Environment-friendly Salt Bath

ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY SALT BATH

Agency: Metals Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC)

Field / Industry: Metals Fabrication / Manufacturing

Patent Number / Registration Number: 2-2010-000487

Status of Application: Granted

Brief Description / Features of the Technology:

An environment-friendly salt bath to be used in heat treatment process.  Specifically, it relates to alkaline chlorides salt bath mixture of molten salts from a group of alkaline chlorides at a temperature in the range of 800°C to 860°C for 15 to 30 minutes.  Heat treatment of ferrous metals using these molten salts will improve the quality of the products.

Problem Addressed:

Less hazard material/solution and processing

Advantages:

Environment friendly quench solution

Market Potential / Application:

Heat Treatment of Metals

Inventors:

Joey G. Pangilinan

Ernesto S. Sambo

Serafin G. Aguilar

Felix C. Banawa