Global Patent Index - EP 4043606 A4

EP 4043606 A4 20230614 - SURFACE HARDENING APPARATUS AND SURFACE HARDENING METHOD

Title (en)

SURFACE HARDENING APPARATUS AND SURFACE HARDENING METHOD

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR OBERFLÄCHENHÄRTUNG

Title (fr)

APPAREIL DE DURCISSEMENT DE SURFACE ET PROCÉDÉ DE DURCISSEMENT DE SURFACE

Publication

EP 4043606 A4 20230614 (EN)

Application

EP 20873990 A 20201009

Priority

  • JP 2019187310 A 20191011
  • JP 2020038315 W 20201009

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP4043606A1] The present invention includes: an in-furnace atmospheric gas concentration detector configured to detect a hydrogen concentration or an ammonia concentration in a processing furnace; an in-furnace nitriding potential calculator configured to calculate a nitriding potential in the processing furnace based on the hydrogen concentration or the ammonia concentration detected by the in-furnace atmospheric gas concentration detector; and a gas-introduction-amount controller configured to change an introduction amount of each of the plurality of furnace introduction gases except for the ammonia decomposition gas while keeping an introduction amount of the ammonia decomposition gas constant, based on the calculated nitriding potential in the processing furnace and a target nitriding potential, such that the nitriding potential in the processing furnace is brought close to the target nitriding potential.

IPC 8 full level

C21D 1/06 (2006.01); C21D 1/76 (2006.01); C23C 8/30 (2006.01); C23C 8/32 (2006.01); C23C 8/80 (2006.01)

CPC (source: CN EP KR US)

C21D 1/06 (2013.01 - EP); C21D 1/76 (2013.01 - EP); C23C 8/30 (2013.01 - CN EP KR US); C23C 8/32 (2013.01 - CN EP); C23C 8/80 (2013.01 - EP)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 4043606 A1 20220817; EP 4043606 A4 20230614; CN 114829668 A 20220729; JP WO2021070938 A1 20210415; KR 20220057601 A 20220509; MX 2022002518 A 20220401; TW 202124731 A 20210701; US 2022341021 A1 20221027; WO 2021070938 A1 20210415

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 20873990 A 20201009; CN 202080069395 A 20201009; JP 2020038315 W 20201009; JP 2021551722 A 20201009; KR 20227011252 A 20201009; MX 2022002518 A 20201009; TW 109134933 A 20201008; US 202017641165 A 20201009