Abstract:
A vane of a compressor is made of solid phase sintering material of which a sintering density is not less than 7.2g/cm.sup.3 and a hollow rate is not more than 10%, and to which CrN phase is adhered through a PVD process. A roller of the compressor is made of hardened and tempered material having a hardness equal to cast iron FC300 (specified by JIS). The roller may be made of hardened and tempered material including at least one of Ni, Cr and Mo, and having a hardness equal to cast iron FC300. The vane and roller are combined, so that a sliding section having excellent abrasion-resistance can be constructed. As a result, a rotary compressor, which employs R134a or R22 coolant as well as HFC system or HC system coolant both of which are R22 substitutes, having extremely high reliability can be realized.
Abstract translation:压缩机的叶片由固相烧结材料制成,其烧结密度不小于7.2g / cm 3,中空率不大于10%,并且通过PVD工艺粘附CrN相。 压缩机的辊由具有等于铸铁FC300(JIS规定)的硬度和回火材料制成。 辊可以由包括Ni,Cr和Mo中的至少一种的淬火和回火材料制成,并且具有等于铸铁FC300的硬度。 组合叶片和辊,从而可以构成具有优异耐磨性的滑动部分。 结果,可以实现采用R134a或R22冷却剂的旋转压缩机以及具有极高可靠性的R22替代物的HFC系统或HC系统冷却剂。
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 wear layer is provided for each of a piston and cylinder of an internal combustion engine in which ash-producing fuels of solid-liquid mixtures are combusted. Each layer consists of a hard phase and a second phase of lower hardness and greater toughness. Each wear layer has a minimum thickness of one millimeter; the hard phase has a minimum hardness of 1900 HV with a mean chord length in the running direction of from 30 to 200 microns. There is a metallurgical bond between the phases in the wear layer as well as between the wear layer and the substrate. In addition, the hard phases of the respective wear layers have an almost equal hardness value.
Abstract:
A pump is disclosed. The pump may include at least one pumping mechanism. The at least one pumping mechanism may include a barrel formed of a substrate having a bore and a plunger formed of a substrate and slidably disposed within the bore in the barrel. The pump may further include a coating disposed on the plunger. The coating may include a main layer containing a tribological material and a sacrificial break-in layer disposed on the main layer, the break-in layer containing a tribological material.
Abstract:
Age-hardening nickel-chromium-iron-titanium-aluminum wrought alloy with very good wear resistance and at the same time good creep strength, good high-temperature corrosion resistance and good processability, with (in mass-%)>18 to 26% chromium, 1.5 to 3.0% titanium, 0.6 to 2.0% aluminum, 7.0 to 40% iron, 0.005 to 0.10% carbon, 0.0005 to 0.050% nitrogen, 0.0005 to 0.030% phosphorus, max. 0.010% sulfur, max. 0.020% oxygen, max. 0.70% silicon, max. 2.0% manganese, max. 0.05% magnesium, max. 0.05% calcium, max. 0.5% molybdenum, max. 0.5% tungsten, max. 0.2% niobium, max. 0.5% copper, max. 0.5% vanadium, if necessary 0 to 15% Co, if necessary 0 to 0.20% Zr, if necessary 0.0001 to 0.008% boron, wherein optionally the following elements may also be contained in the alloy: Y 0-0.20% and/or La 0-0.20% and/or Ce 0-0.20% and/or Ce mixed metal 0-0.20% and/or Hf 0-0.20% and/or Ta 0-0.60%, remainder nickel and the usual unavoidable impurities, wherein the relationship Cr+Fe+Co≧25% must be satisfied in order to achieve good processability and the relationship fh≧0 with fh=6.49+3.88 Ti+1.36 Al−0.301 Fe+(0.759−0.0209 Co)Co−0.428Cr−28.2C, has to be satisfied in order that an adequate strength is achieved at higher temperatures, wherein Ti, Al, Fe, Co, Cr and C are the concentrations of the elements in question in mass-% and fh is expressed in %.
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:
A refrigerant compressor includes a compression unit having a roller and a vane for compressing refrigerant. The vane has a film having first to fourth layers on its metallic base member. The first layer is made of chromium. The second layer is made of chromium and tungsten-carbide. The third layer is made of metal-containing amorphous-carbon containing at least tungsten or tungsten-carbide. The fourth layer is made of non-metal-containing amorphous-carbon containing carbon and hydrogen. In the second layer, chromium content-rate on a first-layer side is larger than on a third-layer side, and tungsten-carbide content-rate on the third-layer side is larger than on the first-layer side. In the third layer, content-rate of the at least tungsten or tungsten-carbide on a second-layer side is larger than on a fourth-layer side. The roller with which an end-edge of the vane slidably-contacts is made of flake graphite cast iron containing molybdenum, nickel and chromium.
Abstract:
A piston ring for use at temperatures above 350° F. at pressures greater than or equal to about 2000 psi, comprising a gap having a gap width about 1.4 to about 2.0 times greater than a thickness of the piston ring; a height about 4.5 to about 6.4 times larger than the thickness, and a leading edge characterized by an arc having a radius of curvature of less than or equal to about 4 times the height. The piston ring may be formed of a material comprising cobalt, chromium, tungsten, and carbon. A gas compressor and method of sealing a piston using the above piston ring is also provided for.