coal, or bituminous coal, or coke, as fuel. The articles are left in this bath a space of time which must vary with the degree of hardness desired to be imparted to the metal and with the size of the articles, and also according to the intention of converting the whole mass of the metal into steel, or simply of converting the surface so as to retain a core of malleable 11011.
For small objects crucibles may be used, and for larger articles, or when large quantities are to be converted, reverberatory furnaces of all the descriptions now known may be employed.
After a number of operations the cast-iron bath would not be rich enough in carbon, and
consequently the heat required to maintain it in a molten condition would be too high, which circumstance might cause the fusion of the parts sufficiently carburized before the underlying layers had attained to the proper degree of conversion; but to obviate this difficulty and retain to the cast-iron the required fluidity compatible with the lowest degree of heat, I line the crucibles and the bottom of the furnaces, which I build with silicious sand, with a brasque of charcoalpowder or of plumbago, into which I may incorporate nitrogenous matters, such as cyanides or animal matter, as leather or horn pulverized.
This brasque is intended to supply to the bath dated November 28, 1871;; antedated November 13, 1871.
of cast-iron the carbon which may be abstracted from it by the metal during cementation, and also the nitrogen which may be useful to the metal; but it is not indispensable to the process, as the bath of cast-iron may be renewed after each operation by using fresh cast-iron, or by remelting the same in a cupola-furnace in contact With as pure fuel as possible, and running it directly from the cupola over the objects to be converted. The converting-bath of cast-iron may also be covered during the operation with a glass or slag covering, so as to prevent the loss of carbon by contact with the gas of the furnace. After remaining in the converting-bath the time required for the degree of conversion sought for the converted articles are taken out or, still better, the castiron is tapped and run off, and the heat in the crucible or furnace increased so as to free the objects from any portion of cast-iron which might adhere to them, when it will be found that they are according as the operation has been conductedpartly or totally converted into steel, the quality of which will depend upon that of the iron used.
I do not claim as my invention the principle of cementing malleable iron by immersion in molten cast-iron, as this was to a certain extent practiced anciently upon lumps of wrought-iron; but
I claim as my inventionl. The cementation or conversion into steel of articles made of wrought-iron by immersing them in a bath of molten cast-iron after they have been partially worked into their respective shapes, whereby the heaviest parts of the work is accomplished upon wrought-iron and not upon steel, and the operation of welding steel to iron is dispensed with.
2. The cementation or conversion into steel of articles made of wrought-iron by immersing them in a bath of cast-iron in fusion in such a way as to convert only the surface ofsuch articles to the required depth, leaving the interior in its original state of malleable iron, thereby producing articles externally as hard as those made of pure steel, with the toughness dependent on that part of their substance retaining the nature of malleable iron, and free from the inconvenience of imperfect welding.
3. The use of furnaces to effect such conversion on a large scale, as set forth.
4. The lining of crucibles or furnaces with a the cast-iron to said oupola-furnaee Whenever required, the whole as above described, and for the purposes set forth in the foregoing specification.
Montreal May 3, 1871.
LOUIS LA BREGHE-VIGER.
Witnesses L. LAFLAMME, M. A. ADAM.
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