Abstract:
A cermet piston 36 is positioned to reciprocate within a ceramic sleeve 58 of a cryogenic refrigerator 12. The sleeve 58 forms a very tight clearance seal 67 with the piston 36 yet is allowed to float within a large gap 66 between piston housing 35 and the sleeve. The gap 66 allows the sleeve 66 to compensate for misalignment or distortions of the piston housing 35. Elastic seals 68, 70 prevent gas blow-by between the working space 18 of the piston 36 and the piston's dead space 19. The piston is connected to a motor drive mechanism through connecting rod 44 and helium lubricated wrist pin 48.
Abstract:
In order to increase the anti-seizing properties of a swash plate which is a sliding component of a swash plate type compressor, a copper alloy is sprayed onto the swash plate and the following texture/composition controls are performed as required: (a) to produce a mixed texture of a dissolved texture into which atomized bronze powder is dissolved during spraying and an atomized texture into which the same bronze powder is not dissolved, (b) to add no or a small amount of Pb to the dissolved texture, (c) to add Sn, P, Al, Ag, Si, Mn, Cr, Ni, Zn, Pb and/or Bi to copper, (d) to add a hard material to a copper alloy, and (e) to form an intermediate layer comprising an Ni alloy or the like between the sprayed layer and a substrate.
Abstract:
A shoe (15) arranged between a swash plate and a piston (10) of a swash plate type compressor for transmitting the rotating motion of the swash plate as a reciprocating movement to the piston (10), and a method for manufacturing the same. The shoe (15) is a single body having a hemispherical portion which slidably contacts a spherical recess formed on the piston, (10) and a planar end face (15b) which slidably contacts the end face of the swash plate. A method for manufacturing such a shoe (15) includes compressing a cylindrical blank in its axial direction and thereby plastically deforming one end of the blank against the inner surface of a hemispherical recess (10b) of a die, and plastically deforming the other end of the blank in a state where only the end face is restrained. According to this method a shoe (15) which incorporates a flank between the hemispherical portion making sliding contact with the recess (10b) of the piston (10) and the bottom end face (15b) making sliding contact with the swash plate can be readily manufactured. Another preferred embodiment of the method includes the steps of forming a hole having a predetermined size on the end face of the cylindrical portion of the blank beforehand and reducing the diameter of the hole opening by pressing and deforming the end face of the cylindrical portion so that the hemispherical portion is thus formed, or includes the steps of cutting the periphery of the end face of the cylindrical portion of the blank into a conical shape beforehand, and then pressing and deforming the conical portion of the blank thereby forming a hemispherical portion. This method can prevent the application of a local high load to the blank, and decrease the amount of material that must flow.
Abstract:
A composite blade (26) comprises a three-dimensional arrangement of reinforcing fibers (58) and a matrix material (60) infiltrated around the three-dimensional arrangement of woven reinforcing fibers (60). The three-dimensional arrangement of woven reinforcing fibers (58) defines a plurality of cavities (56) within the aerofoil (28). The composite blade (26) comprises an aerofoil portion (38) and a root portion (36). The aerofoil portion (38) comprises a leading edge (44), a trailing edge (46), a concave pressure surface wall (50), a convex suction surface wall (52) and a tip (48). The aerofoil portion (36) comprises a plurality of webs (54) extending between, and being secured to, the concave pressure surface wall (50) and the convex suction surface wall (52) to produce a Warren girder structure. The three-dimensional arrangement of woven reinforcing fibers (58) are arranged to produce the concave pressure surface wall (50), the convex suction surface wall (52) and the plurality of webs (54). The matrix material (60) is an organic resin and the reinforcing fibers (58) comprise carbon fibers.
Abstract:
A composite blade (26) comprises a three-dimensional arrangement of reinforcing fibres (58) and a matrix material (60) infiltrated around the three-dimensional arrangement of woven reinforcing fibres (60). The three-dimensional arrangement of woven reinforcing fibres (58) defines a plurality of cavities (56) within the aerofoil (28). The composite blade (26) comprises an aerofoil portion (38) and a root portion (36). The aerofoil portion (38) comprises a leading edge (44), a trailing edge (46), a concave pressure surface wall (50), a convex suction surface wall (52) and a tip (48). The aerofoil portion (36) comprises a plurality of webs (54) extending between, and being secured to, the concave pressure surface wall (50) and the convex suction surface wall (52) to produce a Warren girder structure. The three-dimensional arrangement of woven reinforcing fibres (58) are arranged to produce the concave pressure surface wall (50), the convex suction surface wall (52) and the plurality of webs (54). The matrix material (60) is an organic resin and the reinforcing fibres (58) comprise carbon fibres.
Abstract:
An oxidation-sensitive composite has applied thereto a composition comprising a mixture of boride powder constituted for the most part of TiB2, at least one vitreous refractory oxide powder constituted for the most part by a mixture of borosilicate glass, and a binder containing a ceramic-precursor resin. The resin is cured and is subsequently transformed into a ceramic by heat treatment or during first exposure of the coated part to high temperatures.
Abstract:
A piece for protection has applied thereto a composition comprising a mixture of boride powder constituted for the most part of TiB2, at least one vitreous refractory oxide powder constituted for the most part by a mixture of borosilicate glass, and a binder containing a ceramic-precursor resin. The resin is cured and is subsequently transformed into a ceramic by heat treatment or during first exposure of the coated part to high temperatures.
Abstract:
A refrigerant compressor having a drive shaft rotatable to cause compression of a refrigerant gas, and a drive power transmission unit for transmitting a drive power from an external drive power source to the drive shaft, the drive power transmission unit having a pulley freely rotatably mounted around the drive shaft, a power transmitting element fixed to the drive shaft, and a shock absorbent rubber element arranged between the pulley and the power transmitting element for providing a positive engagement between the rubber element and the pulley, and between the rubber element and the power transmitting element. The shock absorbent rubber element absorbs a change in a load torque applied to the compressor before the torque change is transmitted to the external drive power source via the pulley, and disengages from at least one of the pulley and the power transmitting element when an excessive load torque is applied to the compressor to interrupt transmission of the excessive load torque from the compressor to the external drive power source.
Abstract:
A method manufactures a metal alloy part by spark plasma sintering. The method includes the simultaneous application, inside a die, of a uniaxial pressure and of an electric current to a powder component material that has the following composition: 42 to 49% aluminum, 0.05 to 1.5% boron, at least 0.2% of at least one element selected from tungsten, rhenium and zirconium, optionally 0 to 5% of one or more elements selected from chromium, niobium, molybdenum, silicon and carbon, the balance being titanium and the total of the elements without aluminum and titanium being between 0.25 and 12%.
Abstract:
A movable member slides on a fixed member. The movable member is made of aluminum alloy. An inner layer coats the movable member. The inner layer is made of a material capable of adhering to the aluminum alloy. An outer layer coats the inner layer and contacts the fixed member. The outer layer has greater hardness than the hardness of the inner coating layer.