US PATENT SUBCLASS 148 / 218
.~.~ Combined carburizing and nitriding (e.g., carbonitriding, nitrocarburizing, etc.)

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148 /   HD   METAL TREATMENT

95  DF  PROCESS OF MODIFYING OR MAINTAINING INTERNAL PHYSICAL STRUCTURE (I.E., MICROSTRUCTURE) OR CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF METAL, PROCESS OF REACTIVE COATING OF METAL AND PROCESS OF CHEMICAL-HEAT REMOVING (E.G., FLAME-CUTTING, ETC.) OR BURNING OF METAL {17}
206  DF  .~ Carburizing or nitriding using externally supplied carbon or nitrogen source {15}
218.~.~ Combined carburizing and nitriding (e.g., carbonitriding, nitrocarburizing, etc.) {1}
219  DF  .~.~.~> With working, machining, cutting, or post-carburizing and post-nitriding heating or quenching

DEFINITION

Classification: 148/218

Combined carburizing and nitriding (e.g., carbonitriding,

nitrocarburizing, etc.):

(under subclass 206) Process wherein a carburizing and a nitriding reaction occurs in the same process.