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US 11,597,981 B2Granted
Preparing method of engine valve
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorSung Hwan Park
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Abstract
A method of preparing an engine valve is provided. The method includes hot forging a heat resistant steel at 1,150 to 1,250° C. to mold a valve, aging the molded valve and hollowed-out processing the aging valve. Additionally, the method includes nitride-heating the hollow valve and grinding a surface of a neck of the nitride-heated valve to remove a nitride layer.
Claims5
A method of preparing an engine valve, comprising:
- hot forging a heat resistant steel at 1,150 to 1,250° C. to mold a valve;
- aging the molded valve;
- hollowed-out processing the aging valve;
- nitride-heating the hollow valve;
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- grinding a surface within a neck of the nitride-heated hollow valve to remove a nitride layer on the surface with the neck;
- wherein the surface within the neck of the nitride-heated hollow valve to be grinded is disposed 10 to 40 mm away from an inlet which has a largest diameter of the valve.
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