Method and apparatus utilizing multiple forces to create increased tensile strength, increased structural coherence, and reduced corrosion of metallics

Abstract

A method for increasing tensile strength in a workpiece, the method including obtaining a workpiece to be treated, heating the workpiece to an elevated temperature, inducing a magnetic field onto the workpiece, detecting a natural oscillation frequency of the workpiece, generating a frequency onto the workpiece in response to the detected natural oscillation frequency of the workpiece, monitoring continuously a frequency of the workpiece, inducing multiple applied forces on the workpiece to maintain the frequency at which the workpiece is oscillated, and thermal quenching the workpiece to below ambient temperature.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus for increasing tensile strength in a workpiece comprising:
 a controller;   a heating member configured generate a thermal force to heat a workpiece to a temperature above 0° C.;   a vibration generator configured to generate vibration onto the workpiece;   a magnetic field generating member configured to induce a magnetic field into the workpiece above 0.15 Tesla; and   a vibration meter member configured to detect a natural oscillation frequency of the workpiece;   a frequency generator coupled to the controller and the vibration meter, the frequency generator configured to output at least one frequency onto the workpiece based on the natural oscillation frequency of the workpiece detected by the vibration meter;   wherein the controller maintains a frequency at which the workpiece is oscillated by controlling at least one of the heating member, the vibration generator, and the magnetic field generating member to apply a combined force onto the workpiece.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the vibration meter continuously detects the natural oscillation frequency of the workpiece. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the combined force includes at least one of a sonic vibration, a resonance frequency, a magnetic frequency, and a thermal force. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the sonic vibration, resonance frequency, magnetic frequency, and thermal force are variable. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein when the combined force includes the resonance frequency and the sonic vibration, the sonic vibration is a swept wave of multiple frequencies. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the controller maintains the frequency at which the workpiece is oscillated by controlling the combined force applied to the workpiece. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the vibration generator is configured to simultaneously induce multiple different frequencies into the workpiece. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein the vibration meter receives a sine wave from the workpiece, the controller multiplies the sine wave by a whole number or a half value multiple, the controller then transmits the sine wave to an amplifier to generate a new impulse and controls the vibration generator to generate the new impulse into the workpiece. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein the vibration generator is operative to induce all frequencies at newly attenuated resonant frequencies of the workpiece,
 whereby the multiple resonant frequencies is due to workpiece resonance as well as individual element constituent resonance, and wherein the controller is dynamic and self-adjusting for pressure and temperature variance as well as dynamic modulation due to part coherence changes during the process.   
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the frequency at which the workpiece is oscillated by the combined force is determined by feedback signals received from a sensor detachably coupled to the workpiece. 
     
     
         11 . A method for increasing tensile strength in a workpiece, the method comprising:
 obtaining a workpiece to be treated;   heating the workpiece to an elevated temperature;   inducing a magnetic field onto the workpiece;   detecting a natural oscillation frequency of the workpiece;   generating a frequency onto the workpiece in response to the detected natural oscillation frequency of the workpiece;   monitoring continuously a frequency of the workpiece;   inducing multiple applied forces on the workpiece to maintain the frequency at which the workpiece is oscillated; and   thermal quenching the workpiece to below ambient temperature.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the elevated temperature is about eutectoid temperature. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the multiple applied forces include sonic and magnetic forces. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the inducing the magnetic field is to above Tesla. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the thermal quenching the workpiece is to between ambient temperature and −456° F.