Abstract: A pinned roller bearing assembly having a plurality of pinned rollers, wherein each of the pins has a first threaded end received in a threaded aperture of a first support ring, and a second unthreaded and shouldered end received in a countersunk and unthreaded aperture of a second support ring. Each end of each pin extends through its respective support ring and is rivetingly domed outside the support ring to secure its position and configuration. The pinned roller bearings and support rings are disposed within an outer and inner race.

Abstract: A pinned roller bearing assembly and cage wherein the pin has two ends, a first end received in a first support ring, and a second end received in a second support ring, the pin comprising a threaded portion at one of the first or second ends, and the other end which is not threaded, or at least one shouldered end for engaging a countersunk support ring, or both a threaded end and one or both ends being shouldered.

Abstract: Tooling for handling molten or hot solid aluminum and its alloys wherein the tooling is made of a passivated titanium aluminide (TiAl) intermetallic compound having a thin passivating surface oxide film formed in-situ thereon by contact with an oxygen-bearing atmosphere at elevated temperature. The surface oxide film passivates and renders the tooling non-wetted by and non-reactive with molten aluminum and its alloys and non-bonded to hot solid aluminum and its alloys.

Abstract: A pump system has first and second pumps. Each pump has a housing, which housing has an inboard end and an outboard end. The pumps are arranged so that the inboard ends are adjacent to each other. The inboard ends each have a crankshaft, while the outboard ends each have an output manifold. Each crankshaft is connected to a plunger by way of a connecting rod and a crosshead. The crosshead reciprocates inside of a cylinder. The crosshead has an axis that is coplanar with a rotational axis of the crankshaft. The connecting rod is connected to the crosshead by way of a wrist pin. The wrist pin is offset from the cylinder axis in order to allow the respective pump to be compact in length. The first and second pumps are on a trailer. In the first pump, the wrist pin is offset on one side of the respective cylinder axis, while in the second pump, the wrist pin is offset on the opposite side of the respective cylinder axis.