Method of surface treatment and apparatus used therefor
US4844949A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 23, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 23, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S118/05
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
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.
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