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US 2015/0309458 A1Published application
Metal substrate, fixing member, and heat-fixing device
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHirotomo Tamiya
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Abstract
Provided is an endless belt-shaped metal substrate, which can be used for a fixing member. The metal substrate includes an austenitic stainless alloy that contains copper and unavoidable impurities, in which the austenitic stainless alloy has a martensite ratio of less than 20%, and includes an austenitic phase as a matrix and a Cu-rich phase dispersed in the matrix, the Cu-rich phase extending in a direction perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the metal substrate.
Claims9
An endless belt-shaped metal substrate, comprising
- an austenitic stainless alloy containing copper and unavoidable impurities, wherein
- the austenitic stainless alloy
- has a martensite ratio of less than 20%, and includes
- an austenitic phase as a matrix, and
- a Cu-rich phase dispersed in the matrix,
- the Cu-rich phase extending in a direction perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the endless belt-shaped metal substrate.
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