Abstract: The present application provides a method of fabricating a quantum dot color film substrate, by utilizing a characteristic that a dispersion including dye molecules, quantum dots and polymers in which difference of surface free energy of the dye molecules and the quantum dots cause phase separation of the quantum dots and the dye molecules during a solvent evaporation process, red and green quantum dot light filter films of bilayer structure of quantum-dye molecule phase separation are formed, the red and the green quantum dot light filter films respectively have the red and the green quantum dots in the upper layers, and the red and the green dye molecules in the lower layers, so as to have effects of bilayer films structure of the quantum dot film added with the light filter film, in comparison to the bilayer films structure of the quantum dot film added with the light filter film, the bilayer structure of the red and the green quantum dot light filter films do not have interface effect that the interface e

Abstract: A coating method of reflective film is first to prepare a glass beads film and then select a color to be coated. The color is composed of plural primary colors in fixed ratio, making the color have a standard ratio, which is obtainable from an original database. Next, ratios of the primary colors are respectively adjusted to form a printing ratio according to color fastness, permeability and light barrier property of each primary color attached to the glass beads and then, each primary color is orderly spray coated on the glass beads film to form a coating layer with micro-printing technique in accordance with the printing ratio, thus completing manufacturing of a reflective film with high transmittance and high wide angle.

Abstract: Coated articles are provided comprising: (a) a substrate; (b) a first coating layer applied to at least one surface of the substrate; wherein the first coating layer comprises a material that inhibits degradation of the substrate; and (c) a second coating layer that is different from the first coating layer and is applied to at least one surface of the first coating layer; wherein the second coating layer comprises an organo-silicon compound. Also provided are mold assemblies and assemblies for DNA sequencing prepared from the coated articles.

Abstract: A vibrating sorting table for separating loosely attached parts from a workpiece includes a bench. The bench comprises a bottom. Each of a plurality of supports is coupled to and extends substantially vertically from a respective edge of the bottom. A top is flexibly coupled to each of the supports. The top is substantially parallel to the bottom. The top is movable relative to the supports and the bottom. A pair of rims is coupled singly to opposing sides of the top. The rims separate a workpiece positioned on the bench from an upper face of the top. A vibration unit is coupled to a lower face of the top. The vibration unit is positioned to impart vibrational forces to the top, such that the workpiece coupled to the top vibrates. Parts of the workpiece that are loosely attached separate from the workpiece and fall to the upper face of the top.

Abstract: An ultrasound system (1) is disclosed that comprises a probe (10) including an array (110) of CMUT (capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducer) cells (100), each cell comprising a substrate (112) carrying a first electrode (122) of an electrode arrangement, the substrate being spatially separated from a flexible membrane (114) including a second electrode (120) of said electrode arrangement by a gap (118); a voltage supply (45) coupled to said probe and adapted to provide a first set of said CMUT cells with a sequence of drive voltages each including a bias voltage component and a stimulus component of different frequency for generating a series of temporally distinct pulses each having a different frequency, wherein each pulse is generated in a separate transmit mode and provide a second set of said CMUT cells with a sequence of temporally distinct bias voltages, wherein each temporally distinct bias voltage is provided in a receive mode following one of said transmit modes and is for setting the second

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultrasound transducer device comprising at least one cMUT cell (30) for transmitting and/or receiving ultrasound waves, the cMUT cell (30) comprising a cell membrane (30a) and a cavity (30b) underneath the cell membrane. The device further comprises a substrate (10) having a first side (10a) and a second side (10b), the at least one cMUT cell (30) arranged on the first side (10a) of the substrate (10). The substrate (10) comprises a substrate base layer (12) and a plurality of adjacent trenches (17a) extending into the substrate (10) in a direction orthogonal to the substrate sides (10a, 10b), wherein spacers (12a) are each formed between adjacent trenches (17a). The substrate (10) further comprises a connecting cavity (17b) which connects the trenches (17a) and which extends in a direction parallel to the substrate sides (10a, 10b), the trenches (17a) and the connecting cavity (17b) together forming a substrate cavity (17) in the substrate (10).

Abstract: Provided is a piezoelectric vibrating module including a case provided therein with a predetermined space, a piezoelectric vibrating member provided in the case, vibrating according to an applied voltage, and including a piezoelectric element; a weight member provided in the case and provided to be in contact with a portion of the piezoelectric vibrating member; and at least one fixing member provided in one region of the piezoelectric vibrating member to contact and fix the weight member.

Abstract: Method and device to create energized polymers that can be used for pain relief, comprised of an ultrasound system that ultrasonically energize polymers that can then be used to provide an analgesic effect. Ultrasound waves are delivered to a polymer through direct contact, through a coupling medium, or without contact in order to energize the polymer. Other energies such as such as UV, microwave, laser, electricity, RF, sun, light, magnetic/electromagnetic, et can also be used to energize the polymer. The energized polymer can be immediately placed on a user to provide an analgesic effect, or the energized polymer can be placed storage material and removed at a later time to be placed on a user to provide an analgesic effect.

Abstract: A device for sorting particulate material includes a main conveyor belt, a separation screen, a graded material conveyor, and an oversize material conveyor. The separation screen is configured to separate the material into a first portion and a second portion with a larger average particle diameter than the first portion. The graded material conveyor is positioned below the separation screen to receive the first portion of the material, and the oversize material conveyor is positioned at an end of the separation screen to receive the second portion of the material.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating usable crop from intermixed debris, the apparatus having: a movable support; a conveying system on the movable support to convey usable crop in a processing path from an upstream input location to a downstream output location; at least a first separating system on the movable support to cause separation of debris intermixed with usable crop in a first manner as usable crop is conveyed; a vacuum system on the movable support downstream of the first separating system to generate a low pressure volume which causes additional debris intermixed with the usable crop to be drawn away from the usable crop; and a collection container on the movable support configured to accumulate debris drawn away from the conveying usable crop. The movable support, conveying system, at least first separating system, vacuum system, and collection container define a unit that can be moved to relocate the apparatus.

Abstract: A sorting system and method. A method includes receiving a plurality of items to be sorted. The method includes assigning a sort criterion to each of a plurality of bins and measuring and storing at least a thickness of each of the items. The method includes assigning each of the items to a bin based on the sort criterion assigned to the respective bins. The method includes transporting each of the items to a respective bin based on the assignments. The method includes determining that the items being transported to a first bin will cause the first bin to reach a capacity threshold based on the stored thicknesses or volume of the items being transported to the first bin. The method includes, in response to determining that the items being transported to the first bin will cause the first bin to reach the capacity threshold, assigning the first criterion to a second bin.

Abstract: Assisted manual mail sorting system for assisting an operator in manual sortation of mailpieces in a sorting station including a plurality of destination bins, the system comprising a headset wearable by the operator and connected to a computer comprising an image analysis software for extracting from an image of one of the mailpieces, a name, an address or other relevant information and a sorting application for determining a corresponding relevant destination bin, the headset comprising: a high resolution camera for capturing the image of the mailpiece, a transparent display for signalling to the operator the relevant destination bin where the article is to be placed by highlighting or overlaying a visual artifact on a view of the sorting station while the operator is looking at the sorting station.

Abstract: A method for processing return-to-sender (RTS) mail pieces by a mail processing system. The method includes receiving a plurality of RTS cards and RTS mail pieces. The RTS cards identify RTS reason codes for corresponding ones of the RTS mail pieces. The method includes imaging each RTS mail piece to produce an image. The method includes creating and storing a unique RTS mail piece profile of for each “error” RTS mail piece that uses an identification code for that RTS mail piece and a reason code from a preceding RTS card. The method includes sorting the RTS cards to a first output bin and sorting the error RTS mail pieces to a second output bin. The method includes thereafter processing the error RTS mail pieces using the corresponding RTS mail piece profiles and without using the RTS cards.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for sorting objects is described, and which provides high-speed image data acquisition to fuse multiple data streams in real-time, while avoiding destructive interference when individual sensors or detectors are utilized in providing data regarding internal and external features and characteristics and qualities of products being inspected.

Abstract: Particles are sorted into paths based on a measurable parameter by forming them into a stream in at least one duct carried on a body rotating around an axis where the duct is shaped so that the particles are accelerated to cause the particles separated into the duct to be aligned one after another in a row in the duct. The parameter of the particles are measured in the aligned stream one after the other and the particles are directed into one of a plurality of paths as determined by the measurement. In one arrangement the body comprises a disk member having a front face facing a supply conduit and the duct lies in a radial plane of the disk member. In one arrangement the measurement of the parameter is carried out by one or more measurement devices either carried on the disk or outside the edge of the disk.

Abstract: An article induction system for preparing a stream of articles, such as mail parcels, for processing employs a series of conveyors operating under control of a controller for feeding articles to an operator at a cull belt at an optimal paced rate. The article induction system includes a destacking section, a separation and alignment section, a buffer section and a culling section manned by an operator. A controller controls the speed of each component based on measurements provided by sensors so as to feed articles to the operator at a desired paced rate.

Abstract: A coated polymeric film is comminuted, and is advanced between successive processing stations in a coating removal system in a stream of conveyance fluid driven through a conduit reaching between the successive processing stations.

Abstract: A substrate processing method includes a chemical liquid supplying step of supplying a chemical liquid to a substrate, an elapsed period measuring step of measuring an after-the-end elapsed period, a recovery step of controlling the switching unit to be in a recovery guiding state, when, at a start of the chemical liquid supplying step, the after-the-end elapsed period is less than a predetermined first period, and a draining step of controlling the switching unit to be in a drain guiding state, in which the liquid led to the recovery space is led to the drain line, when, at the start of the chemical liquid supplying step, the after-the-end elapsed period is not less than the predetermined first period and then switching to the recovery guiding state based on establishment of a predetermined draining ending condition.

Abstract: A method for cleaning die plates for the production of pasta or snacks includes: a first step in which a working fluid is placed in contact with one of two end faces of the die plate to be cleaned, and a second step, in which the pressure of the working fluid is increased to force the working fluid to penetrate the holes of the die plate in order to push the residue of the mixture, present in the holes, so that it exits from the opposite end face of the die. A machine for cleaning the die plates includes a jacket that internally defines a chamber, an opening, a component for introducing a working fluid into the chamber, and a component for increasing the pressure of the working fluid to force it to pass through the holes of the die plate which are occupied by the mixture to be removed.

Abstract: A method for cleaning a food waste recycling bin of a food waste recycling appliance includes maintaining between a lower portion and an upper portion of the food waste recycling bin a temperature differential sufficient such that water vapor is emitted from waste located in the lower portion of the food waste recycling bin.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to instrumentation configuration for emergency response. Initially, instrument profiles are obtained from an instrument data source, where each instrument profile corresponds to an instrument for emergency response. Criteria are applied to each of the instrument profiles to determine performance scores for the instruments. Scenario sensors are used to collect real-time measurements at a geographic location of an emergency. At this stage, scenario parameters comprising the real-time measurements are obtained from a scenario data source. Each instrument profile is evaluated based on the scenario parameters to determine a suitability index. The performance score and the suitability index of each instrument profile is combined to determine an instrument rating. An instrument subset is selected from the instruments based on the instrument ratings.

Abstract: A roll straightening machine for straightening an elongated string member includes at least one first straightening roll rotatably mounted around a first rotation axis, and at least one second straightening roll rotatably mounted around a second rotation axis. The first and second rotation axis and rolls are oblique with respect to a longitudinal axis of an elongated string member to be received in the roll straightening machine, and also oblique with respect to one another. In order to provide a roll straightening machine that can be set up flexibly for different requirement profiles, the first rotation axis is mounted on a first holding device and the second rotation axis is mounted on a second holding device. The first and the second holding devices are supported by a frame in a removable manner, which is arranged to receive a variable number of holding devices having the straightening rolls.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine a plunge depth position of material conditioning machines are disclosed. An example method incrementally adjusting a first plunge depth position of a first adjustable work roll and a first fixed work roll between an initial first roll plunge depth position and a final first roll plunge depth position. The method includes incrementally adjusting a second plunge depth position of a second adjustable work roll and a second fixed work roll between an initial second roll plunge depth position and a final second roll plunge depth position. The method includes measuring first pressure values of a first actuator associated with the first adjustable work roll at each incremental first plunge depth position, identifying a first relative minimum pressure value of the measured first pressure values, and determining a first incremental plunge depth position corresponding to the first relative minimum pressure value.

Abstract: A compensation method of an asymmetric strip shape of a strip rolling mill, for compensating the asymmetric strip shape of a strip caused in a machining process of the strip rolling mill in the prior art. The compensation method is realized by generating a non-linear asymmetric no-load roll-shaped profile curve through polishing an upper working roll and a lower working roll of a rolling mill and forming a non-linear asymmetric no-load roll gap between a transmission side and a working side of the upper and lower working rolls. The strip rolling mill in the prior art refers to a presently commonly used two-roll rolling mill driven by the transmission side of the working roll, a four-roll rolling mill equipped with a support roll and a multi-roll rolling mill equipped with a middle roll.

Abstract: A unique sequence of steps is provided to reduce contaminants along one or more surfaces and faces of gold evaporative sources without deleteriously impacting the structure of the gold evaporative sources. Edges are deburred; contaminants are successfully removed therealong; and surface smoothness is substantially retained. The resultant gold evaporative source is suitable for use in evaporative processes as a precursor to gold film deposition without the occurrence or a substantial reduction in the likelihood of spitting by virtue of significantly reduced levels of contaminants, in comparison to gold evaporative sources subject to a standard cleaning protocol.

Abstract: A method of producing ultrafine-grained materials and a system for mass production of ultrafine-grained materials is disclosed. The system includes a die assembly with a die channel that extends from a first end to a second end. The system also includes first punch and a second punch. A lubricant is poured into a portion of the die channel to surround a workpiece that is positioned within the die channel in order to minimize the effects of friction during processing.

Abstract: For a rolled metal strip, in particular a steel strip; a drive roller unit deflects the metal strip from a first transportation direction to a second transportation direction, and the strip is then fed to a coiler. The metal strip is coiled in the coiler to form a coil having a coil diameter. Plastic deformation of an end portion of the metal strip is caused such that the end portion in its uninfluenced state is curved at a curvature radius. The plastic deformation of the end portion (8) is at least partially caused by an asymmetric impingement with a cooling medium (21) on the sides of the end portion (8). The impingement of the end portion (8) with the cooling medium (21) is performed across a length of the end portion (8) that is longer than half the outermost coiling of the coil (6) but smaller than the outermost coiling of the coil (6).

Abstract: Device (10) and method for winding/unwinding rolled products (20). The device (10) is interposed between a rolling unit located upstream (102) and a rolling unit located downstream (105). The device (10) comprises a heating furnace (11) and a support structure (16) disposed outside the heating furnace (11). On the support structure (16), substantially in a diametrically opposite position, two winding/unwinding drums (18a, 18b) are assembled, positioned inside the furnace (11). The support structure (16) is selectively rotating to alternatively dispose a first of the two drums (18a or 18b) in its winding position or in its unwinding position of a reel (29). A second of the two drums (18b or 18a) consequently assuming the opposite unwinding or winding position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for compensating deviations in a deforming operation between two beams of a press, comprising of arranging one or more compensating element at a suitably chosen location in the press, detecting the deviations and moving the compensating element(s) relative to the beams by (electro) mechanical means during the deforming operation such that the detected deviations are compensated. The compensating elements can be moved here to an over-compensating position prior to the deforming operation and pressed out of their over-compensating position during the operation by the load on the beam, wherein each compensating element exerts an adjustable resistance force on surrounding parts of the press. It is conversely possible for the compensating elements each to be pressed stepwise to a position compensating the detected deviations during the deforming operation. It is possible to use (piezoelectric) actuators to exert the resistance force and/or to move the compensating elements.

Abstract: A staging assembly for a shell press assembly sheet feeder assembly is provided. The shell press assembly includes an infeed and the sheet feeder assembly. The sheet feeder assembly includes a feeder actuator. The feeder actuator has a first path and a second path. The staging assembly includes a staging assembly frame assembly. The staging assembly frame assembly defines a first sheet bay and a second sheet bay. The first sheet bay is structured to temporarily support a first number of material sheets. The second sheet bay structured to temporarily support a second number of material sheets.

Abstract: A steel sheet for hot pressing which contains, in mass %, C: 0.15% or more to 0.40% or less, Si: 1.00% or more to 2.00% or less, Mn: 1.50% or more to 3.00% or less, Ti: (N×48/14)% or more to 0.10% or less, B: 0.0005% or more to 0.0050% or less, Al: more than 0% to 0.10% or less, P: more than 0% to 0.05% or less, S: more than 0% to 0.01% or less, N: more than 0% to 0.010% or less, iron and inevitable impurities. This steel sheet for hot pressing is also characterized by having a dislocation density of 10×1014/m2 or more, an area ratio of pearlite relative to the whole structure being 30% or more, and a tensile strength of 1100 MPa or less.

Abstract: A heating method, a heating apparatus, and a method for manufacturing a press-molded article using the heating method are provided. Electrodes are placed on a workplace to extend across a heating target region in a first direction. At least one of the electrodes is moved in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction over the heating target region while applying electric current to the electrodes. A distribution of contact pressure between at least one of the electrodes and the workpiece along the first direction is adjusted, with a plurality of segment regions being defined by dividing the heating target region such that the segment regions are arranged side by side in the first direction, and in accordance with a length of each of the segment regions between the electrodes, to adjust a healing temperature of each of the segment regions of the heating target region.

Abstract: The invention relates to a stamping press arrangement comprising a plurality of first stamping press units arranged adjacent to one another, which have working directions extending parallel in relation to each other in a common plane, and comprising a second stamping press unit, the working direction of which extends perpendicularly in relation to the working directions of the first stamping press units, such that material processed in said stamping press unit can be guided in the direct extension of the working direction thereof into the working regions of the first stamping press units. The stamping press units each have a crankshaft portion or eccentric shaft portion, by means of which the travel movement of the press ram is effected via a connecting rod. The crankshaft portion or eccentric shaft portion of the first stamping press units are driven forcibly together via a common drive unit with the same speed and comprise a common axis of rotation.

Abstract: A method and a system are disclosed for making an article of manufacture from a blank defining an internal opening. A stack of blanks are aligned and the internal openings of the blanks in the stack of blanks are machined by a rotary cutting tool to a finished dimension. The blanks are clamped together before machining in a numerically controlled machine tool. The blanks are subsequently formed individually in a sheet metal forming operation in which the inner perimeter of the internal openings is expanded as the blank is formed.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for the production of cores of silica for aeronautical and industrial turbine components, comprising the following steps: manufacturing of a metal mother mold; manufacturing of a plaster mold by means of casting in the mother mold of a mixture of water and plaster and subsequent drying; casting in a cavity of said plaster mold of a mixture of silica and water; resting of the mixture of silica inside the plaster mold, with water absorption by the mold and solidification of a core of silica; extracting of the core of silica from the mold and air drying at a temperature not exceeding 50° C.; sintering of the core of silica; finishing and dimensional inspecting of the core. The invention additionally concerns a core for aeronautical and industrial turbine components characterised by the fact of being constituted of silica, i.e. totally free from alumina and/or zirconium silicates.

Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to mold compositions and methods of molding and the articles so molded. More specifically, the disclosure relates to mold compositions, intrinsic facecoat compositions, and methods for casting titanium-containing articles, and the titanium-containing articles so molded.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a casting sand cooler comprising a sand chamber having an air inlet optionally with a fan for the feed of air into the sand chamber and an air outlet optionally with a fan for sucking air out of the sand chamber. To provide an improved casting sand cooler in which the sand discharge during the cooling operation by way of the air outlet is markedly reduced, it is proposed according to the invention that a dynamic wind sifter which is rotatable about an axis and which is so arranged that substantially the complete air flow leaving the sand chamber through the air outlet is passed through the dynamic wind sifter.

Abstract: A side frame may include a bolster opening configured to receive an outbound portion of a bolster. A center core may be used during the manufacture of the side frame to form the bolster opening. The center core may include first and second side walls configured to form the first and second side frame columns of the bolster opening. Additionally, each of the first side wall and second side wall may include one or more pin core holes each of which is configured to receive a pin core used in forming the fastening holes of the first and second side frame columns.

Abstract: A system for two stage casting of a metal alloy is disclosed that dispenses multiple feedstock metals into an arc melting crucible via a pressurized inert gas or metal vapor chamber to lower the volatilization rate of metals in an arc melting crucible at a rate proportional to the composition of the final desired alloy. The melt from the melting crucible enters a second stage cold wall crucible through a passage, where the melt cools and solidifies. A casting piston is used to slowly and progressively withdraw the solidified alloy from the cold wall crucible as it cools.

Abstract: There is provided a metal molded body manufacturing apparatus for electromagnetically stirring metallic molten metal and molding a metal molded body. The metal molded body manufacturing apparatus includes: a die having an inclined side wall; and a moving magnetic field generation section that stirs the molten metal in the die, wherein the moving magnetic field generation section includes a magnetic body, and a coil wound around the magnetic body as a center, and an end surface of the magnetic body is disposed in parallel to an inner surface of the side wall.

Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing apparatus for a metal molded body. The manufacturing apparatus includes: a die having an elongated shape in plan view; and a plurality of pairs of thrust units disposed along a wall surface with the die disposed therebetween from both sides of the die, wherein the pairs of thrust units have electromagnetic coils that generate reverse traveling magnetic fields, and the pairs of thrust units arranged in a longitudinal direction are set so as to generate the reverse traveling magnetic fields for each series composed of a single thrust unit or a plurality of the thrust units.

Abstract: A casting system includes a pour cup, a plurality of runners that receive molten metal from the pouring cup, a top mold and a bottom mold that receive the molten metal from the plurality of runners, and a plurality of slides positioned within the top mold and the bottom mold. The positioning of the plurality of slides applies direct pressure on the molten metal in the top mold and the bottom mold to form a cast structural component.

Abstract: A casting device includes: a split mold for forming a cavity, including a lower mold, a middle mold that slides in a horizontal direction on the lower mold and an upper mold; a split case for forming a chamber, including a lower case to which the lower mold is attached and an upper case to which the upper mold is attached; a chamber suction device that reduces a pressure at least in the chamber through a chamber pipe that is connected to the chamber and extends to an outside of the chamber; and a cavity suction device that reduces a pressure in the cavity through a cavity pipe that is connected to the cavity and extends to the outside of the chamber. The cavity and the chamber are formed when the middle mold is closed on the lower mold and the split case is closed.

Abstract: A castable, moldable, or extrudable structure using a metallic base metal or base metal alloy. One or more insoluble additives are added to the metallic base metal or base metal alloy so that the grain boundaries of the castable, moldable, or extrudable structure includes a composition and morphology to achieve a specific galvanic corrosion rates partially or throughout the structure or along the grain boundaries of the structure. The insoluble additives can be used to enhance the mechanical properties of the structure, such as ductility and/or tensile strength. The insoluble particles generally have a submicron particle size. The final structure can be enhanced by heat treatment, as well as deformation processing such as extrusion, forging, or rolling, to further improve the strength of the final structure as compared to the non-enhanced structure.

Abstract: A pouring machine is provided to constantly maintain the level of the surface of melt without a leak, or the like, to maintain a necessary and sufficient pouring rate. The pouring machine (1) that pours molten metal from a container into molds in a line comprises a bogie (10) that travels along the molds; a mechanism (20) for moving the container back and forth that moves the container perpendicularly to the direction that the bogie travels; a mechanism (40) for tilting the container that tilts the container; a weight detector (50) that detects the weight of molten metal in the container; a surface-of-melt detector (60) that detects the level at a pouring cup (110) of a mold (100); and a controller (70) that controls the angle of the tilt of the container by using the detected level and the detected weight.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a device for repairing the spout sleeve (6) of a metallurgical vessel which is fitted securely within the refractory lining (4, 5) of the vessel (1). According to the invention the sleeve is repaired by applying mortar to the casting channel (7) of the sleeve (6) with a mortar dispenser (9) that can be inserted into the casting channel (7), which upon removing the mortar dispenser from the casting channel calibrates the latter over the entire length of the channel. The mortar dispenser (9) is driven rotating coaxially to the casting channel (7) during the mortar application and, after a defined time, is removed from the casting channel (7), still rotating. The method is particularly suitable for repairing the inner sleeve of a casting ladle with a slide closure adjoining the ladle spout, maintenance of which is automatically carried out in a maintenance station of the casting facility.

Abstract: A sintered composite material obtainable by a method which includes providing a composition which includes at least one hardness carrier and a base binder alloy, and sintering the composition. The base binder alloy includes from 66 to 93 wt.-% of nickel, from 7 to 34 wt.-% of iron, from 0 to 9 wt.-% of cobalt, and up to 30 wt.-% of one or more elements selected from W, Mo, Cr, V, Ta, Nb, Ti, Zr, Hf, Re, Ru, Al, Mn, B, N and C. The wt.-% proportions of the base binder alloy add up to 100 wt.-%.

Abstract: A metal matrix composite with a uniformly distributed ceramic component is made by mixing nano size ceramic particles with a surfactant and/or dispersing agent in a polar liquid to produce a colloidal solution, blending the ceramic particles with micron or sub-micron size metallic particles, and then compacting the blended ceramic and metallic particles into a solid mass.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a powder comprises vaporizing a solvent; passing a metallic powder and a polymer powder through the solvent vapor to mix the metallic powder with the polymer powder; and removing the solvent.

Abstract: Copper-containing particles each include: a core particle containing copper; and an organic substance on at least a part of the surface of the core particle, in which a proportion of copper-containing particles having a major-axis length of 50 nm or less is 55% by number or less with respect to the total number of the copper-containing particles.