Abstract: In a gasket made of a fibrous and/or porous material impregnated with a polymerizable saturating agent which is partially polymerized only to a plastically deformable consistency, an additive which prevents complete polymerization and hardening is applied to the surfaces of the gasket after impregnation with the saturating agent and partial polymerization.

Abstract: In order to inoculate or refine a metal by introducing an additive into a melt of the metal under high kinetic energy, the additive is placed in molten form for introduction into the melt.

Abstract: A wear-resistant coating is provided for a sealing strip used in a rotary engine having a trochoidal chamber made of a supereutectic aluminum-silicon alloy. The coating consists essentially of chromium or a chromium alloy applied by plasma deposition welding.

Abstract: A machine part, such as a piston ring or sealing strip for an internal combustion engine, having one surface arranged to be in sliding contact with a cooperating part to thus be subjected to friction wear, the machine part being provided with a recess extending inwardly from the one surface and presenting at least one lateral wall, and the machine part comprising a layer of material different from the material of the machine part, which layer is disposed in the recess at the sliding surface, in which the layer is held in the recess in a manner such that no bond exists between the layer and the lateral wall.

Abstract: A friction stressed machine part of cast iron with a ledeburitic-containing bearing surface contains 0.1 to 10 area percent of predominantly nodular-shaped graphite in the ledeburitic-containing bearing surface. A number of methods for producing such a machine part are provided, including, casting the machine part against a quenching plate so that it hardens in a mottled manner in the region of the bearing surface.

Abstract: Plasma deposition welding powder for the production of a wear-resistant coating on machine parts subject to friction consists essentially of a mixture of two components A and B, of which component A is present at 70 to 99.5 weight percent of the total of A and B. Component A comprises at least one metal selected from the group consisting of molybdenum and tungsten. Component B is present at 0.5 to 30 weight percent of the total of A and B and consists essentially of at least one alloy or compound of at least one of the metals selected from the group consisting of cobalt, chromium, iron, nickel, copper and manganese, with at least one of the elements selected from the group consisting of phosphorus, boron and silicon.

Abstract: A spray powder is provided for the manufacture of layers having a high resistance to wear and burn traces on the bearing surfaces of engine parts which are subject to friction. The spray powder consists essentially of a powder mixture of about 30 to about 80 weight percent iron, about 0.1 to about 60 weight percent of at least one Group VIB metal selected from the group consisting of molybdenum and tungsten, and about 4 to about 50 weight percent boron.

Abstract: A sinterable material for use as sealing strips for rotary piston engines, the material being based on a known mixture of iron and vanadium carbide and further including a material which will be liquid at the sintering temperature and which will wet the carbide grains and partially dissolve them to give them a rounded form in the finished strip.