Abstract:
A piston that moves reciprocally in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine and has a piston skirt that makes sliding contact with the inner wall of the cylinder. Solid lubrication parts are provided on the sliding-contact surface of the piston skirt. The solid lubrication parts include at least one type of silver, silver alloy, copper, or copper alloy, and at least one type of carbon material or carbide ceramics.
Abstract:
An apparatus for incorporating an elemental component in gaseous form into a molten metal is described. The apparatus comprises a container for holding the molten metal; means for cooling the container; heating means for maintaining the metal in the molten state; and a canopy which covers the top of the container. The apparatus also includes at least one aperture through which a desired gaseous material can be fed from a gas source. A related method for incorporating an elemental component in gaseous form into a molten metal is also described. The method includes the step of providing the metal in a container apparatus as described above, and feeding the gaseous elemental component from a gas source into the container, while maintaining the metal in the molten state. Articles prepared by such a method are also disclosed, as well as niobium base composites which comprise niobium, silicon, and nitrogen.
Abstract:
A high pressure centrifugal slurry pump in which the impellers and their associated diffusers are formed of hard chrome iron. A liquid-tight high pressure containment shell surrounds the impellers and diffusers and is radially spaced from them. The resulting space between the array of impellers and diffusers and the containment shell is in fluid communication with the interiors of the impellers and diffusers, preferably through a channel located between the last diffuser of the pump and the end wall at the high pressure end of the pumping chamber.
Abstract:
A corrosion resistant cermet comprises a ceramic component (e.g., WC) and a binder alloy comprised of a major component (e.g., one or more of iron, nickel, cobalt, their mixtures, and their alloys) and at least one additive component (e.g., one or more of ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum). Plungers for hyper compressors used in the corrosive environments generated during the manufacture of low density polyethylene (LDPE) or ethylene copolymers are an example of the use of the corrosion resistant cermet.
Abstract:
An alloy cast iron, and a method of manufacturing a rolling piston for a rotary compressor includes, by weight, 3.0˜3.5% carbon (C), 2.2˜2.4% silicon (Si), 0.5˜1.0% manganese (Mn), 0.1˜0.3% phosphorus (P), 0.06˜0.08% sulfur (S), 0.7˜1.0% chrome (Cr), 0.6˜1.0% copper (Cu), and a residue formed of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein 3˜8 vol % steadite structure is formed.
Abstract:
An apparatus for incorporating an elemental component in gaseous form into a molten metal is described. The apparatus comprises a container for holding the molten metal; means for cooling the container; heating means for maintaining the metal in the molten state; and a canopy which covers the top of the container. The apparatus also includes at least one aperture through which a desired gaseous material can be fed from a gas source. A related method for incorporating an elemental component in gaseous form into a molten metal is also described. The method includes the step of providing the metal in a container apparatus as described above, and feeding the gaseous elemental component from a gas source into the container, while maintaining the metal in the molten state. Articles prepared by such a method are also disclosed, as well as niobium base composites which comprise niobium, silicon, and nitrogen.
Abstract:
At least one of a cylinder (6), a rotor (8), a front plate (14), and a rear plate (16), all of which form compression chambers (18), is made of a metal, and a surface treatment is conducted on a portion of such at least one of those members.
Abstract:
A solid-solution strengthened superalloy weld composition, includes: about 0 to about 10 wt % Co; about 18 to about 22 wt % Cr; about 0.2 to about 0.7 wt % Al; about 15 to about 28 wt % of the sum of refractory elements; up to about 0.09 wt % C; up to about 0.06 wt % Zr; up to about 0.015 wt % B; about 0.4 to about 1.2 wt % Mn; about 0.2 to about 0.45 wt % Si; and balance Ni.
Abstract:
A cylinder and piston construction for a compressor or vacuum pump has a cylinder defined by co-axial cylinder and guideway sleeves. The guideway sleeve is larger in diameter than the cylinder sleeve and the cylinder sleeve extends axially into the guideway sleeve. A piston has a cylindrical base which is guided via skirt bearings in the guideway and a head which extends from the base into the compression chamber defined by the cylinder sleeve and has a piston ring which forms a sliding seal with the cylinder sleeve. An annular cavity is defined between the piston head and the piston base into which the cylinder sleeve extends so that the top skirt bearing is positioned closer to the top of the piston head and further away from the bottom skirt bearing so as to steadily guide the piston head in the cylinder sleeve, thereby reducing wear and increasing the life of the pump.