Abstract:
A cylinder sleeve for an internal combustion engine is provided with a flat zone that extends along the entire axial length thereof. The cylinder sleeve is embodied as a rough cast sleeve whose outer surface comprises a rough zone that extends along the entire axial length thereof and consists of a plurality of elevations with undercuts in order to ensure that a sufficient amount of combustion heat generated during operation of the engine is discharged.
Abstract:
An engine component is composed of an aluminum alloy containing silicon, and includes a plurality of primary-crystal silicon grains located on a slide surface. The plurality of primary-crystal silicon grains have an average crystal grain size of no less than about 12 μm and no more than about 50 μm.
Abstract:
An engine component is composed of an aluminum alloy containing silicon, and includes a plurality of primary-crystal silicon grains located on a slide surface. The plurality of primary-crystal silicon grains have an average crystal grain size of no less than about 12 μm and no more than about 50 μm.
Abstract:
An oil pump is provided which includes a cam ring made of a material having a first line expansion coefficient, a pump element rotatably disposed in the cam ring and smaller in an axial length than the cam ring, a first housing member disposed on one of axially opposite sides of the cam ring and made of a material having a second line expansion coefficient larger than the first line expansion coefficient, and a second housing member disposed on the other of the axially opposite sides of the cam ring and made of a material having a third line expansion coefficient than the first line expansion coefficient.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a fuel pump for an inter-cylinder direct fuel injection apparatus, in which occurrence of corrosion and attrition caused by cavitation or erosion can be suppressed, their resistance against the environment can be improved, and an excellent lifetime can be achieved in the case of the use of an aluminum material even if the temperature reaches as high as 100° C. or higher and the pressure reaches as high as 7 to 12 MPa. In the fuel pump for an inter-cylinder direct fuel injection apparatus, made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a coating film plated with Ni—P or a Ni—P based material is formed by electroless plating.
Abstract:
A process for producing an aluminum alloy-made forged scroll part includes a step of casting an aluminum alloy material into a round bar having a diameter of 130 mm or less, the aluminum alloy material comprising 8.0-12.5 mass % of Si, 1.0-5.0 mass % of Cu and 0.2-1.3 mass % of Mg; a step of cutting the aluminum alloy round bar into a stock material for forging; a step of subjecting the stock material to upsetting at an upsetting ratio of 20-70% to form a pre-shaped product that is a workpiece; and a forging step of applying pressure onto the workpiece with a punch at a temperature of 300-450° C. to form a scroll wrap in a direction of the punch pressure, and wherein the forging step includes a single step in which a forged scroll part is press-formed while a back pressure smaller than the punch pressure is applied to an end of the scroll wrap in a direction opposite to the punch pressure direction. With this method, it is possible to produce a forged scroll part capable of suppressing occurrence of coarse primary Si crystals and reducing a variation in height of a wrap in a scroll part and in every scroll part being forged.
Abstract:
A recrystallization-hardenable aluminum cast alloy includes in addition to aluminum the following elements as functional elements: (1) 5 to 10 weight % silicon, (2) 0.2 to 0.35 weight % magnesium, (3) 0.3 to 3 weight % nickel and/or 0.6 to 3 weight % cobalt, and impurities due to manufacturing.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a fuel pump for an inter-cylinder direct fuel injection apparatus, in which occurrence of corrosion and attrition caused by cavitation or erosion can be suppressed, their resistance against the environment can be improved, and an excellent lifetime can be achieved in the case of the use of an aluminum material even if the temperature reaches as high as 100null C. or higher and the pressure reaches as high as 7 to 12 MPa. In the fuel pump for an inter-cylinder direct fuel injection apparatus, made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a coating film plated with NinullP or a NinullP based material is formed by electroless plating.
Abstract:
A shoe for use in a swash plate type compressor, interposed between a swash plate and a piston, has a base member and metal plating layer. The base member is made of aluminum alloy. The metal plating layer coats at least a part of surface of the base member. The thickness of the metal plating layer ranges from 20 &mgr;m to 150 &mgr;m.
Abstract:
A shoe for a swash plate type compressor disposed between a swash plate and a corresponding one of a plurality of pistons, the shoe being characterized by comprising: a base body formed of an aluminum alloy; and a metal plating film which covers at least a portion of a surface of the base body.