Abstract: An interlayer for transient liquid phase diffusion bonding of the nickel, cobalt and iron alloys is provided between surfaces to be joined as a thin lamellar composite.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a portable frictional welding device whereby union of a metallic part with a given structure is accomplished by fastening said metallic part to the rotary shaft of the device supported slidably in the axial direction thereof, operating the rotary shaft so as to rotate the metallic part and at the same time pressing it against the structure and, when the point therebetween has assumed a state of fusion, stopping the rotation of the rotary shaft and simultaneously increasing the thrust being applied to said structure.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing a structure in outer space from rolls of prepunched ribbon or sheet material that are transported from the earth to the apparatus located in outer space. The apparatus spins the space structure similar to a spider spinning a web utilizing the prepunched ribbon material. The prepunched ribbon material is fed through the apparatus and is shaped into a predetermined channel-shaped configuration. Trusses are punched out of the ribbon and are bent downwardly and attached to a track which normally is a previously laid sheet of material. The size of the overall space structure may be increased by merely attaching an additional roll of sheet material to the apparatus.

Abstract: In an automatic gas pressure welding system wherein a couple of steel members are butted, the butted section is subjected to heating in a pressed state, to thus cause the steel members to be subjected to pressure welding. The pressing and heating periods are controlled in conformity with the amount of contraction of the heated section of the steel members.

Abstract: Apparatus for automatically forming a circumferential weld on a cylindrical member utilizing an A-frame structure which straddles the cylindrical member.

Abstract: Large diameter storage tanks are constructed from strip metal wound in a helical path in which the tank is built upwardly. The strip is fed to a support assembly arranged circularly on a base, and the upper edge of the strip that is fed to the support assembly is aligned with the lower edge of the helical turn immediately thereabove so that the edges are spaced apart in a vertical plane from each other and then butt welded together. The strip is vertically adjusted to maintain a predetermined spacing of adjacent helical turns of the strip in the area of the welding thereof. The support structure in the area of the welding includes parts positioned on opposite sides of the strips, the inside one of which may be collapsed to permit removal of the assembly following completion of the tank. Top structures accommodating the helically wound strip are utilized.

Abstract: The contact element is produced by sonic or ultrasonic welding one or more contact pieces onto a carrier, an intermediate layer in the form of a grinding powder being interposed between the contact piece and the carrier prior to such welding in order to assist in the welding of contact pieces made of material which would otherwise be difficult to weld.

Abstract: A rim element is at first provided with teeth and welded to an apertured disc. The resulting gear is temperhardened and subsequently assembled on a shaft or hub. The gear is welded to the shaft or hub and ground.

Abstract: A method of brazing metal, particularly aluminum members, is disclosed which employs gaseous bromine as a fluxing agent. The fluxing agent is introduced as an additive to a through-flowing protective or inert atmosphere in the brazing furnace.

Abstract: Small articles, such as miniature ceramics having integrated circuits bonded thereon, are adjacently positioned with an initial row orientation in parallel first rows in guide tracks having a first row spacing. The first articles in each track are lifted from the tracks by a transfer arm, having rotatable vacuum pickups, along a line angular to the tracks such that the articles have a predetermined second row spacing measured along the transfer arm. The lifted articles are transferred to second rows of vacuum supports therefor by pivoting movement of the arm. The supports have pedestals in columns transverse to the second rows which are indexed into position for repeated transfer of articles thereto to form an array (or matrix) of articles having the second spacing between the second rows of the articles on the supports. A link mechanism is provided to rotate the vacuum pickups and re-establish the initial row orientation of the articles with respect to the second rows.

Abstract: A solder extractor apparatus is configured as a self-contained bench unit ving a pump motor to provide an instantaneous source of pressure or vacuum available to the operator from a common port on the apparatus, the pump being started by the operator when he lifts the solder extractor iron from its support holder, and thereafter, the use of the pressure or vacuum being controlled by a foot operated switch so as to be available at the appropriate time in the solder extraction process.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods for soldering metals to superhard man-made materials such as diamond, boron nitride and hexanite and to soldering agents therefore. A method is proposed which comprises applying a metallizing coating to the soldering surface of the materials based on diamond and/or boron nitride, the materials to be joined by soldering being exposed to a temperature sufficient to bring about adequate adhesion of the metallizing coating to the materials to be soldered, and subsequently soldering the metal with the material bearing the metallized coating by use of soldering agents featuring ductile properties and melting points in the range up to 1,000.degree. C, whereby, in accordance with the invention, the metallizing coating is constituted by metals showing high adhesive activity toward materials based on diamond and boron nitride and accounting for from 3.0 to 65 percent by weight of the coating and by metals showing poor oxidizability which account for the balance.

Abstract: A cartridge containing an explosive charge is placed within a tube assembled within a tube sheet. The charge is detonated through use of a detonator cord containing a minimum but effective amount of explosive material. The cord is contained inside a tubular shield throughout most of its length within the cartridge. A small length of the cord extends beyond the tubular shield to contact and detonate the explosive charge in its rear portion near the cartridge base. The cartridge base is provided of substantial mass and thickness in respect to side and front walls of the cartridge to minimize bulging beyond the rear face of the tube sheet. For remote activation an electrically activated detonator of higher charge density than the cord is attached to the cord at a location spaced from the tube sheet, cartridge and tube.

Abstract: A method for interconnecting adjacent batteries applicable to the combination of a plurality of batteries into a single battery system. An alloy having a melting point in a range of from 40.degree. C to 180.degree. C and formed into a foil is inserted between the terminals to be connected together, or between a terminal and a conductor to be connected together, and the alloy is then heated to a temperature higher than its melting point.

Abstract: Method and apparatus to enable integrated circuit chips to be accurately mounted on substrates. Each chip is precisely positioned with respect to connecting areas on the substrates to which it is soldered. To this end, a support block is movable horizontally along a predetermined path and adapted to receive a substrate provided with at least one set of connecting areas arranged in a predetermined configuration about a center. A cutting tool having on the one hand a cutting head movable along a working axis perpendicular to the path followed by the support block is arranged to pass through a first fixed point on the said path, and on the other hand a cutting die arranged in the path of the head is arranged to receive an integrated circuit chip mounted on a support.

Abstract: An autogenous or sinter bond between metallic filter media and other metal components of a filter assembly is produced by joining the parts through a diffusion bonding membrane. The membrane comprises a web of small diameter metal fibrils which will sinter bond to both the filter media and the other filter parts to form a physically strong and leak-free seal.

Abstract: An exhaust system means for automobiles composed of a plurality of members joined together at joining portions by welding. The welded portion and a surrounding portion are covered with a protective metal layer formed by spraying a molten metal thereon.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces a soldering apparatus which includes a vessel having an open top for containing a molten soldering material such as tin, a ladle having a scoop portion and a tank which is connected to the scoop by a pipe; the ladle is movable into and out of the vessel whereby the tank and scoop will become filled with the soldering material upon submergence of the ladle in the vessel; the tank has a selected dimension and lower height relative to the scoop so that the soldering material will form a meniscus bubble over its surface which will be free of slag or oxidation material to thereby present a clean soldering bath to the elements to be soldered when the tank is raised out of the soldering bath of the vessel.

Abstract: A device is provided for changing the force acting on a spring operated reversibly rotatable shaft. The spring is arranged to be tensioned during the rotation of the shaft in one direction and then provides the rotation of the shaft in the opposite direction. The device comprises a rotatably mounted means which is arranged to be actuated by a second spring, and a gear reduction device which is inserted between the shaft and the rotatable means. The gear reduction device causes the rotatable means to rotate less than one revolution during the whole rotation of the shaft in one direction. The second spring is arranged to provide an additional force on the shaft over the gear reduction device.

Abstract: An improvement in the process and apparatus for converting molten metal, especially steel, into a finished product by first converting the molten metal into thin layers which are superimposed on one another while hot and pressure welding the layers into a unitary body that is particularly adapted for hot or cold shaping into a final size and shape, with the advantage of accelerating the cooling of the molten metal and obtaining the improved grain structure and more nearly uniform distribution of alloying ingredients obtainable from rapid solidification of the molten steel to a solid, comprises forming several separate layers from a common heat of molten metal, simultaneously or successively pressure welding utilizing the layers into a unitary body in a single pressure welding station, in contrast to methods of and apparatus for producing a product from several layers requiring a separate casting unit for each separate layer or thickness and also requiring a pair of pressure rolls for each separate added layer