Method and device for heat treating a metal component

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11447838
APP PUB NO 20180363079A1
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16072681

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The invention relates to a method and to a device for heat treating a metal component. The method comprises at least the following steps: a) heating the component; b) setting a temperature difference between at least one first sub-region and at least one second sub-region of the component; c) at least partially forming and/or cooling the component in a press hardening tool; and d) mechanically post-processing the at least one first sub-region of the component.

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SCHWARTZ GMBHGERMAN SI MELAART SIMMERATH NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA

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Reinartz, Andreas Monschau, DE 16 14
Wilden, Frank Simmerath, DE 13 12
Winkel, Jörg Nideggen-Schmidt, DE 13 10

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