METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING SILICON NITRIDE SINTERED COMPACT

    公开(公告)号:US20230357087A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-09

    申请号:US18011865

    申请日:2021-06-29

    发明人: Dai KUSANO

    摘要: Provided is a method for continuously producing a silicon nitride sintered compact for enabling a continuous production of silicon nitride sintered compacts by sintering using a silicon nitride powder having a high β-phase rate. A fired compact 1 housed in a firing jig 2 contains a silicon nitride powder having at least 80% of β-transition rate and 7 to 20 m2/g of specific surface area together with a sintering additive, where the total content of aluminum element is adjusted not to exceed 800 ppm. The firing jig 2 is supplied into a continuous firing furnace equipped with a closed-type firing container 5 having at its end portions a supplying openable door 3 and a discharging openable door 4 for supplying and discharging the firing jig, a heating mechanism 6 provided on the body periphery of the firing container 5, a conveyance mechanism for supplying/discharging the firing jig into/from the firing container, and a gas-supplying mechanism for supplying an inert gas into the firing container, so that the silicon nitride is heated to a temperature in the range of 1200 to 1800° C. in an inert gas atmosphere and at a pressure of not less than 0 MPa·G and less than 0.1 MPa·G so as to be sintered.

    Force transmission assembly having ceramic parts

    公开(公告)号:US11608860B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-21

    申请号:US15720596

    申请日:2017-09-29

    申请人: Aktiebolaget SKF

    摘要: A force-transmitting assembly includes a metal shaft having at least two longitudinally-extending grooves defined in an outer surface, and a metal hub having at least two longitudinally-extending grooves defined in an inner surface that surrounds the outer surface of the shaft. A plurality of discrete parts is disposed in the at least two longitudinally-extending grooves of the shaft and the hub in an interference-fit manner so as to transmit a torque from the shaft to the hub. Each of the discrete parts is composed of at least 50 mass % of technical ceramic selected from Si3N4, SiAlON, Al2O3, ZrO2, or a mixture of two or more of Si3N4, SiAlON, Al2O3, and ZrO2.