Abstract:
An electrochemical method of modifying the surface hardness of a non-allotropic metal member 10, comprising: (a) forming the member to near net-shape with at least one surface 12 to be hardened; (b) subjecting the surface 12 to rapid melting and resolidification by incidence of an electrical discharge between an electrode 16 and the surface 12 closely spaced thereto, the spacing containing an electrolyte with plasma forming capability, the surface 12 being hardened by crystallographic change of the globules resulting from substitutional alloying; and (c) cropping the surface grains 29 of the surface to increase load bearing capacity while retaining liquid retention capacity.
Abstract:
A swash plate of a swash-plate compressor is subjected to sliding on shoes and is required to have excellent seizure resistance and wear resistance under the dry lubricating condition. The swash plate according to the present invention is provided with the surface-treated layer, i,e., the intermediate layer consisting of Cu, Sn or metal phosphate, and a sliding contact layer consisting of MoS.sub.2 and/or graphite and thermosetting resin.
Abstract:
A swash plate type variable-capacity compressor (3) includes a piston (23) with a piston rod (53) and a piston driving mechanism, the piston driving mechanism comprising a drive shaft (5), a swash plate (59) inclined and hinged with the drive shaft (5) to be rotatable together with the drive shaft (5) but being swingable on the drive shaft (5), and sliding shoes (79, 81) coupling the swash plate (59) to the piston rod (51) so as to reciprocate the piston (23) by rotation of the swash plate (59). In the compressor (3), the swash plate (59) is made of a copper alloy. Preferably, the copper alloy is at least one alloy selected from the group consisting of a high-strength brass alloy, a bronze alloy, and a lead-bronze alloy.
Abstract:
A swash plate which is made of an iron-based or aluminum-based material and is used in a single-side compression type swash-plate compressor. A flame-sprayed copper-based alloy layer is formed on at least a sliding surface with a first shoe in a compression space side. The flame-sprayed copper-based alloy layer contains in total, by weight percentage, not less than 0.5% and not more than 50% of one or more kinds selected from not more than 40% of lead, not more than 30% of tin, not more than 0.5% of phosphorus, not more than 15% of aluminum, not more than 10% of silver, not more than 5% of silicon, not more than 5% of manganese, not more than 5% of chromium, not more than 20% of nickel, and not more than 30% of zinc and the balance essentially copper and impurities. Electrolytic plating, electroless plating, lubricant coating, phophatizing or hardening is applied on at least a second sliding surface with a second shoe in the side opposite to the compression space.
Abstract:
It is an object of the present invention to reduce the abrasion at a pressure receiving portion of the cylinder block, without increasing the manufacturing cost, even when the outer rings of a bearing are jointly rotated and eccentrically fluctuated. The cylinder blocks are made of aluminum alloy comprising, by weight, 1.5 to 3.5% of Cu, 13 to 16% of Si, 0.5% or less of Mg, 1.0% or less of Zn, 1.0% or less of Fe and the remainder of Al. The matrix, except for primary Si crystal, is relatively soft. Primary Si crystals which each independently project from the pressure receiving portions tend to be pushed into the base material by the outer rings of the thrust bearings, so that the levels of primary Si crystals are easily made to be approximately uniform. As a result, the interference and thrust load from the outer rings can be appropriately supported by a large number of primary Si crystals, and a jointly rotating motion and an eccentric fluctuation can be appropriately supported by a large number of primary Si crystals under severe operating conditions.
Abstract:
An aluminum foil to be etched for use as the electrolytic condenser electrodes is composed of a foil body of an aluminum purity of 99.9% or higher, and an oxide layer 20-70 .ANG. thick and formed due to contact of the foil body with an oxidizing atmosphere. At least one etching nuclei-forming element is concentrated in a boundary region and/or in an outermost surface region of the oxide layer, the boundary region being disposed between the foil body and the oxide layer, and both the regions having a thickness of 20 .ANG. or less. The ratio in ion intensity of a maximum concentration of the elements in these regions to a concentration of the elements in the inner layer of the foil body is 1.2-30. There are three patterns in distribution of the elements, so that the maximum concentration is in a predetermined ratio to the concentration in the surface region, the inner layer or a minimum concentration appearing between the regions. The foil will be etched to be ready for use as the electrolytic condenser electrodes.
Abstract:
An object of this invention is to provide a compressor in which the number of components and the number of manufacturing steps are reduced, and a compression element is prevented from being displaced in the casing, whereby the air gap between the rotor and the stator of the motor is held unchanged at all times. In a compressor, a connecting cylinder 11a is formed on the casing 1 having a connecting opening 11 such that it is extended from the connecting opening outwardly of the casing, and an inlet tube 6 has a first press-fitting portion 61 which is press-fitted into a refrigerant suction opening 31a and a second press-fitting portion 62 which is press-fitted into the connecting cylinder 11a. The inlet tube 6 is fixedly secured to the casing 1 by press-fitting it into the refrigerant suction opening 31a and the connecting cylinder 11a, whereby the compression element 3 is prevented from being displaced in the casing. The compression element 3 is prevented from being displaced in the casing 1 by means of the inlet tube 6. Therefore, the compression element 3 is prevented from being displaced when spot-welded; that is, the air gap between the rotor and the stator in the motor can be maintained unchanged at all times.
Abstract:
An aluminum-lithium based alloy which comprises 10-20 wt. % silicon, 1.5-5.0 wt. % copper, 1.0-4.0 wt. % lithium, 0.45-1.5 wt. % magnesium, 0.01-1.3 wt. % iron, 0.01-0.5 wt. % manganese, 0.01-1.5 wt. % nickel, 0.01-1.5 wt. % zinc, 0.01-0.5 wt. % silver, 0.01-0.25 wt. % titanium and the balance aluminum. The alloy is utilized to cast high temperature assemblies including pistons which have a reduction in density and similar mechanical properties including tensile strengths to alloys presently used.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a hemisphere shoe provided between a piston and a slant plate of a swash plate compressor, said method comprises the steps of: cutting a cylindrical blank corresponding to a weight of the hemisphere shoe; plastic-working the cylindrical blank into a blank to be cold-forged having a large diameter plane portion at one end and a small diameter plane portion at another end and a body portion having a curved surface and a higher height than the finished hemisphere shoe and a smaller maximum diameter than the finished hemisphere shoe in a middle portion of the blank; positioning the blank so that the small diameter plane portion contacts with a recess die sufrace of a first die and the large diameter plane portion contacts with a substantially plane die surface of a second die; cold-forging the blank to be cold-forged by pressing the both dies till the dies are in a close contact with each other by means of a cold-forging press including the first die haivng a hemisphere recess die of a substantial hemisphere shape with a radius anticipating a strain caused by a heat-treating; heat-treating the cold-forged hemisphere shoe; and glaze-plishing the heat-treated hemisphere shoe.
Abstract:
An aluminium alloy made of consolidated rapid-quenched aluminium alloy powder by using an improved metallurgical method basically comprises, by weight percent, less than 30% silicone, less than 8% iron, less than 7% copper and less than 0.2% oxygen, the balance being substantially aluminium. The consolidated rapid-quenched aluminium alloy powder has features that it contains less than 0.2% oxygen, and the material made from the rapid-quenched aluminium alloy powder has a high limit compressibility factor, rate of reduction and tensile strength. Thus the aluminium alloy material obtained is suitable for structural members such as pistons for internal combustion engines.