Abstract: A paintless dent removal system, tool and method is disclosed. The handle assembly includes an ergonomic grip having a top, a bottom and an exterior profile. The handle assembly includes a detachable tool connector for detachably connecting a paintless dent removal tool to the handle assembly. The detachable tool connector detachably connected to the exterior profile of the ergonomic grip. The handle assembly further includes an adjustable paddle detachably connected to the bottom of the ergonomic grip. The adjustable paddle having a blade, a shaft and a tip. The blade configured to support a user's forearm during use and the tip detachably connected to the bottom of the ergonomic grip.

Abstract: A method for repairing an electric generator having a rotor that rotates about a vertical axis, the rotor including a spider having a number of spider arms extending radially away from the axis, and a rim surrounding the spider. The weight of the rim is normally carried at least in part by rim support ledges of the spider arms. The method for repair includes supporting the rim from the top of the spider and thereby relieving some or all of the weight of the rim being supported by the rim support ledges.

Abstract: A method for preparing a multilayer metal composite pipe includes steps of: internally and externally grinding blank pipes; cleaning oil stains; assembling a multilayer metal pipe; drawing to reduce a diameter; performing high-speed friction welding at the pipe ends; performing heat treatment; performing four-roller cross-rolling; straightening; performing two-roller cold-rolling; performing cold-drawing to reduce the diameter; performing cold-expansion to reduce the diameter; performing precise cold-rolling; degreasing; brightening; performing surface grinding; cleaning dust; detecting multilayer metal interface bonding; detecting flaws; testing metal structure performance; and sizing and packaging.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section rotatable about an axis, a combustor in fluid communication with the compressor section, and a turbine section in fluid communication with the combustor. The turbine section includes a vane assembly including a radially outer platform with respect to the axis. A first airfoil extend from the radially outer platform to a radially inner platform. A rail extends radially inward from the inner platform, and a connected passage includes an airfoil passage within the first airfoil. A platform passage is located within the inner platform, and a rail passage is located within the rail. The airfoil passage, the platform passage, and the rail passage are fluidly connected.

Abstract: A method is provided for assembling a rotor of a gas turbine engine. During this method, a rotor disk is provided that includes an axis and a plurality of slots arranged circumferentially about the axis in an array. A plurality of rotor blades are provided that include a plurality of airfoils and a plurality of attachments. Each of the rotor blades includes a respective one of the airfoils and a respective one of the attachments. Each of the attachments is inserted partially into a respective one of the slots. The rotor blades are rested on top of a blade support structure. The blade support structure is lowered axially downward along the rotor disk to simultaneously seat the attachments into the slots.

Abstract: Disclosed is a laser welding method for a secondary battery, in which a first electrode substrate tab and a second electrode substrate tab are laser-welded onto a first electrode uncoated region of a first electrode plate and a second electrode uncoated region of a second electrode plate, respectively, wherein the first electrode substrate tab and the second electrode substrate tab are fusion-bonded with a laser beam so as to have a preset welding pattern at welding portions thereof.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a sintered gear includes preparing a green compact having two gear-shaped end surfaces, one on each of two sides in an axial direction of the green compact, and having a plurality of teeth on an outer peripheral surface formed between the two end surfaces; chamfering an edge of the teeth by a brush; and sintering the green compact. The brush is a wheel-type brush including a disk-shaped wheel and a bristle member radially protruding from an outer periphery of the wheel. The chamfering includes disposing the brush with respect to the green compact such that the axial direction of the green compact and an axial direction of the wheel intersect with each other; bringing a tip of the bristle member into contact with a tooth bottom edge; and relatively moving the brush in a circumferential direction of the green compact while rotating the brush.

Abstract: A crankshaft with improved seizure resistance is provided. A crankshaft includes a journal and a pin, each of the journal and pin having such a surface geometry that the arithmetical mean height of the primary profile, Pa, is 0.090 ?m or smaller and the reduced peak height Rpk is 0.070 ?m or smaller. As used herein, arithmetical mean height of a primary profile Pa is defined in JIS B 0601 (2001), and reduced peak height Rpk is defined in JIS B 0671 (2002).

Abstract: A method for producing a valve body of a hollow valve with optimised interior stem geometry includes a preform with a valve plate and a tubular wall surrounding a cavity. Flow forming the tubular wall over a flow-forming mandrel, which is inserted into the cavity to enlarge a length of the tubular wall. An interior area of the tubular wall is embossed with a structure either due to the fact that the flow-forming mandrel is a structuring mandrel having a surface structure, or alternatively, because the method includes a further step of reducing an outer diameter of the tubular wall by swaging or drawing and ironing over a structuring mandrel. Furthermore, a hollow valve is produced by this method.

Abstract: A dual headed tool having a rotatable arm has a shank with a tool head at each end. The shank slides through a rotatable hub positioned at the distal ends of the tools handle. One half of the shank is inserted into a longitudinal bore extending through the handle while the other half of the shank extends outward so that the tool head at its end may be used. The shank may be slid out of the bore within the handle and rotated to alternate which end of the shank is used. The tour may also be configured without the shank extending into the longitudinal bore in the handle, such that the handle extends away from the shank at an angle between 0° and 180°.

Abstract: A vehicle door beam and related methods of making door beams include a flat-rolled aluminum alloy sheet, where two edges of the sheet that are transverse to the roll direction of the sheet are brought together to form a tube. The two edges are friction stir welded together to form a butt joint along a length of the tube. The tube is arranged, along with other optional components, as a side-impact door beam in a vehicle door, such that the butt joint is facing away from an expected impact direction of the vehicle door.

Abstract: A device (1) for receiving and clamping a rotor bearing (6) is provided with at least one bearing block (2) lying transversely to a bearing axis of the rotor bearing (6), a bearing element (4) designed to receive the rotor bearing (6), a clamping arm (12), and a locking device (9). The clamping arm (12) has an engagement element (8) by means of which it can be brought into engagement with the rotor bearing (6). The locking device (9) also comprises at least two engagement elements (8) which are radially movable in the bearing element (4) and can be introduced into radial receptacles (14) in the rotor bearing (6) by actuating the locking device (9), such that a rotor bearing (6) which can be received by the bearing element (4) can be clamped by the engagement elements (8) of the clamping arm (12) and the locking device (9).

Abstract: A method for automatically producing LED lamp cap, including: leading a heat sink base out to an outlet of a first feeding device; leading a reflection bowl to an outlet of a lead-out rail of a second feeding device; feeding, by a third feeding device, a LED lamp bead to a clamping block; feeding a bottom cover into a feeding pipe of a fourth feeding device; feeding a lamb tube to a lamp tube feeding pipe; dispensing a glue in a mounting groove of the heat sink base; pushing the LED lamp wick into the mounting groove; feeding the reflection bowl to a mounting surface of the heat sink base; and allowing the bottom cover to abut against an end of the heat sink base and allowing a lead wire to be clamped in a notch of the heat sink base and an opening of the bottom cover.

Abstract: A device for automatically installing a lamp tube of an intelligent LED lamp cap, including a first feeding device for feeding a heat sink base and a second feeding device for feeding a LED lamp bead out to an outlet of the first feeding device and assembling the LED lamp bead with the heat sink base. A third feeding device is arranged on a side of the first feeding device for feeding a lamp tube. A positioning-mounting mechanism is arranged on a side of the third feeding device and is configured to assemble the heat sink base with a lamp tube. A lead wire threading device is arranged on a side of the positioning-mounting mechanism and is configured to guide a lead wire of the LED lamp bead to pass through a mounting hole on the heat sink base.

Abstract: An integrated housing assembly can be mounted on a roof of a vehicle, such as a semi-trailer truck. The integrated housing assembly includes a main enclosure that includes four sides, a top panel, and a bottom panel. One of the four sides is a front panel that is inclined towards the ground. The main enclosure includes one or more cavities. A front panel of the integrated housing assembly includes one or more openings to allow cameras or sensors to be placed within the one or more cavities and behind the one or more opening. The cameras or sensors cameras can be clamped at a downward angle within multiple lock apparatus. The angled front panel and the inclined cameras or sensors within the lock apparatus allow the cameras or sensors to obtain images or sensor data from one or more regions of interest at some distance from the front of the vehicle.

Abstract: A manufacturing method is provided. During this method, a preform component is provided for a turbine engine. The preform component includes a substrate comprising electrically conductive material having an outer coating comprising non-electrically conductive material applied over a surface of the substrate. A preform aperture is formed in the preform component using an electrical discharge machining electrode. The preform aperture includes a meter section of a cooling aperture in the substrate. The preform aperture also includes a pilot hole in the outer coating. A diffuser section of the cooling aperture is formed in at least the outer coating using a second machining process.

Abstract: A heat equalization plate includes a first copper clad laminate including a first copper foil, a second copper clad laminate including a second copper foil, a connecting bump, a plurality of thermally conductive bumps, and a working fluid. The second copper foil faces the first copper foil. The connecting bump is formed on a surface of the first copper foil facing the second copper foil. The thermally conductive bumps are formed on a surface of the first copper foil facing the second copper foil. The connecting bump is an annulus and surrounds the thermally conductive bumps. The connecting bump is connected to the second copper foil to form a sealed chamber. The thermally conductive bumps are received in the sealed chamber. The working fluid is received in the sealed chamber. The present invention also needs to provide a method for manufacturing the heat equalization plate.

Abstract: An integrated housing assembly can be mounted on a roof of a vehicle, such as a semi-trailer truck. The integrated housing assembly includes a main enclosure that includes four sides, a top panel, and a bottom panel. One of the four sides is a front panel that is inclined towards the ground. The main enclosure includes one or more cavities. A front panel of the integrated housing assembly includes one or more openings to allow cameras or sensors to be placed within the one or more cavities and behind the one or more opening. The cameras or sensors cameras can be clamped at a downward angle within multiple lock apparatus. The angled front panel and the inclined cameras or sensors within the lock apparatus allow the cameras or sensors to obtain images or sensor data from one or more regions of interest at some distance from the front of the vehicle.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide manufacturing methods for a wheel rim, a spoke and a steel wheel and a steel wheel formed by the methods. The methods includes that: a wheel rim/a spoke blank is heated in a heating furnace, and the heated wheel rim/the heated spoke blank is transferred onto a hot press. A temperature of the wheel rim/the spoke blank being required to be kept above a required temperature in a process of transferring the heated wheel rim/the heated spoke blank to the hot press. Then the wheel rim/the spoke blank is formed in the hot press. A formed wheel rim and a formed spoke are connected to product a steel wheel.

Abstract: Apparatus for use in handling windscreens for example for installation in a vehicle, includes a windscreen anchor assembly comprising a windscreen anchor device and a support arm extending away from the windscreen anchor device. A mount assembly is provided for supporting the windscreen anchor assembly. The mount assembly includes a mount structure for engaging with the support arm such that the support arm can slide bodily in its longitudinal direction with respect to the mount structure.