Abstract: A wear-resistant coating is provided for a sealing strip used in a rotary engine having a trochoidal chamber made of a supereutectic aluminum-silicon alloy. The coating consists essentially of chromium or a chromium alloy applied by plasma deposition welding.

Abstract: A gasket made of a fibrous and/or porous material is impregnated with a liquid saturating agent consisting essentially of an organic, synthetic and completely polymerizable liquid that does not contain agents which will evaporate during polymerization of the liquid.

Abstract: A spacer-expander member for holding one or two cylinder-engaging rails in a groove in a piston is formed to present a plurality of radially inwardly-directed spacer feet which are so located that they engage the groove bottom in a region spaced from the groove sides.

Abstract: A friction stressed machine part of cast iron with a ledeburitic-containing bearing surface contains 0.1 to 10 area percent of predominantly nodular-shaped graphite in the ledeburitic-containing bearing surface. A number of methods for producing such a machine part are provided, including, casting the machine part against a quenching plate so that it hardens in a mottled manner in the region of the bearing surface.

Abstract: A device for the centered clamping of an annular workpiece or workpiece stack formed of a plurality of annular workpieces, to hold the same in position for the machining of the inner faces thereof, includes first and second axially aligned clamping rings for engaging opposite, radially extending end faces of a workpiece or workpiece stack positioned in a space between the clamping rings; a centering cylinder surrounding the space and having a lead-in chamfer at one edge thereof; and a clamping arrangement for moving the two clamping rings relative to one another.

Abstract: In a lip sealing ring made of two elastomer materials including, a first elastomeric material made from a non-fluoroelastomer, a second elastomeric material made of a fluoroelastomer and serving as the sealing lip, and an embedded reinforcing metal ring, the improvement wherein the non-fluoroelastomer material is an acrylelastomer consisting of a terpolymer of ethylene, methylacrylate and a carboxyl containing monomer, with the sealing lip portion and the non-fluoroelastomer portion being vulcanized to the metal ring with a binder comprised of a mixture of monomeric silanes.

Abstract: Plasma deposition welding powder for the production of a wear-resistant coating on machine parts subject to friction consists essentially of a mixture of two components A and B, of which component A is present at 70 to 99.5 weight percent of the total of A and B. Component A comprises at least one metal selected from the group consisting of molybdenum and tungsten. Component B is present at 0.5 to 30 weight percent of the total of A and B and consists essentially of at least one alloy or compound of at least one of the metals selected from the group consisting of cobalt, chromium, iron, nickel, copper and manganese, with at least one of the elements selected from the group consisting of phosphorus, boron and silicon.

Abstract: A slide ring seal for arrangement between relatively rotating machine components has a counter ring which at one end face is stationarily and sealingly attached to a machine component by means of a double-sided adhesive foil and at its other end face slidingly engages a slide ring.

Abstract: A spray powder is provided for the manufacture of layers having a high resistance to wear and burn traces on the bearing surfaces of engine parts which are subject to friction. The spray powder consists essentially of a powder mixture of about 30 to about 80 weight percent iron, about 0.1 to about 60 weight percent of at least one Group VIB metal selected from the group consisting of molybdenum and tungsten, and about 4 to about 50 weight percent boron.

Abstract: An expander spring for supporting an oil scraper ring in a groove of a piston is constituted by a sheet metal ring having an axis and forming an annular channel of generally U-shaped cross section. The channel has two side walls, forming, respectively, a radially inner and a radially outer, axially oriented side of the expander spring. The channel further has a base interconnecting the side walls and an open side opposite the base. A plurality of circumferentially distributed slots are provided in the side walls for increasing the resiliency of the expander spring in the circumferential direction, and a plurality of axially projecting support feet are carried by the free end of the radially inner side of the expander spring for supporting at least one oil scraper ring.

Abstract: A shaft seal ring has a resilient sealing lip provided with a contact face oriented at an inclined angle with respect to the seal ring axis. The contact face includes a sealing edge for circumferentially engaging the surface of a shaft on which the shaft seal ring is mounted. The contact face has a plurality of circumferentially disposed ribs oriented at alternatingly opposite inclination with respect to the sealing edge. Any adjoining, oppositely inclined two ribs meeting in a point of intersection on the sealing edge form first rib pairs. A second rib pair is provided in the area bounded by the one and the other rib of each first rib pair; the one and the other rib forming each second rib pair terminates on, and is oppositely inclined with respect to, the one and the other rib of the associated first rib pair.

Abstract: For distributing annular workpieces onto a plate provided with a plurality of bolts protruding from the plate surface, each to hold and arrest a correctly positioned workpiece, there is provided a magazine which accommodates a plurality of workpieces in contact with one another at their peripheral surfaces, the magazine being inclined at an angle with respect to the plate surface, being relatively displaceable in the direction of its inclination parallel to the plate surface, and being provided at its lower end with a resilient holding device for the individual release of one workpiece at a time.

Abstract: A sinterable material for use as sealing strips for rotary piston engines, the material being based on a known mixture of iron and vanadium carbide and further including a material which will be liquid at the sintering temperature and which will wet the carbide grains and partially dissolve them to give them a rounded form in the finished strip.

Abstract: A cylinder head gasket for internal combustion engines comprises at least one layer of a soft material having pores which are enriched with an impregnating agent and edges which are bordered by a casing. The pores of the soft material underneath the flange are kept free of impregnating agent.