Abstract:
A method by which consolidated articles can be produced from nanocrystalline materials to have mechanical properties that can be improved through thermal treatment. The method entails machining a body to produce polycrystalline chips having nanocrystalline microstructures, and then consolidating the chips to form a consolidated article having mechanical properties that exceed that of the body from which the chips were formed. In particular, consolidation of nanocrystalline chips formed by machining a supersaturated solid-solution body causes precipitation of a fine dispersion of precipitates in the consolidated article, with the potential for certain properties to even improve during consolidation or subsequent thermal treatment of the consolidated article.
Abstract:
A products having at least a portion thereof with a nanocrystalline microstructure, and methods of producing such products. The method generally entails machining a body to produce a polycrystalline chip having a nanocrystalline microstructure. The chips produced by the machining operation may be in the form of particulates, ribbons, wires, filaments and/or platelets. The chips may be consolidated (with or without comminution) to form a product, such that the product is essentially a nanocrystalline monolithic material consisting essentially or entirely of nano-crystals, or of grains grown from nano-crystals. Alternatively, the chips may be dispersed in a matrix material, such that the product is a composite material in which the chips are dispersed as a reinforcement material. According to a particular aspect, a monolithic article can be formed entirely from a single chip by deforming the chip and/or removing material from the chip.
Abstract:
A product in which at least a portion of the product has a nanocrystalline microstructure, and a method of forming the product. The method generally entails machining a body in a manner that produces chips consisting entirely of nano-crystals as a result of the machining operation imposing a sufficiently large strain deformation. The body can be formed of a variety of materials, including metal, metal alloy and ceramic materials. Furthermore, the body may have a microstructure that is essentially free of nano-crystals, and may even have a single-crystal microstructure. The chips produced by the machining operation may be in the form of particulates, ribbons, wires, filaments and/or platelets. The chips are then used to form the product. According to one aspect of the invention, the chips are consolidated to form the product, such that the product is a monolithic material that may contain nano-crystals. According to another aspect of the invention, the chips are dispersed in a matrix material, such that the product is a composite material in which the chips serve as a reinforcement material.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to short metal fibers. A set of short metal fibers , with an equivalent diameter ranging from 1 to 150 DOLLAR (m)m, comprises entangled and curved fibers. At least 10 % of the short metal fibers are entangled, whereas the length of the curved fibers is distributed according to a gamma-distribution, having an average length preferably between 10 and 2000 DOLLAR (m)m.
Abstract:
A magnet core is required to be particularly dense, made of alloys produced in a rapid solidification process and have a minimal coercitive field strength. To achieve these aims, a coarse-grain powder fraction is first produced from an amorphous strip of a soft magnetic alloy. In addition, at least one fine-grain powder fraction is produced from a nanocrystalline strip of a soft magnetic alloy. The particle fractions are then mixed to produce a multi-modal powder, wherein the particles of the coarse-grain particle fraction have an amorphous structure and the particles of the fine-grain powder fraction have a nanocrystalline structure. The multi-modal powder is then pressed to produce a magnet core.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a filter used in a gas generating apparatus of a car airbag. The car airbag is equipped with a gas generating apparatus for generating high temperature and high pressure, in which gunpowder is exploded by ignition of an igniter, by which a gas generating agent is burned. By combustion of a gas generating agent, a high temperature and high pressure gas is generated, which should be cooled down to be suitable for expansion of an airbag while impurities contained in the gas are removed. The present invention relates to a filter prepared by sintering a perforate plate with metal powder prepared by processing machining chips to meet the foregoing requirements. The filter according to the present invention is prepared by preparing a perforated plate in a cylinder form by uniformly forming holes of 1 to 8 mm on a metal plate using a frame mold and rolling up the plate, preparing metal powder of 20 to 50 mesh by processing machining chips, placing the perforated plate in a molder and vibration packing the metal powder to be uniformly distributed, and sintering the metal powder at 1000 to 1350°C for 15 to 120 minutes.
Abstract:
The invention relates a spinpack filter comprising a porous structure of sintered short metal fibers, having a polygonal cross-section. The invention further relates to an assembly for spinpack filtration and to a method of manufacturing a spinpack filter.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to sintered products comprising a set of short metal fibers. The set of short metal fibers comprises fibers having a diameter ranging between (1) and 150 mu . The set comprises entangled and curved fibers. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing a sintered product comprising short metal fibers and to the use of a sintered product for example as filtering device, as carrier for a catalyst or as heat exchanging device.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing minute metallic balls (20) uniform in size comprising the steps of making short pieces (16; 10) of metallic wire by cutting a fine metallic wire (1) to a given length and shaping said pieces into balls by heating and melting them at a temperature higher than the melting point of said metal.
Abstract:
Poudre de connexion électrique comportant des particules obtenues par pulvérisation d'un squelette de mousse alvéolaire à cellules ouvertes de métal choisi dans le groupe consistant en fer, cobalt, nickel et leurs alliages recouvert d'au moins un revêtement d'étain, d' indium ou un de leurs alliages. La pâte est formée de cette poudre dispersée dans un liant tel que de la graisse. La poudre ou la pâte est particulièrement utile pour améliorer la conductance d'une connexion électrique constituée par une cosse (20) reliée à un câble (24) constitué d'une pluralité de brins (30, 32, 34) par une bague de sertissage (26).