Abstract: A sintered metallic filtering element in the form of a porous metallic tube is provided with a connecting fitting by forming the tube with an internal surface in the form of an internal truncated cone of circular cross section at one end of the tube, the internal truncated cone having a vertex half angle .alpha. greater than zero. The connecting member of the invention includes a truncated cone shaped head of circular external cross section having a vertex half angle .alpha. which is the same as the vertex half angle .alpha. of the internal truncated cone of the tube. The head of the connecting member is disposed inside the porous metallic tube and cooperates with the internal truncated cone. The connecting member also includes a tubular extending member attached to the smaller end of the head, with the tubular extending member extending beyond the porous metallic tube.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing connected sintered articles obtained by breaking a unitary preform.It is characterized in that:a) a preform is pressed from powdered metals while imprinting in it a superficial groove (3) located in a plane for the purpose of subsequent breakage,b) this preform is presintered in order to consolidate it mechanically, the preform however remaining brittle,c) it is optionally compacted by recompression,d) recesses for the members for the mechanical connection of the final parts are optionally machined in this preform,e) this preform is broken into at least two parts,f) final sintering is carried out,g) the articles are cooled.The invention is applicable in particular to the production of connecting rods and connecting rod covers or of annular articles with or without an undercut (broken in the axial plane).

Abstract: A process for producing iron, phosphorus, carbon and chromium based amorphous metal alloys of the type in which a metal alloy in the liquid phase is cooled very rapidly to obtain a vitreous structure, wherein the liquid phase is prepared from cast iron, phosphorus and chromium. This process provides a low cost amorphous alloy as compared to that of crystalline products, and one which, however, possesses improved properties. The invention also relates to the amorphous alloy obtained having the following composition by atomic percentage: Cr: 1.5 to 8; C: 8 to 16; P: 4 to 12; Si: up to 3.5; the remainder being iron and the P/C ratio being less than 1.