Process for manufacturing a bellows and/or bellows

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PATENT NO 9797530
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14247715

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A process for manufacturing a bellows, made of austenitic high-grade steel with high compressive strength and fatigue strength, forms a single-layer or multilayer sleeve into a bellows with hydraulic forming. The pressure resistance and fatigue strength are improved by the bellows being cleaned after the forming and by the bellows being exposed to a surrounding area containing carbon and/or nitrogen atoms at temperatures between 100° C. and 400° C., preferably 200° C. to 320° C. With this a hardening of the bellows takes place by means of the diffusing in of carbon and/or nitrogen atoms. A bellows made of austenitic high-grade steel with one or more layers created in this manner has the edge layer hardened by the incorporation of carbon and/or nitrogen atoms up to a hardening depth of at least 5% of the wall thickness.

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  • BOA BALG- UND KOMPENSATOREN-TECHNOLOGIE GMBH

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gärtner, Immo Karlsruhe, DE 2 5
Hirth, Klaus Malsch, DE 1 3
Telatinski, Jürgen Stutensee, DE 1 3
Wild, Uwe Karlsbad, DE 2 12

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