Abstract: A zinc alloy, having a copper layer coated thereon, consists essentially of from about 0.1 to about 0.8 weight percent copper, about 0.01 or more weight percent aluminum; up to about 0.05 weight percent magnesium, the balance being essentially zinc. The copper coated zinc alloy is advantageously employed to produce various cast, extruded, molded articles and the like including trim, fixtures as well as coin blanks. Further, the present invention relates to a metal article comprising a zinc base alloy having a copper overlayer in direct contact with the zinc base alloy, said alloy comprising about 1.5 weight percent or less aluminum and the remainder zinc. From another aspect, the subject invention contemplates a method for reducing the diffusion between a copper layer and a zinc base metal, said layer being in direct contact with the zinc base metal, said method comprising incorporating at least about 0.01 weight percent aluminum in said zinc base metal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for remelting light gauge scrap metals which includes a remelting furnace with separate heating and melting chambers and pump means for inducing circulation of molten metal between the two. Also included are auger means adapted to include light gauge "floating" scrap metal from the melt into the central zone of the melt.

Abstract: A telescopic hood seals the coupling between the top of an oxygen converter and the stack during the melting and refining of iron in the converter.

Abstract: A leg is fitted through a joint material into each of a pair of vertical openings on a bottom wall of a vacuum tank for refining molten steel, for protecting the vertical openings from molten steel. The abovementioned leg has an annular inner wall formed by piling up through a joint material a plurality of magnesia-chrome fired radial bricks in a plurality of horizontal annular rows arranged one on the other so as to form an inner bore for passing molten steel therethrough. The leg also has an annular outer wall formed by piling up through a joint material a plurality of magnesia-chrome fired radial bricks in a plurality of horizontal rows arranged one on the other so as to cover substantially the entire outer surface of the annular inner wall. The inner surface of the annular outer wall is in contact with the outer surface of the annular inner wall through a joint material.

Abstract: A rotary drum comprises a hollow cylindrical outer member, a coaxial hub, and a plurality of spokes pivotally connected to the outer member and to the hub, all the spokes being aligned at the same oblique angle to the radius at the respective connections to the hub. Thermal expansion of the outer member relative to the spokes is accommodated by rotation of the outer member relative to the hub and a consequent change in the oblique angle, so minimizing thermally induced stresses in the spokes. The drum may be used in the production of a metal by deposition from the vapor phase onto the outer surface of the drum.

Abstract: A two-part cut sheet metal lamination element wherein one of the two sheet metal parts 1 comprises two outer legs 3 and a middle leg 4, the other sheet metal part 5 comprises a crosslink, the two outer legs of the first sheet metal part and the crosslink of the second sheet metal part are rigidly attached to each other, and the free end of the middle leg 4 interacts with the crosslink of the second sheet metal part by a short projection 10 which prevents movement of the free end of the middle leg with respect to the corresponding crosslink by an engagement produced when the two sheet metal parts are pressed together, said engagement and immobilization resulting from the punched or stamped configurations of the sheet metal parts.

Abstract: An arresting device for preventing a steel making converter which is carried by a trunnion for moving itself during the blowing operation includes a rotatable bearing support for the trunnion or trunnion parts which extend from each side of the bessimer converter which carries a braking disc which is secured to at least one of the trunnion parts. The disc is advantageously mounted so as to be perpendicular to the axis of the trunnion. The trunnion is rotable on bearings carried on bearing supports on each side of the trunnion and a compresser mechanism including two braking jaws engage the disc from respective sides in braking contact therewith.

Abstract: There are described noble metal alloys for dental purposes, especially for firing on dental porcelain which are low melting, do not discolor the porcelain, are repeatedly castable, and making possible brazing joints. These alloys containing 20 to 65% gold, 25 to 65% palladium, 0 to 7% gallium, 0.2 to 11% indium and/or tin, 0 to 2% copper, 0.05 to 1% ruthenium, iridium and/or rhenium, 0 to 1% vanadium, 0 to 1% iron and additionally 0.5 to 15% cobalt, with the proviso that the content of base metals must exceed 5%.

Abstract: A lead material for semiconductor devices comprising from 0.4 to 4.0 wt % of Ni, from 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of Si, from 0.05 to 1.0 wt % of Zn, from 0.01 to 1.0 wt % of Mn, from 0.001 to less than 0.01 wt % of Mg, from 0.001 to less than 0.01 wt % of Cr, up to 0.003 wt % of S, and the balance of Cu and inevitable impurities. The material may further comprise up to 5 ppm of hydrogen and up to 5 ppm of oxygen.

Abstract: An arrangement for cleaning a lance head of a lance introducible into a metallurgical vessel includes a cleaning head being in contact with the lance head during the cleaning procedure and surrounding the lance head. The cleaning head and the lance are relatively movable in the direction of the axis of the lance. In order to be able to carefully clean the lance head on its side facing the melt bath present in the metallurgical vessel by preventing the penetration of slag during the measuring procedure between the measuring and/or sampling probe and the end face of the lance, the cleaning head and the lance are placeable into an aligned position by an adjustment device. The cleaning head is settable into a rotational movement reciprocating about the axis of the lance by an oscillation device.

Abstract: A manually operated actuator is described with which small incremental motions of a rod are obtained to advance a piston of a prefilled syringe. The device employs a reciprocally actuated drive element with a hole through which the rod passes freely when the drive element is in a release position. When the drive element is pivoted to a rod engaging position a pair of edges formed by the hole engage the rod and advance it an increment depending upon the amount of linear movement of the drive element. A back-up inhibitor is employed to prevent the rod from moving back when the drive element is returned to a release position. The back-up inhibitor is syringe responsive by employing a mechanism which causes engagement of the rod by the inhibitor when a syringe is attached to the actuator housing. A syringe with specially adapted flanges is described for use with the actuator.

Abstract: A soft, austenitic stainless steel alloy showing a high cavitation erosion resistance making it particularly useful for the manufacture and/or repair of hydraulic machine components. The alloy comprises from 8 to 30% by weight of Co; from 13 to 30% by weight of Cr; from 0.03 to 0.3% by weight of C; up to 0.3% by weight of N; up to 3% by weight of Si; up to 1% by weight of Ni; up to 2% by weight of Mo; and up to 9% by weight of Mn; the balance being substantially Fe.

Abstract: A member is secured to a supporting surface by a peripheral seam weld that partially closes off an area between the member and the surface. In the region of the or each interruption in the continuity of the seam weld, there is provided between the member and the supporting surface an insert of a material that is stable in shape at normal temperatures but that has expanded and flowed at elevated temperature, e.g. due to heating by the welding process, to complete the sealing of said area between the member and the surface, in cooperation with the seam weld.

Abstract: A novel process for producing aluminum composite sheet products for roll forming and vacuum brazing is disclosed, which provides an unexpected improvement in the corrosion resistance of the brazed product. According to the process, a composite sheet is annealed to a strain-free state after having been rolled to a thickness which is a critical amount greater than the thickness ultimately sought. Following the annealing step, the sheet is cold worked to the desired thickness, the degree of reduction in this final step being within a critical range which provides the improvement in corrosion resistance to the final product after vacuum brazing.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy containing 0.15-0.50% Si, 0.3-0.8%, Fe, 0.05-0.25% Cu, 0.5-1.0% Mn, 2.5-3.5% Mg and up to 0.20% Ti is cast as a 5-10 mm thick strip using a roll-type strip casting machine, and cold rolled to a final thickness of 0.20-0.40 mm. The strip is suitable for manufacture into can lids having high strength and formability requirements.

Abstract: There is disclosed a new and improved material and device for improved selective absorption of light energy for use in photothermal applications and a method and apparatus for manufacturing same.The device includes a layer of thermal infrared radiation reflecting material containing a transition metal or stainless steel. A solar radiation absorbing layer is deposited over the infrared reflecting layer. This layer comprises either amorphous boron or an amorphous alloy of boron and silicon, boron and germanium or boron and molybdenum.Finally, a solar radiation antireflecting material layer is deposited over the solar radiation absorbing layer. This layer comprises an amorphous alloy of nitrogen and either silicon or boron.

Abstract: Low gold dental alloys, especially for firing on dental porcelains, should be easily worked, result in no discolorations and bubble formation in the firing, and have a physiologically replaceable hardness and a low melting interval. These properties are shown by alloys having 20 to 35 wt. % gold and 45 to 65 wt. % palladium if they also contain(a) 6 to 15 wt. % copper and 0 to 10 wt. % nickel,(b) 0 to 12 wt. % indium, 0 to 12 wt. % tin, and 0 to 4 wt. % gallium, with the proviso that the sum of the content of indium and tin added to two and one-half times the gallium content must give a value between 5 and 15 wt. %,(c) 0.1 to 1 wt. % iridium and/or rhenium and/or ruthenium, and(d) optionally 0 to 1 wt. % aluminum, 0 to 1 wt. % tantalum, 0 to 1 wt. % titanium and/or 0 to 5 wt. % silver.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus useful for the removal of inclusions from a molten ferrous-based alloy in a continuous casting process. The apparatus includes a replaceable barrier to flow, that has numerous perforations. The individual perforations disturb molten alloy flow sufficiently to enhance inclusion agglomeration. As a result, molten alloy exiting from the perforations is agglomerated inclusions-enriched, compared to molten alloy entering the perforations. The agglomerated inclusions are enabled to float to the molten alloy surface prior to exiting from a tundish in which the replaceable barrier is used. Also provided by the present invention is an improved continuous casting process.

Abstract: A novel tuyere assembly for a metallurgical furnace is disclosed having a tuyere pipe formed of extremely high thermal conductivity and heat diffusivity materials, wherein a heat sink and a water cooled chamber, positioned exteriorly of the metallurgical furnace, extract heat from the tuyere tip through efficient heat conductivity along the tuyere pipe, so as to overcome problems of knurdle size control and tuyere pipe burn-back.

Abstract: Improved coating compositions are described for the protection of superalloys at elevated temperatures. The coatings are of the MCrAlY type where M is nickel or cobalt and are significantly improved by the addition of from 0.1-7% silicon and 0.1-2% hafnium. Coatings of the invention are preferably applied by plasma spraying and as so applied are found to be substantially more effective than prior art coatings.