摘要:
Apparatus for casting in a vacuum has a single evacuable furnace chamber 10 in which the charge melting and mould heating takes place. The charge is melted in a crucible 24 by an induction coil 20, while the mould is heated by resistance heaters 18 which are made from a FECRALLOY (Registered Trade Mark) material and can be operated in air or vacuum. In operation an empty mould 16 and a charged crucible 24 are positioned in the furnace 14 and the furnace chamber is sealed. The heaters 20 and 18 are operated while the furnace is pumped down. A control device 40 ensures that the charge is not melted until the appropriate vacuum level has been reached. After pouring the filled mould is withdrawn into a withdrawal zone 25 and as soon as the casting has solidified to the extent that air can be admitted to the chamber without detriment, the vacuum is released and the mould and charge replaced. The furnace described is relatively inexpensive, having no water cooled valves between chambers, and the process is relatively quick and inexpensive due to the heating of the mould during evacuation of the chamber.
摘要:
In casting of hollow turbine blades problems arise with breakage or distortion of long thin cores for small diameter cooling passages, and also in maintaining cores accurately positioned for casting thin walled blades. The present invention provides a method of manufacture in which a pre-form of the blade, or other hollow article, is made in two parts and is accurately machined to define the required passage shapes or wall thicknesses in at least one of the parts, appropriate cores are made and the pre-form parts are assembled in a casting mould with the cores in position and heated to melt the preforms. Thus the cores are supported by solid material during the melting process. The melting can take place progressively in a uni-directional manner along the article so that only a narrow area of the article becomes melted at any time and the cores are supported in the melt from both ends. Thus columnar grained or single crystal articles can be made by this method. The method can also be used to produce blind-ended holes in a cast article.
摘要:
The invention pertains to the use of six-membered cyclic phosphates as plant growth regulators and methods for regulating the growth of plants using such compounds.
摘要:
The present invention provides a solar absorptive material for a solar selective surface of an absorber of solar radiation. The solar absorptive material comprises a dispersed metallic material and a receiving the top surface boundary through which the solar radiation is received. Further, the solar absorptive material comprises a first region and a second region. The first region being located at a position closer to the receiving boundary than the second region and the first region has an average volume fraction of the dispersed metallic material that is larger than that of the second region.
摘要:
A pulse width modulated solenoid control valve is described, wherein the valve includes a polymer fluid control body. The body includes a segmented fluid flow path for providing strength to the fluid control body assembly. Stand off ribs are provided to improve assembly into a control manifold. A casing forms an integral flux tube. A tapered push rod is used to reduce flux shorting.
摘要:
A method for dynamically adapting a radio signal strength indicator (RSSI) threshold level of a subscriber radio in two-way radio communications includes determining pre-assigned subsystem site type (211) by a subscriber radio upon attempted registration with a subscriber radio subsystem site. The RSSI threshold level within the subscriber radio is then dynamically adjusted based on the subsystem site type. A predefined set of operational criteria is used by the subscriber radio to identify each subsystem site type and maintain predefined communication standards by either remaining within the subscriber radio subsystem site or being excluded from the subscriber radio subsystem site.
摘要:
A fine-pitch acoustic transducer array that has a backing made of acoustically attenuative material. The backing material is prepared by homogeneously combining a matrix component and filler components having an average particle size less than one-fifth (preferably less than one-tenth) of the smallest dimension of the elements making up the array. In certain embodiments, the acoustically attenuative material comprises 25-45 wt. % tungsten particles, 15-35 wt. % silicone particles and 40-60 wt. % epoxy.