Abstract:
A wind turbine rotor (108) includes a first portion (160) of a shaft (134) fabricated from a first steel alloy having a first strength property value. The wind turbine rotor also includes a second portion (170) of the shaft fabricated from a second steel alloy having a second strength property value. The first strength property value is greater than the second strength property value. The second portion of the shaft is welded to the first portion of the shaft.
Abstract:
The invention has an object to enable oilless operation that is indispensable for a pump used to supply air to a fuel battery, to enable easy and accurate alignment between the axes of a pump mechanism and a motor, and to reduce the size of the whole pump. Used in the invention are a plate-like vane (109) made of a material having a self-lubrication property, and a front plate (111) and a rear plate (112) having a self-lubrication material on the respective slide surfaces, and a mechanical shaft (110) of the pump mechanism (102) is integrated with a motor shaft of a DC motor.
Abstract:
A rotary compressor includes: a compressing unit that includes an annular cylinder, an end plate which has a bearing unit and a discharge valve unit and closes an end portion of the cylinder, an annular piston which is fit in an eccentric portion of a rotation shaft supported in the bearing unit, performs an orbital motion inside the cylinder along a cylinder inner wall of the cylinder, and forms an operation chamber together with the cylinder inner wall, and a vane which protrudes from the inside of a vane groove of the cylinder to the inside of the operation chamber, comes into contact with the annular piston, and partitions the operation chamber into an inlet chamber and a compression chamber. The vane is formed of steel and has a diamond-like carbon layer formed on a sliding surface with respect to the annular piston. The annular piston is formed of Ni-Cr-Mo cast iron to which 0.15 wt% to 0.45 wt% of phosphorus is added, or is formed of cast iron or steel and has an iron nitride layer formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof.
Abstract:
An iron-base sintered part having high density and totally enhanced strength, toughness and abrasion resistance, a manufacturing method of the iron-base sintered part, and an actuator are disclosed. The iron-base sintered part is formed by an iron-nickel-molybdenum-carbon-based sintered alloy, has density of 7.25 g/cm 3 or more, and has a carburization quenched structure. A method for manufacturing the iron-base sintered part includes a molding process of charging a raw mixture powder of an iron-nickel-molybdenum-based metal powder and a carbon-based powder into a cavity of a molding die and compressing the raw powder in the cavity to form a consolidation body, a sintering process of sintering the consolidation body at a sintering temperature to form a sintered alloy, and a carburization quenching process of heating the sintered alloy in a carburization atmosphere and quenching the heated alloy.
Abstract:
A semi-spherical shoe 1 includes an end face 1B which is disposed in sliding contact with a swash plate 3 and a semi-spherical surface 1A which is disposed in sliding contact with a semi-spherical recess 2A formed in a piston 2. A spherical recess 1C is formed in the top portion of the semi-spherical surface 1A to define a space 4 which serves as a reservoir of lubricant oil between the spherical recess 1C and the semi-spherical recess 2B. If the volume of the space 4 which serves as a reservoir of lubricant oil is increased, an accumulation of abraded power in the spherical recess 1C which forms the space can be prevented in a favorable manner.
Abstract:
In a fluid transfer device (10) that includes a housing (12), a rotor (16) rotatably mounted in the housing (12) and having a bore (24) and at least one piston (30) slidingly mounted in the bore (24), a port plate (42) that includes a body portion (44) mountable in the housing (12) and formed from a first material and a wear layer (56) formed of a second material, different from the first material, attached to the body portion (44) and adapted to contact the rotor (16). Also a fluid transfer device (10) including such a port plate (42).