Abstract: A method for the manufacture of golf clubs of the iron or wood types having the characteristic of improved driving power. This characteristic of greater driving power results from the manufacture of the golf clubs with a flexible striking face. The flexible striking face is designed to vibrate in simple harmonic motion of the same frequency as the struck golf ball. The flexible striking face design is such that the frequency of vibration of the striking face is constant across its face and the amplitude of vibration is constant across its face and, as a consequence thereof, the restoring force of the resilient face combines with the restoring force of the struck golf ball to impart a greater distance to the drive. The method of manufacture comprises casting a head having a neck and body dependent thereon and providing the body with an open cavity behind its face that extends from one edge thereof across a substantial portion of the face.

Abstract: A tube-type vessel, such as a heat exchanger, has tubes that extend away from a tubesheet provided with holes which axially align with the tubes and open into the tube interiors. The diameter of each hole in the tubesheet is less than the outside diameter of the tube with which it aligns, but is greater than the inside diameter of the tube, thereby producing an offset between the inside surface of the tube and the surface of the hole. The tubes are attached to the tubesheet by welds, and each weld forms a fillet between exterior surface of its tube and the back face of the tubesheet and further forms a smooth beveled transition between the inside surface of the tube and the surface of the hole. The fillets eliminate the crevices that surround the tubes in conventional structures, and as a consequence no material will build up around the tubes and collapse them. To unite the tubes with the tubesheet, the latter at each hole is provided with a socket into which the end of a tube is fitted.

Abstract: A method is provided for alleviating the stress damage in metallic matrix composites, such as laminated sheet or foil composites, wherein discontinuities are positively introduced into the interface between the layers so as to reduce the thermal stress produced by unequal expansion of the materials making up the composite. Although a plurality of discrete elements could be used to form one of the layers and thus carry out this purpose, the discontinuities are preferably produced by simply drilling holes in the metallic matrix layer or by forming grooves in a grid pattern in this layer.

Abstract: The method of manufacture and use of a magnetic field sensitivity indicator apparatus for evaluating magnetic fields applied to ferromagnetic material parts during magnetic particle inspection utilizing known defect indicators to establish the strength and direction of magnetic fields in the parts under test.

Abstract: Brazing alloy on detailed aluminum parts is formed in an exact pattern of the joints to be brazed. An aluminum sheet having brazing alloy coated on one or both sides (e.g., a brazing sheet) is plated with electroless nickel and electrolytic copper which are etched by use of a photoresist mask into a mask which outlines the pattern. The brazing alloy coating is then chemically milled to form the exact pattern of the joints. Parts are then assembled and dip brazed to form the completed brazed unit.

Abstract: A rolled sheet metal tube having perforations therein with integrally formed associated protrusions. The protrusions alter the direction of the flow of fluid passing through the tube and ideally suit the tube for employment in mufflers for internal combustion engines. A tube mill incorporating a roll press as its first pass to perforate sheet metal strip as it is fed to the mill. The roll press comprises a die roll having circumferentially continuous slots extending therearound and a punch roll having spaced punches for entry into the slots of the die roll as sheet metal strip is drawn between the rolls. The punches form perforations in the strip as the strip is drawn between the rolls and in certain embodiments the slots and/or punches are configured to form protrusions in the strip simultaneously with the formation of the perforations.

Abstract: A method for forming an electrical equipment cover, whose temperature will not appreciably increase when used in an environment of high-strength, time-varying magnetic fields, is provided. The cover is formed from a strong, relatively inexpensive magnetic steel which would ordinarily become heated in such an environment by hysteresis and eddy current losses. In order to prevent this heating, a circular blank or disk of this steel is determined and cut. Selected segments of the blank are removed to form slots in a polygonal pattern concentric with the disk and to form slots along a diameter of the disk or circular blank. All of the slots are filled with strips of a non-magnetic metal, preferably of low electrical resistance, which are then welded to the disk or circular blank. The welds are then ground to smooth the surface of the circular blank. Openings for current-carrying bushings are established in the blank to connect ends of adjacent slots.

Abstract: A method of making a multi-V-grooved sheet metal pulley from a flat sheet metal strip. The strip is passed through forming rolls which preform a plurality of generally V-shaped, transversely spaced, longitudinally extending grooves in a portion of the strip, and a generally flat hub wall flange in a transversely adjacent second portion of the strip. The hub wall flange portion of the strip then is notched to preshape the flange prior to circular forming the bottom hub wall of a pulley therefrom. The preformed grooved and notched strip then is severed into individual strips, each of which provides the material for a cup-shaped sheet metal pulley. Each strip then is passed between a pair of wrapping rolls which form the strip into a circular, preferably cylindrical configuration with the strip ends located adjacent to each other. The adjacent ends of the strip then are abutted and welded together, forming a cup-shaped pulley.

Abstract: A refurbished knife holder for wood chippers and a method of repairing wear parts are disclosed. The knife holder includes a machined recess and an insert bonded to the holder at the recess and machined to define the surfaces of the holder. The method includes the steps of preparing the wear part and the insert for bonding and bonding the insert to the wear part by an induction heating operation at approximately 1200.degree. F. A silver alloy filler material having approximately 50% silver and a flow point of approximately 1180.degree. F is employed.

Abstract: Bonded metallic structures comprising at least two pieces each of a metallic aluminous substance selected from the group consisting of aluminium and aluminium alloys are formed by bonding the pieces together by eutectic diffusion bonding using a metallic interlayer material which is applied between the surfaces to be joined, which forms a less stable oxide than that formed by the aluminous substance and which is preferably selected from the group consisting of copper and copper-rich alloys including at least about 95% copper.

Abstract: A tapered tubular chair base leg is formed from a tube of uniform cross section throughout its length by deforming the bottom wall and adjoining portions of the sidewalls of the tube inwardly to produce an interior rib which is inclined throughout its length relative to the longitudinal axis of the tube. The smaller end of the formed tube is then formed to close the end and provide a downwardly open bore for frictionally embracing a tubular caster-mounting bushing.

Abstract: Bonds are made between two work pieces by using foils exploded by electrical energy typically stored in a large capacitor. To increase the uniformity of the bond area, a foil having at least one slit cut in the direction of current flow is used. The foil strips separated by the slit are attracted together by the pinch effect when current is applied, tending to eliminate loss of foil through a jetting action during explosion. Platings are made by pressing the foil between the work piece and a plastic layer to which the foil does not adhere. In both bonding and plating, the capacitor is charged with energy sufficient to bring the foil just to its boiling point. This "tuning" is more efficient and minimizes heat and blast effects that might otherwise damage a small work piece.

Abstract: An improved method for manufacturing a steering knuckle and spindle unit for a heavy duty vehicle, such as a truck, including forming the spindle, separately forming the knuckle, and finally welding the knuckle and spindle together to form an integral unit. The spindle is a hollow elongated metal tube preferably cold formed. The knuckle is formed by forging and a bore is machined or pierced in the knuckle to be aligned with the hollow portion of the spindle. The knuckle and spindle are then welded together such as by spin or inertia or electron beam welding to form an integral unit.

Abstract: A method for soldering a pipe comprises the following steps: forming a concave portion on a flat metal sheet with solder coated thereon uniformly over its whole surface, opening an aperture at the bottom of the concave portion, making said flat metal sheet circular to make a pipe, inserting a member into said concave portion and heating said pipe and member together to melt said solder so that it infiltrates into the clearance between the inner surface of said concave portion and outer surface of said member.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for constructing a solid state diffusion bonded connection which is homogeneous, capable of efficiently transmitting stress and capable of being analyzed. The method provides for the achievement of homogeneous filleted junctures which are required by long-life structural fatigue specifications. The method also provides a mechanical interlock feature which produces a fail-safe connection. By the invented method, only the amount of material required to form the desired structural connection is used. The members to be joined are cut from sheets or plates of a wrought alloy such that a predetermined amount of metal is available to produce the diffusion bond and specified filleting. Minimum force is required to produce the connection since only localized plastic flow diffusion bonding is required in the vicinity of the juncture of the members. The formed connection is homogeneous and has the same properties across the connection as the parent material.