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 method for forming an exterior surface of a high-temperature component, such as a blade or vane of a gas turbine engine. The method entails forming a shell by a powder metallurgy technique that yields an airfoil whose composition can be readily tailored for the particular service conditions of the component. The method generally entails providing a pair of inner and outer mold members that form a cavity therebetween. One or more powders and any desired reinforcement material are then placed in the cavity and then consolidated at an elevated temperature and pressure in a non-oxidizing atmosphere. Thereafter, at least the outer mold member is removed to expose the consolidated powder structure. By appropriately shaping the mold members to tailor the shape of the cavity, the consolidated powder structure has the desired shape for the exterior shell of a component, such that subsequent processing of the component does not require substantially altering the configuration of the exterior shell. The airfoil can be produced as a free-standing article or produced directly on a mandrel that subsequently forms the interior structure of the component. In one embodiment, an airfoil is configured to have double walls through which cooling air flows.
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:
A swash plate type axial piston pump improved in respect to wear or abrasion-resistant capability of sliding members of the pump adapted to rotate relative to each other for protecting them from rapid wearing even upon high rotation of the pump. The axial piston pump includes a housing (1), a rotatable shaft (3) supported rotatably within the housing (1), an axial piston pump including a cylinder block (15) mounted on the shaft (3) axially slideably therealong and co-rotatably therewith and a plurality of pistons (21) accommodated axially reciprocatively within a corresponding number of cylinders, respectively, which extend axially, being arrayed around the rotatable shaft (3), a swash plate (23) disposed for moving reciprocatively the pistons (21) in axial direction as the shaft (3) is rotated, and a plurality of sliding members which are incorporated slideably relative to one another for constituting parts of the pump. At least one of the plural sliding members such as the valve plate (31), the cylinder block (15), the shoe (25), the swash plate (23), the shoe holder (27) and the supporting member (24) is coated with a nickel-phosphor-Teflon layer by plating.
Abstract:
A wobble plate in a wobble plate compressor has a bevel gear positioned at a central portion thereof. The bevel gear is provided with a centered ball seat. A second bevel gear is supported on the cylinder block and also has a centered ball seat. A bearing ball is seated in both of the ball seats so that the wobble plate nutates about the ball. At least one of the bevel gears is coated with electroless composite plating layer having a self-lubricative material, such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), dispersed therein. Consequently, the bevel gears have low frictional resistance, high hardness and improved anti-seizure characteristics.
Abstract:
This invention relates to composite materials and the production of composite materials that are designed for use under high stress and at high temperatures. More particularly, this invention relates to materials suited for use in turbine engines, such as those used in aircraft, that must withstand high temperature, high stress, corrosion and oxidation. The invention specifically relates to composite materials which have alloy matrices, e.g., nickel aluminide, reinforced with a substantially continuous, interpenetrating, and interconnected network of a metal oxide. These composite materials have superior properties as compared to superalloys, intermetallics, ceramics, or artificially reinforced materials.
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:
There is provided an oxide dispersion-strengthened nickel alloy which has a hot working property, a structure stability at high temperature, improved creep characteristics at high temperature and improved heat resistant fatigue characteristics. The oxide dispersion-strengthened alloy is composed of an oxide containing one or more kinds of elements in an amount of 2 wt % or less selected from the group composed of titanium, zirconium and hafnium, chromium in an amount of 15-35 wt %, carbon in an amount of 0.01-0.4 wt % and Y.sub.2 O.sub.3 in an amount of 0.3-2.0 wt %, and the balance of substantially nickel, wherein Y.sub.2 O.sub.3 is dispersed as particles in the matrix of the nickel alloy containing one or more kinds of elements selected from the group composed of titanium, zirconium and hafnium, chromium and carbon. The elements of equipment such as the nozzle guide vane of a gas turbine, the liner and transition piece of a combustor, and the like are composed of the oxide dispersion-strengthened alloy of the present invention so that they can be used at high temperature.
Abstract translation:提供了具有热加工性,高温结构稳定性,高温下蠕变特性提高,耐热疲劳特性提高的氧化物分散强化镍合金。 氧化物分散强化合金由含有选自钛,锆和铪组成的组中的2重量%以下的1种以上的元素的氧化物,15〜35重量%的铬, 0.01-0.4重量%的碳和0.3-2.0重量%的Y 2 O 3,余量基本上为镍,其中Y 2 O 3作为颗粒分散在含有选择的一种或多种元素的镍合金基质中 由钛,锆和铪组成的组,铬和碳组成。 燃气轮机的喷嘴引导叶片,燃烧器的衬套和过渡件等设备的元件由本发明的氧化物分散强化合金构成,从而可以在高温下使用。
Abstract:
The invention produces a light metal alloy composite having a nickel coated graphite or carbon with a nickel-containing intermetallic phase within a portion of a casting. A mold is provided to cast a light metal into a predetermined shape. A nickel coated carbon phase structure is placed into a portion of the mold. The light metal is cast into the mold around the carbon structure to wet an interface between the light metal and the nickel coated carbon structure. A nickel-containing intermetallic phase is formed in the light metal proximate the nickel coated carbon to provide increased wear resistance. The light metal is then solidified to form the metal matrix composite.
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.