Patent ID: 9687895
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B21C,B29C

Claim:
1. A process comprising: deforming a solid body having a microstructure characterized by a grain size and a crystallographic texture, the deforming step being performed with a cutting tool in a single continuous step in which material is obtained from the solid body while being subjected to steady-state deformation conditions to continuously produce a continuous bulk form having a longitudinal direction and a continuous cross-sectional form that differs from the solid body, the deformation conditions including the thickness ratio (λ) equal to t wherein the deforming step is performed at a deformation speed (v) and during the deforming step the thickness ratio (λ) is sufficiently high and the deforming speed (v) is sufficiently low such that the crystallographic texture in the continuous bulk form is non-basal (tilted basal).