Abstract:
A variable displacement compressor optionally varies displacement based upon pressure in a crank chamber for adjusting the pressure in the crank chamber by varying an opening degree of a passage that interconnects the crank chamber and one of relatively high and low pressure regions of the refrigeration cycle. A control valve of the variable displacement compressor has a valve seat and a valve. The valve seat has a seat surface for adjusting the opening degree of the passage. The valve has a valve surface for adjusting the opening degree of the passage. At least one of the seat surface and the valve surface is made of a material with relatively high hardness.
Abstract:
A hardfacing for downhole progressing cavity pumps is disclosed as well as a method for producing same. The hardfacing consists of a metal carbide layer applied to the ferrous pump rotor body by way of plasma spraying and a top layer of metallic material having a lower hardness than the metal carbide. The metal carbide layer has a grainy surface with a plurality of peaks and intermediate depressions, the peaks being formed by metal carbide grains at the surface of the metal carbide layer. The thickness of the top layer is adjusted such that the depressions between the peaks of the metal carbide layer are completely filled thereby providing the rotor with a metal carbide hardfacing of significantly reduced surface roughness. In the process of the invention, the pump rotor, which may be provided with a molybdenum bonding layer, is plasma coated with the metal carbide and the resulting carbide layer is covered with the metallic material top layer. The top layer is polished either until the dimensions thereof are within the tolerances acceptable for the finished rotor or until a majority of the peaks of the carbide layer are exposed. The hardfacing significantly increases the service life of the rotor and stator of downhole progressing cavity pumps.
Abstract:
A piston for internal combustion engines has a piston-ring groove which is strengthened with a composite layer based on porous metal which is embedded around the piston-ring groove. The porous metal contains at least more than 10% Cr, and the volumetric ratio of the porous metal is between 8 to 70%, so that even though the engine is put in action under high heat loads, no crack is initiated in the piston.
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine having a cylinder block made of a light-alloy with a cylinder wall around a cylinder bore including a cylindrical fiber-reinforced portion which is formed of a mixture of an alumina-based fiber and a carbon fiber with a light-alloy matrix. The alumina-based fiber has a fiber volume fraction set in a range of 8 to 20%, and the carbon fiber has a fiber volume fraction set in a range of 0.3 to 15%. The alumina-based fiber contains 25% or less, by weight, of silica, has an average aspect ratio of 20 to 150, and an alpha rate of 2 to 60%. The carbon fiber has an average aspect ratio set in a range of 10 to 100 and a Young's modulus set in a range of 20 to 30 t/mm.sup.2. The piston for the cylinder bore has an iron-plated layer covered by a tin-plated layer. The piston rings for the piston may be of austenitic stainless steel to provide thermal expansion characterics similar to the cylinder wall and may be provided with a nitride or chromium-plated layer.
Abstract:
Although modern diesel fuel formulations are intended to reduce emissions of diesel engines, at least some of those modern fuels tend to have relatively low lubricity levels. The control valve assemblies described herein help to minimize any increased wear that would otherwise result from the use of such low lubricity fuels by providing a valve element, a valve guide, and an insert. The valve element is received within the valve guide and is moveable between an open position and a closed position. The insert forms a first sealed interface and a second sealed interface with the valve element and the valve guide. When the valve element is in the closed position, both of the first sealed interface and the second sealed interface are engaged. When the valve element is in the open position, only one of the first sealed interface and the second sealed interface is engaged.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Lotlegierung und ein Verfahren für die Reparatur von Bauteilen aus einer Superlegierung. Lotverfahren mit den verwendeten Loten haben oft den Nachteil, dass das Lot schlechte Hochtemperatureigenschaften aufweist. Die erfindungsgemäße Lotlegierung ist nickelbasiert und weist die Bestandteile Chrom, Kobalt, Wolfram auf sowie 0,5% bis 22,4wt% eines der Elemente aus der Gruppe Scandium, Aluminium, Titan, Zirkon oder Tantal und wird bei dem erfindungsgemäßen Verfahren zur Reparatur eines Bauteils verwendet. Das Lotverfahren kann isothermal oder mittels eines Temperaturgradienten des Lotes durchgeführt werden.
Abstract:
A casting steel having high strength and low thermal expansion which has a chemical composition in mass %: C: 0.1 to 0.8 %, Si: 0.1 to 1.0 %, Mn: 0.1 to 1.0 %, S: 0.01 to 0.1 %, Ni: more than 40 % and not more than 50 %, Co: 4 % or less (including 0 %), Cr: more than 1.5 % and not more than 4 %, Al: 0.01 to 0.1 %, Mg: 0.001 to 0.1 % and balance: substantially Fe. The casting steel can be suitably used for a part having a ring shape which exhibits a low average thermal expansion coefficient in the temperature range of 20 to 500˚C, a high strength at 500˚C and good resistance to oxidation and thus can be used as a blade ring or a ring for retaining a seal ring for use in a gas turbine.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A control valve for a variable displacement compressor is provided to reduce leakage of refrigerant gas in a completely closed state. CONSTITUTION: A control valve(CV) is installed in an air supply passage(7) for controlling opening of the air supply passage to decide an inner pressure of a crank chamber(5), thereby controlling discharge capacity of a compressor(1). In the control valve, a bearing surface(32a) of a valve seat(32) and an opening/closing face(31a) of a valve element part(31) for adjusting the opening of the air supply passage are made of high-hardness materials. Accordingly, the bearing surface of the valve seat and the opening/closing face of the valve element part are prevented from being scratched by collision of alien substances included in refrigerant gas.