Abstract: Liquid metal undergoes rapid rotational motion in an induction field and utilizes the resultant centrifugal forces to extend the metal in the form of a rotating film, the film becoming progressively thinner, along a baffle surface located in the induction field. The liquid metal can then emerge through the baffle surface in the form of wires or can be reduced in size on a cylindrical impact wall and then cooled.

Abstract: A brazed aluminum article comprising at least two aluminum members brazed together with a filler metal, which consists essentially of:zinc: from 20 to 80 wt. %,silicon: from 1 to 11 wt. %, andthe balance being aluminum and incidental impurities.The above-mentioned filler metal may further additionally contain copper within the range of from 0.1 to 10 wt. %. The ratio of the silicon content to the aluminum content in the above-mentioned filler metal should preferably be within the range of from 0.05 to 0.12.

Abstract: A nozzle which is submerged in molten metal during steel casting comprises a nozzle body, a nozzle passage provided through the nozzle body such that a molten-metal-and-gas stream can be introduced into the nozzle body at a predetermined point, and at least one discharge port, wherein the discharge port is bordered by a projecting part that presents a surface that is inclined toward the introduction point for the metal/gas stream at a slanting angle, relative to the longitudinal axis of the nozzle body, that is greater than 0.degree.. The nozzle has a substantially prolonged service life.

Abstract: A device for introducing gas into a mass of molten metal in a vessel for creating a stirring action therein has a rammed or pressed apertured block of relatively great density and a grain structure perpendicular to the exposed working surface of the block, the apertures in the block being parallel with the grain structure and provide vertical passageways in which gas delivering tubes are positioned to communicate with the working surface of the block and the molten metal in the vessel. The formation of the block with its grain structure perpendicular to the working or exposed surface of the block greatly improves the life of the device by substantially reducing the erosion rate thereof.

Abstract: Case-hardened plate armor disclosed includes a steel plate (14,18) that is heat treated to provide carbonitride surfaces and a tough, ductile core, with the carbonitride surfaces having a toughness of at least 66, and preferably at least 67, on the Rockwell C scale to prevent surface penetration, and with the tough, ductile core being softer than the carbonitride surfaces to prevent brittle fracture. The steel plate (14,18) may be made from either rolled homogenous armor which has a final core hardness in the range of 45 to 50 on the Rockwell C scale, or from high-hard armor which has a final core hardness in the range of 52 to 54 on the Rockwell C scale. The steel plate may be made with holes or may be imperforate depending upon weight requirements.

Abstract: A photoengraving article is provided formed of an essentially zinc-free magnesium-based alloy which also contains an amount of calcium effective to control lateral etching and improvement the sharpness of the resultant etched pattern. A method of forming a photoengraved article is also provided. The method comprises the steps of forming a photoengraving article from a photoengraving alloy and etching a pattern on the article in an etching bath. The improvement that comprises forming the photoengraving article from essentially zinc-free magnesium-based alloys containing an amount of calcium effective to control the lateral etching and improve the clarity of the resultant pattern. The article and method do not release zinc into the etching bath. Ultimate release of zinc into the environment is also reduced.

Abstract: Apparatus for introducing stirring and refining agents into molten metal in a vessel using a lance having an elongated refractory body with a bore extending inwardly of a first or upper end of the refractory body and terminating inwardly of a second or delivery end thereof. A plurality of small tubes are positioned within the refractory body and communicate with the bore and the exterior of the refractory body whereby gas introduces into the bore flows through the small tubes to the delivery end and sides of the lance and bubbles upwardly shielding the lance from the rapid erosion that occurs when molten slag and steel attack the material of the lance due to the chemistry and temperature of the molten metal.

Abstract: A corrosion resistant metal pipe having an outer surface coated with a zinc film, a chromate film, an intermediate layer consisting substantially of an epoxy resin, and a polyvinyl fluoride film formed one upon another in the order listed.

Abstract: A consumable lance for injecting oxygen and other gases such as argon below the surface of a molten metal bath the lance comprising an upper manifold portion, a lower nozzle end portion, and a plurality of gas conveying conduits attached to a structural support assembly and encased within a protective refractory covering.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the manufacture of metallic filaments is provided. The method and apparatus are used in the continuous manufacture and production of metallic filaments. The apparatus comprises a vertical reactor having a vertical chamber and having three mixing nozzles disposed at the top of the chamber and three vapor lines connecting to the respective three mixing nozzles along the axes of the nozzles, and three gas lines connecting to the respective three mixing nozzles in respective tangential directions. The apparatus also has twelve ring magnets, which are coaxially disposed, and which are mounted on the outside of the vertical ractor. The apparatus also has an outlet duct at the bottom of the chamber. The three vapor lines are supplied through three respective steam-heated heat exchangers from a feed vessel for supplying iron pentacarbonyl vapor to the mixing nozzles. The three gas lines are supplied from a nitrogen receiver tank.

Abstract: A protective device for a submersible lance to be used in a vessel of molten material, such as steel, prevents undesirable deposition of the material at the juncture of lance and probe by having in the lance a channel for gas, and by having between the lance and the probe a gas-conducting disk which projects this gas circumferentially onto the lower surface of the lance.

Abstract: A permanent magnetic alloy mainly composed of gold for making magnetic personal ornaments comprises 50 to 75 weight % gold, 12 to 40 weight % palladium and 3 to 15 weight % cobalt. The alloy is gold or white gold in color and can be plastically deformed to a desired shape. The 12, 14 and 18 Karat gold alloys have maximum energy products of 3.0, 2.2 and 0.9 MGOe, respectively.

Abstract: A charging material preheater for preheating the charging material for a metallurgical smelting unit comprising a container for accommodating the charging material to be preheated, which is provided at the bottom with a grid comprising individual mutually spaced-apart grid bars which are passed outwardly through passage openings in the wall of the container and which are mounted in groups in support beams which are movable by an actuating means between a closed position in which the grid bars project into the interior of the container and a release position in which the grid bars are withdrawn from the interior of the container.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a sintered body with high density comprises: a table having an object to be processed laid thereon; a pressure vessel accommodating a heat element heating the object around and a heat-insulating mantle surrounding the heat element; supply device for supplying to the pressure vessel an extractant which extracts a binder or a dispersion medium contained in the object, exhaust device for exhausting the extractant and an extracted substance from the pressure vessel; pressure device for raising a pressure in the pressure vessel, and vacuum means for evacuating the pressure vessel. The apparatus enables carrying out the three steps of drying or degreasing, sintering and hot isostatic pressing of the object once put in the pressure vessel without handling the object outside the vessel. The object is formed as a compact in the preprocess in advance of being put in the apparatus.

Abstract: A tube of a muffler for an internal combustion engine includes at least two generally rectangular sheets which are joined together at one end by crimping and wound in a tubular configuration to constitute two consecutive layers. In the tubular configuration, the other end of each of the two sheets overlaps the sheet itself and welded to the latter straddling a coupling portion where the two sheets are joined. While one of the sheets which constitutes an inner layer of the tube is made of a material which is resistive to corrosion due to chemical reactions with combustion gas and others flowing through the tube, the other which constitutes an outer wall of the same is made of a material which withstands adverse ambient conditions such as briny air and high humidity.

Abstract: Liquid argon or nitrogen is poured with a lance into a furnace during the production of molten metal.According to the invention, the lance comprises a double wall in which a hole is respectively located in order to vent the argon or nitrogen gas to reduce the rate of diphasic. The tip of the lance is equipped with a diffuser to improve the liquid discharge.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a compressed gas container made of austenitic steels by cryodeformation in which the container is cooled by a refrigerated cooling medium to below the prevailing martensite transformation temperature and is expanded to the desired size by the introduction of a pressure medium into the container. Trichlorofluoromethane is employed as the pressure medium.

Abstract: A novel melting gasifier (7) is disclosed, in which material at least largely comprising metal is melted in a fluidized bed. The latter is maintained by oxygen-containing gas laterally injected through approximately equidistant nozzles in the lower part of the melting gasifier. A carbon carrier and from above the material to be melted are also introduced into the melting gasifier. Over at least part of the fluidized bed height, the gasifier has a horizontal cross-section, which has different dimensions in two directions perpendicular to one another. The nozzles can project by different amounts into the gasifier vessel.

Abstract: Alloyed-zinc-plated steel sheet the alloyed layer of which is minutely cellulated is disclosed. Such an alloyed-zinc-plated steel sheet can be prepared by carrying out the vacuum deposition plating in an inert atmosphere containing 1.0-30 ppm oxygen by volume oxygen and subjecting the plated steel sheet to an alloying heat treatment.

Abstract: A closure mechanism includes a conical discharge nozzle and a shielding tube fitted over the exterior of the discharge nozzle. A snug conical joint is formed by closely complementary conical surfaces of the discharge nozzle and the shielding tube. At least one ring-shaped seal is provided in such joint to prevent exterior air from entering between the discharge nozzle and the shielding tube into the interior of the shielding tube. The ring-shaped seal comprises an annular recess formed in one of the conical surfaces, thereby defining an annular chamber, and an inert gas filling such chamber.