Abstract:
The invention provides a valve which suppresses a continuous corrosion of a chemical compound phase such as an eutectic carbide or the like in a valve seat, and improves a corrosion resistance, an impact resistance and an erosion resistance of the valve seat. The invention disperses a chemical compound phase such as the eutectic carbide or the like crystallizing in a dendrite gap as a granular shape or a blocky shape which is equal to or less than about 100 μm, by moving a tool rotating in a crimped state by a load application to a vertical direction to a surface of the valve seat so as to carry out a friction stir processing, and forming a weld metallographic structure of a surface layer portion of the valve seat as a cubic.
Abstract:
A friction stir tool excellent in productivity, high temperature strength, and wear resistance at high temperatures. The friction stir tool is formed of a Co-based alloy comprising crystal grains containing a γ′ precipitate phase dispersed and precipitated therein, and a crystal grain boundary region and a precipitate phase between adjacent crystal grains, in which the precipitate phase is at least one phase selected from a μ phase, a Laves phase and a carbide phase.
Abstract:
It is an object to provide a friction stir tool excellent in productivity, high temperature strength, and wear resistance at high temperatures.The friction stir tool is formed of a Co-based alloy comprising crystal grains containing a γ′ precipitate phase dispersed and precipitated therein, and a crystal grain boundary region and a precipitate phase between adjacent crystal grains, in which the precipitate phase is at least one phase selected from a μ phase, a Laves phase and a carbide phase.
Abstract:
A heat resistant alloy member that maintains the creep strength and improves the fatigue characteristics is provided. The heat resistant alloy member according to the present invention includes a recrystallized structure layer including finer grains on the surface of the member than those inside of the member. The recrystallized structure layer is formed by forming a stirred layer by giving processing strain to the surface of the member using a friction stir processing, and applying recrystallization heat treatment to the stirred layer for recrystallization.
Abstract:
It is an object to provide a friction stir tool excellent in productivity, high temperature strength, and wear resistance at high temperatures.The friction stir tool is formed of a Co-based alloy comprising crystal grains containing a γ′ precipitate phase dispersed and precipitated therein, and a crystal grain boundary region and a precipitate phase between adjacent crystal grains, in which the precipitate phase is at least one phase selected from a μ phase, a Laves phase and a carbide phase.
Abstract:
A disk brake includes a caliper body having a cylinder portion (25) with a cylindrical shape. The cylinder portion (25) has a bore (30) with a bottom (34) formed by integrally joining together an opening peripheral edge (98) at the bottom side of the cylinder portion (25) and a bottom cover member (92) to be fitted to the opening peripheral edge (98) through friction stir welding. The bottom cover member (92) has a disk shape and is friction-stir-welded along the outer periphery thereof. The terminating point of the friction stir welding is within the boundaries of the bottom cover member (92).
Abstract:
Provided is high corrosion resistant equipment for a plant having the lining structure which exhibits high reliability against breaking of a joining portion over a long use period. The high corrosion resistant equipment for a plant includes a lining plate and a support portion which are made of a high corrosion resistance material and a structural material portion made of a steel material or the like. The lining plate and the support portion include a joining portion to which friction stirring is applied. The support portion is assembled into or fastened to the structural material portion by means of the geometrical structure with a gap interposed between the support portion and the structural material portion. Due to such a constitution, high corrosion resistant equipment for a plant having the lining which exhibits high reliability can be acquired.
Abstract:
It is an objective of the present invention to provide an effective use of the friction stir processing (FSP) technology for Ti-alloy turbine blades with a long radial length, and provide a Ti-alloy turbine blade having both high erosion resistance and high long term reliability. There is provided a turbine blade made of an α-β titanium alloy having an average Vickers hardness of 320 Hv or less, the turbine blade having a leading edge, in which: the turbine blade includes, at the leading edge thereof, a first hardened surface region having a thickness of from 0.5 to 3.0 mm and having an average Vickers hardness of 340 Hv or more; and the first hardened surface region is formed by friction stir processing a surface region of the leading edge of the turbine blade.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a composite material that can prevent a powdered additive to be mixed from scattering and control a quantity of the additive dispersed in the composite material.A method for producing a composite material in which an additional material different from a base material is dispersed into a part of the base material comprises the steps of providing a wire rod formed by applying a metallic film to the additional material to be dispersed or by stuffing a metallic tube with the additional material to be dispersed, fixing the wire rod on a surface or into an inside of the base material, and applying stirring along the fixed wire rod with a tool for friction stirring to disperse the additional material into the part of the base material.
Abstract:
A transparent electric conductor includes titanium oxide doped with aluminum and at least one other dopant: either in the form Ti1-a-bAlaXbOy, where X is a dopant or a mixture of dopants selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ta, W, Mo, V, Cr, Fe, Zr, Co, Sn, Mn, Er, Ni, Cu, Zn and Sc, a is in the range 0.01 to 0.50, and b is in the range 0.01 to 0.15; or in the form Ti1-aAlaFcOy-c, where a is in the range 0.01 to 0.50, and c is in the range 0.01 to 0.10. With the above composition, the electrical conductivity and the light transmittance are suitable for use of the transparent electric conductor in various applications, in particular as a transparent electrode of an electronic device.