Abstract: A method of forming a tank system and a tank system formed thereby wherein the tank system comprises a plastic tank covered by a metal shell.

Abstract: A secondary coil for a linear motor, which is a composite metal plate comprising a backing metal layer 1, an intermediate bond metal layer 2 and a surface metal layer 3 which are integrally connected, the intermediate bond metal layer being formed of aluminum or aluminum alloy, the surface metal layer being formed of copper or copper alloy having a thickness of 2 to 8 mm. A copper plate or a copper alloy plate for the surface layer and an aluminum plate or an aluminum alloy plate for the intermediate layer are placed on each other and connected by rolling. The surface-layer metal plate with the bond layer is placed on a metal plate for the backing metal layer, with the bond layer being contacted with the metal plate for the backing metal layer, and two plates are connected by rolling.

Abstract: A pipe connecting assembly and method for joining two lengths of steel pipe in the field without the need for welding the connection includes a pair of tubular members both having cylindrical exterior and interior surfaces that substantially conform to the exterior and interior surfaces of the two lengths of steel pipe. At one end of one of the tubular members a male connector is formed. The male connector has a plurality of annular flat and tapered ridges and flat annular surfaces formed thereon. At one end of the other tubular member a female connector is formed. The female connector has a plurality of flat annular ridges and tapered and flat surfaces forced thereon. In employing the tubular members in connecting the two lengths of steel pipe, the ends of the members opposite the male and female connectors are first welded to opposed ends of the steel pipe.

Abstract: A weld support (50) for use with a center sill assembly (16) for supporting a cradle pad (12) used to support the end of a railway tank car body (B). The center sill assembly includes first and second spaced apart side plates (18, 20) spaced to either side of the car body, and a top plate (28). The weld support comprises first and second support members (52, 54) installed on opposite sides of the assembly. A pocket (56) is formed in the center sill assembly on each side thereof. A respective weld support member is attached to the top plate adjacent the respective pockets, for the weld support members to extend above the upper surface of the top plate. The weld support members each provide a substantial contact surface with the cradle pad. Each weld support member also helps pool welding material in the respective pockets to effect a strong weld between the cradle pad and center sill assembly.

Abstract: A method of brazing and apparatus therefor wherein two elements are bonded together using pre-formed fillet material. In accordance with a first alternative embodiment, the pre-formed fillet material comprises a depression formed on a first surface of one of the elements by a punching operation. The preformed fillet material also comprises a protrusion formed on a second surface opposite the depression formed by the punching operation. The invention also comprises a method of reducing bending stress in a Coriolis flow tube by bonding the flow tube and a brace bar with preformed fillet material.

Abstract: A hand tool includes first and second lever members which intersect and have aligned openings therethrough in which is received a flexural pivot assembly, including a pair of cylindrical members respectively disposed in the lever member openings and respectively fixed to the lever members for movement therewith. In one embodiment the cylindrical members of the pivot assembly are press fitted directly in the openings of the lever members. In another embodiment, bushings are press-fitted in the openings between the lever members and the cylindrical members. A spacer is disposed between the cylindrical members to prevent their axial movement toward each other, and the spacer may extend between the lever members and has a very low coefficient friction so as not to impede pivotal movement of the levers.

Abstract: Blanks or structural components of steel are joined to those of an aluminum alloy (a) or titanium alloy (b) by friction-welding with insertion of at least one transition layer of a ductile subgroup metal, in particular by applying, according to (a), a pure nickel layer to the steel by friction-welding and joining the surface of the nickel layer, after weld bead removal, to the aluminum alloy by friction-welding. According to (b), a copper layer is applied to the steel by friction-welding and a vanadium layer is applied to the titanium alloy by friction-welding. The copper and vanadium surfaces are, after weld bead removal, then joined to one another by friction-welding. In the case of steel which tends to form martensitic zones, a layer of austenitic steel is applied by friction-welding before the application of the copper layer. The process is especially suitable for joining the turbine wheel and shaft or fixing component for the shaft of a turbocharger.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a selective isolation screen includes steps of fitting a plurality of screen jackets one by one on a base member, each of the screen jackets including a plurality of spacer members extending in the longitudinal direction to be disposed, circumferentially spaced, on the base member and a wire wound about the periphery of the spacer members with a predetermined gap, and welding the end portions of each screen jacket to the base member thereby fixing the screen jacket to the base member and also forming seal means and thus constituting a single unit screen. Difficulty in welding can thereby be avoided and location and state of mounting of sleeves can be visually checked.

Abstract: An exposed portion of superconducting filaments is disposed between a sleeve end and an end portion of a stabilizer in which the stabilizer is removed from superconducting wires. The sleeve pressed together with the superconducting filaments, the exposed portion and a peripheral portion of the stabilizer next to this exposed portion are integrated with each other by a wound tensile binding material such as a copper foil and a fixing material such as solder. In accordance with such a structure, it is possible to provide a connecting method of the superconducting wires in which no superconducting filaments in a wire connecting portion are disconnected and excessively distorted and a suitable rigidity of the connecting portion is obtained.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing electronic components known as TAB method comprises a process employing a single apparatus for forming bumps in a chip, a process of inner lead bonding for bonding said bumps to leads of a film carrier, and a process of outer lead bonding for bonding the leads to a circuit board after punching said film carrier. The bumps are formed by plating means or by stud bump means using a capillary tool. In another aspect of the invention there is provided an apparatus by which it is possible to form the bumps and to perform the inner lead bonding in a single apparatus. The capillary tool for forming the inner lead bonding and a pressing tool for the inner lead bonding are replaceably and selectively mounted to be held on a horn. Also, there are provided a pickup head for moving the chip furnished in a chip feeding unit to the chip stage and a moving table for moving the chip stage.

Abstract: A low-cost sprag retainer is disclosed which is particularly useful in high volume applications. The retainer is formed of two generally linear wire portions which are spaced by a first distance. Cross members are placed across the linear members, spanning the first distance and then secured to the linear members. The linear members are then rolled upon themselves such that their ends meet in abutting contact to form rings. The ends are then welded together. The method of the present invention reduces production complexity for sprag retainers in high volume applications.

Abstract: An improvement in process for reinforcing a structure against fatigue failure and the resulting structure are set forth. The structure comprises joined weldable structural portions having adjoining surfaces which meet at a junction and diverge therefrom to form a gap between each other. A brace with weldable terminal feet spans the gap. Each such foot rests against a structural portion, and the brace is plug-welded to at least one of the structural portions through a hole in a foot, or a hole in a structural portion or holes in each such portion where they interface. The invention is especially efficient for bracing an air chamber bracket that is designed for automotive use. A preferred rigid structure has the feet welded at both ends.

Abstract: A method for joining bimetallic tubulars and a bimetallic tubular weld configuration which ensures both a continuous corrosion resistant inner lining across the joint as well as the required mechanical strength.

Abstract: In a process of manufacturing a channel plate assembly including a plurality of partial plates confining passages for a first medium which continuously define on all sides in direction of flow and interconnected by a plurality of spacers spaced apart in the direction of flow, the spacers are fixed in a fixture and joined to a first plate, and then the spacers are joined to another plate in a fixture on a side which faces away from the first plate.

Abstract: An article for joining in end-to-end relationship two or more tubular articles such as pipe sections, and particularly pipe sections coated on their inner and outer surfaces with an electroless metal such as nickel and adapted for passing corrosive liquids and solids includes a ring-shaped member having a meltable coating, on its surfaces intended to engage the ends of the tubular articles and the inner surface of the tubular articles at their junction, and having a flange on its outer circumference that is of a shape and size adapted to engage and seat upon the inner surfaces of the tubular articles to be joined in end-to-end relationship. Welding material is placed in a chamfered region formed at the outer edge of two tubular articles at their ends, joining the two tubular articles in end-to-end relationship with the ring-shaped member between them, and melting the coating into the junction between those ends, and into the interface between the flange surface and the inner surfaces of the tubular articles.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a selective isolation screen includes steps of preparing for a tubular screen provided with spacer members and a wire on a base member, and supplying sealing material from a sealing material supply device which supplies sealing material at a location where sealing is required on the tubular screen while rotating the sealing material supply device relative to the tubular screen thereby filling the annulus between the spacer members which are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction to form seal means. Difficulty in welding can thereby be avoided and location and state of mounting of sleeves can be visually checked.

Abstract: A tubular body according to the present invention has a pipe joint member attached to the peripheral wall thereof and communicating with the interior of the tubular body. The peripheral wall of the tubular body includes a curved wall portion having a circular-arc cross section and formed with a hole. The joint member has an outward flange at an intermediate portion of its length and a tubular portion positioned beyond the outward flange toward one end of the joint member and has its outer end inserted in the hole in the tubular body curved wall portion. The outward flange of the joint member is brazed to the outer surface of the tubular body curved wall portion with a brazing ring which is fitted around the joint member tubular portion and positioned outside the tubular body.

Abstract: A method of mounting a semiconductor wafer (10) on a metallic mounting surface, particularly during manufacture of valves with macromechanical valve bodies (20), features the steps of applying a metallization (11) to at least one major surface of the semiconductor wafer, and thereafter soldering the thus-metallized major surface, either wholly or in localized surface areas, to the metallic mounting surface.

Abstract: A U-shaped sheet metal brazing shim for disposition within a groove in a drill bit body to encircle the edge area of a plate-type cutting insert. Brazing alloy is provided to form bonds between the shim and opposed surfaces on the cutting insert and drill bit body. Closely spaced holes extend across essentially the entire surface of the metal sheet to provide thermal stress relief within the brazed joint. Border areas of the sheet are left unperforated so that edges of the sheet are relatively smooth and free of sharp projections that could cut into a person's hand while the shim is being handled or repositioned.

Abstract: A brazing procedure including the steps of retaining a component (7) having a brazing section (2) therein by means of a die assembly (3, 4) which is compressed by a hot press (8), admitting (6) an inert gas into the component to produce an inert atmosphere inside the component having a pressure which is higher than the outer pressure, and then heating (5) the component thereby brazing the section. A brazing clearance is maintained at a proper amount prior to brazing, and the outer configuration of the component is maintained with enhanced precision. The brazing operation is also advantageous due to its reduced operating cost.

Abstract: In a method for connection of railway point components (1) such as, for example, frogs consisting of austenitic cast hard manganese steel, or manganese steel rails, to rails (2) made from carbon steel, with the utilization of an intermediate piece (3) made from low-carbon austenitic steel, in which method the intermediate piece (3) is first-of-all welded to the standard rail or connecting rail (2), following which, after cutting off the intermediate piece (3) to a length of less than 25 millimeters, in a second welding operation, the intermediate piece (3) is welded to the component (1) consisting of cast hard manganese steel or to the manganese steel rail (1), an intermediate piece (3) consisting of a low-carbon, austenitic, steel, in particular a chromium-nickel-steel, stabilized with niobium and/or titanium, is utilized and, following the first welding operation, a heat treatment, in particular a diffusion-solution at a temperature between 350.degree. C. and 1000.degree. C., is carried out.

Abstract: A component is mounted to a circuit board by covering a section of the board's conductive pads with a nonconductive mask. It is also possible to plate additional conductive material onto the pads before applying the mask. The component's contacts are soldered to the uncovered sections of the pads or plating.

Abstract: A novel method for joining edge portions of electromagnetic wave shielding members is proposed. A joiner is prepared by solder-plating a surface of a narrow strip of electromagnetic wave shielding material of a metal foil or a metal sheet. The respective edge portions of adjacent electromagnetic wave shielding members made of metal sheets or metal foils are butted against each other. The solder-plated surface of the prepared joiner is superposed on the respective abutting edge portions of the electromagnetic wave shielding members. Thereafter, while the joiner is being pressed against the shielding members by a heater, the joiner is solder-welded to both of the electromagnetic wave shielding members via the solder-plated layer.

Abstract: A method of bonding a metal connection onto an electrode for an electrochemical cell including a foam type substrate (2), which substrate has been filled with active material and then compressed, the method being characterized by the facts that: at least one perforation (3, 4) is formed through said electrode; a metal tongue (5) is compressed against said performation and the surrounding zone, which tongue penetrates superficially into a first face of the electrode; and said connection (11) is welded onto said metal tongue (5) through said perforation (3, 4).

Abstract: A connector/beam joining method for joining a beam and a connector having a base plate and a projection, both formed into a T-shape in cross-section, in which the edge of a welding groove provided on the end of the projection of the connector is matched with the edge of the inside surface of a flange constituting the beam for positioning, and a backing strip formed into a prescribed length is fixedly fitted by welding so as to come in close contact with the end surface of the projection and the inside surface of the flange.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for leak-proof sealing of a metallic capsule closed by a stopper and joining the capsule to a metal cable by arc welding, wherein a capacitor is charged, the capsule with a striking tip at one end or the stopper with an ignition point and the cable are clamped at their ends, connected to the terminals of the capacitor, moved together and welded together by discharging of the capacitor with the formation of an arc.

Abstract: Two materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion are brazed together by use of an interlayer of expanded metal therebetween. The expanded metal makes point-type contact with the two materials and accommodates stresses resulting from the expansion difference.

Abstract: A method of splicing together leading and following webs which are delivered successively. In the splicing method, when the leading and following webs are different in shape or material from each other, there is interposed between the leading and following webs a dummy web for increasing the strength of splicing of the webs. Also, when the leading and following webs are welded and spliced togethr, the two webs are in part lapped on each other and the lapped portions thereof are cut inclined with respect to the width direction of the webs. After waste materials produced from the cutting are removed, the ends of the webs are butted against each other or slightly lapped on each other and are then welded together. A welded and spliced portion, which includes a fusion portion and a recrystallized portion produced due to heat during welding, is formed such that a difference between the web thickness of the recrystallized portion and the thickness of the adjoining portions of the recrystallized portion is within .

Abstract: A flexural pivot is configured as a multi-piece device which is specifically configured to tolerate vibration and shock loading. The flex pivot described uses pre-formed unitary (one-piece) support structures which have integral undercut areas, diametrically opposed slots for flexural member placement and key ways and the like, and near net shape geometry. The flexural members are pre-brazed to facilitate the assembly process. The design of the pre-formed support structures eliminates brazed joints which are common locations of fracture due to vibration and shock loading, resulting in a significantly strengthened pivot. The overall configuration and method described provides an economical flex pivot, whereby the flex pivots are accessible for applications which have not heretofore been feasible.

Abstract: A method of splicing together leading and following webs which are delivered successively. In the splicing method, when the leading and following webs are different in shape or material from each other, there is interposed between the leading and following webs a dummy web for increasing the strength of splicing of the webs. Also, when the leading and following webs are welded and spliced together, the two webs are in part overlapped on each other and the overlapped portions thereof are cut inclined with respect to the width direction of the webs. After waste materials produced from the cutting are removed, the ends of the webs are butted against each other or slightly overlapped on each other and then are welded together.

Abstract: In accordance with a preferred embodiment, a monolith extrusion die is formed by a plurality of individual tube elements bonded together as a tube stack defining a plurality of extrudable material feed holes and reference guides for a plurality of individual shaping teeth each having a root segment located in a reference guide and each having a shaping head spaced apart from adjacent shaping heads to form intersecting rows of extrusion slots having a shape corresponding to the monolith formed by extrudable material directed from the feed holes through the shaping teeth.

Abstract: The apparatus, for manufacturing building panels for construction walls with antiseismic and thermoacoustic insulation characteristics, includes a horizontal table for assembling a panel formed by at least one layer of insulating material and by a pair of metal grids associated with the opposite faces of said insulating layer, means for advancing said panel step by step to a station for inserting, cutting and welding connecting elements of said metal grids. The inserting and welding station includes means adapted to insert the connecting elements transversely to the insulating layer, lower welding means adapted to weld the connecting elements, which pass through the insulating layer, to the lower metal grid of the panel, means for cutting the connecting elements at the upper metal grid of the panel, and upper welding means adapted to weld the cut connecting elements to the upper metal grid of the panel.

Abstract: A clad piece comprising a surface layer and a liner. the surface layer consisting of a highly corrosion-resistant metal thin sheet and superposed on the liner, and the surface layer and the liner having been united into a laminated unitary body, can be easily produced by spot welding or seam welding, and can be advantageously used for the lining of tank wall and other chemical apparatuses.

Abstract: A method of brazing of an outer carbon steel shell to an inner stainless steel shell, in which a stainless steel sheet material of the inner shell is rolled up with an overlap and arranged with a clearance inside the outer shell, braze material is placed in the clearance, walls of the rolled sheet material of the inner shell are forced to the inner surface of the outer shell, longitudinal edges of the sheet material of the inner shell are weld-joined to form the inner shell, air is evacuated from the clearance, and ends of the outer and inner shells are joined by circular vacuum-tight corner welds, one leg of which extends radially and has a length equal to at least one thickness of the inner shell, whereas the length of the other leg, which extends longitudinally, is equal to at least twice the thickness of the wall of the inner shell and said inner and outer shells are brazed in a furnace forming after cooling a bimetallic cylindrical article.

Abstract: The invention is a method comprising:welding a titanium sheet having a thickness of less than about 2 millimeters to a ferrous material through a weldably compatible intermediate material and a titanium intermediate.

Abstract: A method for bonding oxide ceramics and metals which comprises the steps of depositing, on an oxide ceramic material, a composite insert material consisting of a mixture of at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of Cu.sub.2 O, NiO, SiO.sub.2, FeO, AgO, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, MoO, TiO.sub.2, ZnO, AuO, Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3, CoO, ZrO.sub.2, TaO, WO.sub.2, NbO, MgO, CaO and Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ni, Si, Fe, Ag, Al, Mo, Ti, Zn, Au, Cr, Co, Zr, Ta, W, Nb and Mg by ion plating or spray coating, subjecting the deposited insert material to thermal reaction-promoting treatment to permit metallurgical bond between the composite insert material and the ceramic material, and bonding a metal member to the surface of the insert material by diffusion welding or brazing.

Abstract: An electron tube comprising a window having a radiation-sensitive layer. The window is laid on a bearing surface of an envelope, normal to the tube axis. There is no sealing material in the seam between the bearing surface and the window. The seam is sealed hermetically by a mass of indium or an indium alloy in which a metal wire is embedded along the circumference or the seam. The wire can be soldered with indium or an indium alloy. The seal is made by locally melting the indium or the indium alloy by a heated ultrasonically vibrating heat transfer member. The heat transfer member traverses the circumference of the seam.

Abstract: When joining tubular steel lattice members in a space structure, which is built up over box-shaped modules, and where the members (1,5) are joined in the corners of the box-shaped modules under formation of lattice nodes (4), elliptical assembling devices (6,12) are used. The elliptical assembling devices consist of two elliptical plate pieces (7,8) which are placed at right angles to each other with a mutual minor axis. The devices lie with their side backing to member ends, which are cut into plane sections at an angle of 45.degree. with the member axis.

Abstract: There is provided a remotely constructible, three dimensional space frame for a motor vehicle which comprises a plurality of elongated, metal structural members with outer surfaces and having axially uniform cross sections and a plurality of thin walled, interconnecting metal castings of at least first and second types. These metal castings each have (a) a saddle portion with a contour matching a portion of the cross section for one of the structural members and are laterally engageable with that one structure for axial movement of the casting along the structure and (b) a receptacle with an elongated tubular portion having a cross section matching the cross section of another structural member and intersecting with the saddle portion of the casting at a given angle so that the thin walled metal casting can be moved axially along one of the structural members and will receive a second structural member by movement of that second member into the casting.

Abstract: In production of a serpentine-type aluminum heat exchanger having an aluminum flat tube with a plurality of fluid passageways and aluminum header pipes connected to opposite ends of the flat tube, flat sleeves with outer end flanges of aluminum alloy brazing filler metal are fitted on the opposite end portions of the flat tube while the end flanges being in contact with outer surfaces of the header pipes. The sleeves and end flanges are melted by heating so that the header pipes are brazed to the flat tube.

Abstract: A method of making an assembly including a metal tube and a surrounding flange member comprises providing an abutment shoulder at the open end of the tube, passing a spacer sleeve along the tube into engagement with the shoulder, placing the flange member in engagement with a flange of the sleeve and welding one end of the spacer sleeve to the shoulder and the other end thereof to the flange. It is alternatively possible for the flange and sleeve to be integrally formed, in which case only welding to the shoulder is required.

Abstract: This invention relates to a tool with at least one wear-resistant hard metal part which serves to process production pieces, stones, or the like, wherein the hard metal part is firmly connected with a metallic carrier by solder located in at least one solder aperture. In order to reduce the danger of formation of tension cracks in the hard metal part, the invention provides that at least one predetermined weak point is created in the solder aperture.

Abstract: A snow plow skid shoe is formed of a mounting plate, which is bolted upon the rear face of a plow moldboard, and a skid plate having a bottom, ground engaging, surface. The plow is positioned so that the lower edge of the blade, which is bolted upon the forward face of the moldboard, rests upon the ground. Then the skid plate is supported upon the ground and is manually freely moved relative to the mounting plate until its ground engaging surface is leveled and aligned with the snow plow blade ground engaging edge and the closely adjacent plates form an acute angle. A rigid, fixing member, is moved into the acute angle space until it contacts both plates and then is welded to both plates for fixing the position of the skid plate.

Abstract: A corrosion-resistant end plate of cladding type for high pressure vessels such as a urea synthesizing tower and ethanol synthesizing equipment includes a cladding member having a curved external surface complementary to the curved internal surface of a cup-shaped solid pressure-resistant member of a suitable thickness for internal pressure. The cladding member is welded as a plurality of divided segments within the cap-shaped solid pressure-resistant member. With the above arrangement, an expensive corrosion-resistant material need not be used as the pressure-resistant member.

Abstract: A ceramic part is joined to a metal part by means of a molybdenum copper composite interlayer disposed between, and brazed to, the ceramic part and the metal part.

Abstract: A snow plow blade skid shoe is angularly adjusted during mounting upon the plow moldboard for leveling the shoes ground contacting pad. The shoe includes a pair of spaced apart brackets which are secured to the moldboard by bolts extending through the pre-existing bolt holes used for bolting the plow blade to the moldboard. An elongated shoe pad extends horizontally between the lower edges of the brackets and is initially secured thereto by a bendable connector. Plate-like arms, fastened to the pad, are loosely positioned adjacent the brackets. When the plow mounted blade is initially lowered until its bottom edge engages the ground, the pressure between the pad and ground causes the pad to angularly turn, thereby bending the connector, to level the pad in full face to face contact with the ground and parallel to the blade bottom edge. Then the arms are welded to their adjacent bracket portions for fixing the pad position.

Abstract: Method of manufacturing structures from sheets of material having superplasticity as well as diffusion bonding capabilities wherein a combination of diffusion bonding and superplastic forming is performed concurrently with the use of low pressures and a simple heat furnace. The material to be formed and bonded is placed between and sealed in tooling constructed of materials having different degrees of thermal expansion. A low pressure from an external source is applied between the sheets of material to be formed during heating. Forming shims positioned within the tooling provide areas of diffusion bonding when the applied pressure and differential of tooling expansion force the sheets of material together at the shim locations.

Abstract: A welding machine lays down its welding bead at the juncture of two surfaces, back of which a pressure boundary has been formed. A depression, or groove, is provided at the juncture of the two surfaces. The weld bead bridges over the groove to form a junction of the two surfaces, leaving the bottom of the groove above the pressure boundary to function as a passage for materials at the surfaces which vaporize at the temperature of the welding operation. The escape of the gases through the passage obviates the gases bubbling up through, and deteriorating, the solidifying weld material forming the junction.

Abstract: A butt welded tubular structure composed of tubular members of austenite stainless steel including a restraining member providing a cover to the entire outer circumferential surfaces of a welded joint and heat affected zones of the tubular members, the restraining member being formed of a metal or alloy of lower stress corrosion cracking sensitivity than the material of the tubular members and joined at the entire surfaces of opposite end portions thereof to the tubular members by welding, although the restraining member is not joined to the tubular members at portions of the restraining member corresponding to the welded joint and heat affected zones of the tubular members.

Abstract: An improved solder is provided by imbedding solder with metallized fibers. he improved solder is then used to bridge a nonmetallic gap between two separated metallic surfaces by placing the improved solder on the gap and then applying heat to cause the improved solder to melt and flow and bridge the gap and connect the two separated metallic surfaces.