Patent ID: 9005767
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: B21C,B32B,C21D,C22C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A billet comprising: a solid steel body; a cladding member comprising an alloy selected from the group consisting of stainless steel, nickel-chrome, nickel-copper and copper-nickel alloys; an interface between at least a portion of the solid steel body and at least a portion of the cladding member; and a scavenging metal in the billet at a position that is separate from the interface, wherein the billet is sealed and configured so that, upon heating, the scavenging metal scavenges oxygen initially present in the billet, and the billet is adapted to be worked to form a ferrous product in which at least said portion of the solid steel body and at least said portion of the cladding member are bonded together at the interface.