Method of joining metal pieces
US6252211A · kind A · utility
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Inventors
- Shigeru Isoyama
- Takeshi Hirabayashi
- Hideyuki Nikaido
- Toshiaki Amagasa
- Nozomu Tamura
- Takahiro Yamasaki
- Masashi Osada
- Hirosuke Yamada
- Toshisada Takechi
- Norio Takashima
- Junzo Nitta
- Shuji Amanuma
- Kanji Hayashi
- Akio Kuroda
- Yoshiki Mito
- Kunio Miyamoto
- Kazuo Morimoto
- Ikuo Wakamoto
- Kazuya Tsurusaki
- Hideo Sakamoto
- Michio Hashimoto
- Hiroyuki Nakano
- Toshinobu Eguchi
- Fumihiro Maeda
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 12, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB23K2101/18
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for joining metal pieces wherein the rear end of a preceding metal piece and a front end of a metal piece are heated and then pressed together prior to hot finished rolling. The temperature the ends of the metal pieces are heated to is a temperature range between the solidus and liquidus line temperatures of the metal(s) to be joined.
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