MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647086431 A) filed by Schwartz Gmbh on July 15, 2026, for Thermally Treating A Metal Component.
Inventors include Wilden, Frank; and Buller, David.
The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for thermally treating a metal component (2), comprising: a) heating the entire component (2) in a first continuous furnace (3), b) transferring the component (2) from the first continuous furnace (3) into a temperature-control station (4), c) in the temperature-control station (4), cooling a first soft region (10) of the component (2) and a second soft region (11) of the component (2) with a cooling fluid, wherein the first soft region (10) and the second soft region (11) are cooled differently, and wherein a temperature of the first soft region (10) and a temperature of the second soft region (11) are below the austenite reversion temperature (TAR) of the component (2) at least after the cooling, d) transferring the component (2) from the temperature-control station (4) into a second continuous furnace (5), e) thermally treating the component (2) in the second continuous furnace (5), wherein the first soft region (10) and the second soft region (11) of the component (2) are heated such that the temperature of the first soft region (10) and the temperature of the second soft region (11) are below the AC3 temperature (TAC3) of the component (2) even after the heating, wherein a temperature of a hard region (11) of the component (2) exceeds the AC3 temperature (TAC3) of the component (2) during method steps a) to e) at least intermittently.
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