Abstract: A high temperature heat-treating jig characterized by forming a tungsten layer or a tungsten alloy layer on the surface of a heat-resistant base to avoid discoloration and color shading during the heat treatment at a high temperature.

Abstract: A method to form a composite wear resistant die face of titanium carbide, tungsten carbide/cobalt alloy or similar material having a metal backing which is readily bondable to a substrate. Since sintered powdered metallurgy wear resistant materials are difficult to solder or braze directly to a die by conventional methods, a steel backed composite is formed by hot isostatic pressing of the wear resistant material to both sides of a steel substrate and this composite is cut through the middle of the steel blank to formed separate steel backed wear resistant die facing plates, especially useful for pelletizers.

Abstract: It is the object of the invention to reduce the propagation of noises, in particular shifting noises, in mechanical transmissions. The invention consists in the use of a sintered shaped part formed in an individualized configuration as a noise-damped component, and in particular a gearwheel for a transmission. In the novel configuration, an axially symmetrical sintered shaped part has individual, approximately annular zones of material, for example, an inner rim zone close to the axis and an outer rim zone remote from the axis, the inner and outer rim zones having a high strength and being largely free from voids and a central region being highly porous and comparatively ductile.

Abstract: An extruder housing is formed for a double-worm or double-screw extruder by providing a steel body with a seamless one-piece structure and hot-isostatically pressing the body and the powder-metallurgical wear-resistant material lining the preferably conical bores of the housing to form a wear-resistant layer which is bonded to the steel body by a diffusion layer.

Abstract: A surface hardened aluminum part having excellent heat resistance and abrasion resistance obtained by forming, on the surface of an aluminum base material, an alloy layer that has a uniform composition and uniform hardness, being free from cracks. An aluminum alloy powder made of aluminum and metals each of which forms an intermetallic compound of high hardness with aluminum is prepared. This aluminum alloy powder is supplied onto the aluminum base material and the aluminum or aluminum alloy contained in the aluminum base material is alloyed with the aluminum alloy powder using a high-density energy heat source to form an alloy layer. The alloy layer thus formed has an intermetallic compound of high hardness uniformly distributed throughout the layer so that the hardness of the alloy layer is uniform and cracking is unlikely to occur.

Abstract: A method of producing a tungsten heavy alloy product according to a powder metallurgical procedure utilizing the injection molding technique which enables production of tungsten heavy alloy products having high dimensional accuracy and complex configuration and yet having high physical strength and toughness in high productivity and at low cost. A powder mixture of tungsten powder and nickel powder, iron powder or copper powder is mixed with an organic binder and they are kneaded together. The kneaded mixture is injection molded into a predetermined shape, and thereafter the binder is removed from the molded product. Subsequently, the molded product is sintered in a temperature range of from the melting point of the bond phase of nickel, iron or copper to +50.degree. C. relative to the melting point.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a protective insert (1) on a metal part (2) in which a foil (3) that serves as a barrier for gases is fixed between the part (2) and the insert (1), the edges of a metal capsule (4) are fixed to the edges of the foil (3), the space (5) between the capsule (4) and the part (2) is filled with a metal or ceramic powder and the ends of the capsule (4) are closed, the part (2) together with the filled capsule (4) are inserted in an isostatic pressing oven under a controlled atmosphere, with the pressure and the temperature being selected so that the powder is pressed in situ. The part (2) is cooled and then the capsule is removed before giving the part (2) together with its insert (1) the desired final shape. The method is very simple and it enables reliable products to be obtained.

Abstract: A method of covering a substrate surface with a sintered layer comprises the step of loading a powdery raw material in a region of forming a sintered layer on the surface of a substrate, and the step of sintering the loaded powdery raw material so as to form a sintered layer on the surface of the substrate. The powdery raw material contains at least two elements and has a temperature region in which a solid phase and a liquid phase are present together. The liquid phase is wettable with the substrate. The sintering step is performed within a temperature region in which the solid phase and the liquid phase of the powdery raw material are present together.

Abstract: A porous electrode for pacemakers is comprised of a plurality of platinum globules sintered together to form a porous mass of semi-hemispherical shape at the end of a platinum electrode stem. The globules, which are themselves made by sintering together spherically-shaped particles of approximately one micron diameter, provide the globules with an irregular outer surface of high total surface area. The globules have diameters within a critical range of 40-200 microns. The large total surface area of the globules improves the sensing function of an electrode configuration of given size and surface area, while the globule diameters of 40-200 microns have been found to beneficially accommodate tissue ingrowth within the electrode. In a preferred method of making the electrode, the platinum globules, which are formed by sintering together platinum particles of much smaller size, are mixed with organic solvent and organic binder to form a paste.

Abstract: A method for brazing together two parts at least one of which comprises a titanium aluminide material is described wherein a metallic layer of foil or powder is inserted between the parts in laminar contact with respective confronting surfaces thereof to be joined, the metallic layer comprising a metal which forms with titanium a eutectic composition having a characteristic fusion temperature lower than the fusion temperature of the metal, and the metallic layer and confronting surfaces of the parts are heated to a temperature of about the characteristic fusion temperature of the eutectic composition.

Abstract: Oxide-free metallic, alloy or intermetallic compound formed by coating a powder of at least one member selected from the group consisting of elemental metallic, alloy and intermetallic compound with an oxide-replacing metal. The oxide-free compound may be compacted without the addition of a liquid sintering agent and at temperatures below the melting point of the compound, under sufficient pressure to form a uniform, consolidated intermetallic body.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming connector terminal electrodes of a lamination capacitor which has firm connection between the internal electrodes and the connector terminal electrode. The ceramic main body part (10) having internal electrodes of palladium is put into a mixture of two powders, one being a silver powder (3) with a diffusion coefficient different from the internal electrodes and the other being a zirconium powder (2) which is inactive to both the internal electrode and the silver powder (3). The ceramic main body part (10) in the mixture is subjected to a heat treatment at a heat temperature. Thereafter a connector terminal electrode (20) is formed on each of the sides of the ceramic main body part (10).

Abstract: A dry friction material comprises fiber base material, bonding agent, friction conditioner and filler. The dry friction material contains 2 to 20% by weight of a tin alloy in which the fusing point is more than 500.degree. C. and the hardness is less than 4 Moh's. The dry friction material shows excellent friction characteristics when the load is low or average.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing a cathode structure for impregnated cathodes having desired dimensions by a simplified process without experiencing machining etc. A high-melting-point metal powder is introduced into a mold, and heated with the heater to effect isostatic press molding to provide a cathode structure for impregnated cathodes having a predetermined shape and dimensions by one operation.

Abstract: A method for bonding a first ceramic element and a second ceramic element utilizes a silver powder paste composed of silver particles dispersed in a volatile vehicle. A film of the paste is applied and dried onto a faying surface of each element. The elements are assembled with the films in contact and heated to sinter the silver particles into an integral silver layer that is bonded to the faying surfaces, thereby bonding the elements together. The method is particularly well suited to manufacturing a stripline filter, wherein the sintered layer not only bonds the ceramic elements, but also forms a metallic feature, such as a resonator, of the filter.

Abstract: A palladium paste is utilized for forming a palladium film on a ceramic substrate. The paste includes a sinterable palladium powder dispersed in a vaporizable liquid vehicle. The paste also includes minor additions of titanium dioxide powder and a metal titanate powder. A preferred titanate powder is composed of strontium calcium titanate. It is found that the additions remarkably improve adhesion of the palladium film to the substrate.

Abstract: A coating film of a carbon allotrope is formed on a substrate by continuously supplying a fine carbon powder onto the substrate and simultaneously irradiating the fine carbon powder with a laser beam of a high output level thereby inducing sublimation of the fine carbon powder, and quenching the sublimated fine carbon powder to cause deposition thereof on the substrate.

Abstract: Method for producing an elongated sintered article, characterized by the steps including filling powder material in a pipe, carrying out plastic deformation of the pipe filled with the powder material, and heating the pipe filled with the powder material to burn and/or sinter the powder material.The method of the present invention is advantageously applicable to production of wire or rod of ceramics, particularly so called new ceramics or fine ceramics, sintered alloys or their combination, which are difficult to shape or mold by conventional process such as wire-drawing, rolling or extrusion of powder material which is difficult to mold and machine after the powder material is sintered.

Abstract: A method for coating an annular inclined surface of a part with a powder prior to sintering, in which a lower annular axial surface is provided below and extending the inclined surface of the part. Along the axis of the part, a central tool is arranged having a lower axial surface slidable relative to the lower annular axial surface and an annular inclined surface above the lower axial surface and facing the annular inclined surface of the part. The part and the tool define an annular gap which is closed at the bottom portion and which has an open annular upper end above the annular inclined surface and the inclined surface of the part. The annular gap is filled with a powder through the open upper end which is then closed, and the part with the lower annular axial surface and the central tool are then relatively displaced, causing the inclined surface of the part and the annular inclined surface to become closer and compress the powder against the annular inclined surface of the part.

Abstract: There is provided an improved coated composite article and an improved process for making the article. A cloth-like flexible preform is brazed to a metallic substrate to make the article. The article is then subjected to a uniform high pressure and temperature for sufficient time to remove porosity in the coating. The result is a fully dense coating, which is metallurgically bonded to the substrate without any porosity, which has improved physical properties, and which is capable of being polished to a surface finish of at least 4 RMS.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing rings or discs having a blade or vane rim from a powder which is received in a mold cavity formed by a gas-tight casing (10, 11, 12) and is isostatically hot pressed in the casing to form a monolithic body. A core (13) of hexagonal boron nitride or graphite having through apertures (14) corresponding to the profile of the individual blades or vanes, is located in the mold cavity said apertures being filled with powder to form the blades or vanes as an integrated portion of the monolithic body obtained by the isostatic hot pressing.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of producing a metal-contained composite material from a metal and a sinterable material such as a ceramic material, and to a metal-contained composite material produced by the method. Conventional composite materials consisting of metal and ceramic material do not have sufficient mechanical and electrical properties, under some conditions in use, and are too expensive to be applied extensively. To solve this problem, the invention provides a manufacturing method comprising a process of fabricating a roll of a laminate consisting of a metal strip and a sinterable material, by winding up the laminate, and a process of subjecting the roll to plastic working; a manufacturing method including a heat treatment process carried out at a predetermined temperature, in addition to the above processes; and metal-contained composite materials produced by these methods.

Abstract: An extruder-housing part for a double-worm extruder for the plastification of thermoplastic synthetic resin and plastic mixtures has two chambers for receiving the worms and forming a figure eight cavity. A wear-resistant material formed as a hard-phase layer is provided to line the chambers. The extruder-housing part is a one-piece seamless structure with an isotropic lattice of powder metallurgical origin with a hot isostatic pressing configuration.

Abstract: A method of making a substructure for a dental restoration which comprises a substructure of a dental metal and a fired on coating of a dental ceramics, which method comprises applying a powder-form mixture of a dental metal powder and a thermoplastic polymeric material having a melting point above 50.degree. C., in the shape of the dental restoration to be made, to a porous refractory model, by means of a heated instrument, heating the assembly so obtained to a temperature at which the thermoplastic polymeric material liquefies and is sucked from the coating into the model, followed by raising the temperature of the assembly to a temperature at which the thermoplastic polymeric material disappears, and raising the temperature further to a sintering temperature at which the dental metal powder is sintered into a solid metal mass. The substructure so formed can be provided with a fired on coating of dental ceramics.

Abstract: A method for depositing a composite coating on a substrate is provided. The coating contains a mixture of ductile metal particles and a uniformly dispersed polymer particles. The polymer is present in a concentration effective to reduce frictional forces. The coating mixture is compacted such as by isostatic pressing, formed into strips and then clad to the substrate. One preferred coating contains 0.5 weight percent polytetrafluoro-ethylene in a tin matrix.

Abstract: A cam shaft having a shaft member made of steel and having on the outer periphery thereof an axial groove, and a cam and a gear made of a sintered alloy and mounted on the shaft member by engaging a protrusion on a shaft hole formed in each of the cams and the gear in the axial groove. The shaft member is provided with plating layers of copper on the outer periphery thereof at positions where the gear and the cam are to be mounted. The gear and the cam are impreganted with copper the same as the plating layer. The contact portions are heated by a laser to fuse the copper to join the cam and the gear to the shaft member.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for fabrication of hollow articles by hot consolidation of metal alloy powder between a hollow core and a fluid pressure resistant outer shell. The hollow core is formed, a disposable layer is applied to define the object contour, a fluid pressure resistant metallic layer is formed over the disposable layer, which is then melted, removed and replaced by the metal alloy powder, and this assembly is hot isostatically pressed. The powder and core materials are preferably selected to be metallurgically compatible, so the core becomes an integral part of the finished article. The hollow article is inflated in a form die to establish the finished article contour.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a rugged, flexible, superconducting wire comprising: mixing a superconducting material, such as YBa.sub.2 Cu.sub.3 O.sub.x, with a metallic powder to form a metal/superconductor mixture; and loading a metal shell or tube with the metal/superconductor mixture to form a superconducting wire. The superconducting wire may also be cold drawn and annealed to form a very dense wire. The metallic powder is either copper, copper alloy, aluminum or other face centered cubic element. Additionally, a superconducting wire may be formed by encapsulating a superconducting filament within a metal shell.

Abstract: A wear-resistant compound roll having a shell portion produced by sintering a uniform mixture of alloy powder consisting essentially, by weight, of 1.2-3.5% of C, 2% or less of Si, 2% or less of Mn. 10% or less of Cr, 3-35%, as W+2Mo, of one or two of W and Mo, 1-12% of V, and balance Fe and inevitable impurities, and 1-15%, based on the weight of said alloy powder, of VC powder dispersed therein. This compound roll is produced by (a) uniformly mixing the alloy powder with the VC powder; (b) charging the resulting mixed powder into a metal capsule disposed around a roll core; and (c) after evacuation and sealing, subjecting said mixing powder to a HIP treatment.

Abstract: A process for fabricating superconducting composite wire by the steps of placing a superconductive precursor admixture capable of undergoing a self propagating combustion in stoichiometric amounts sufficient to form a superconductive product within a metal tube, sealing one end of said tube, igniting said superconductive precursor admixture whereby said superconductive precursor admixture endburns along the length of the admixture, and cross-section reducing said tube at a rate substantially equal to the rate of burning of said superconductive precursor admixture and at a point substantially planar with the burnfront of the superconductive precursor mixture, whereby a clad superconductive product is formed in situ, the product characterized as superconductive without a subsequent sintering stage, is disclosed.

Abstract: A method for forming high abrasion resistive layers on parent materials in which power of an alloy iron including carbide generating elements is prepared using the atomizing method, sheets are formed from a mixture of the powder and a binder, the sheet is adhered to a parent material, and the sheet and the surface of the parent material are remelted by TIG arc to for a high alloy layer on the parent material.

Abstract: A method of making a golf club head and golf club heads produced by said method which involves filling a ceramic mold in the shape of a golf club head with metal powders, the mold optionally containing inserts made from a material selected from the group consisting of metal powders, castings, wrought metal, and green compacts of metal powders and combinations thereof, optionally sintering the material in said mold, compressing the material in said mold and the material contained therein by a process of hot isostatic pressure or a pseudo-isostatic pressure utilizing granular material around said mold to form near 100 percent of the theoretical density of the contents of said mold and thereafter removing said material from said mold.

Abstract: The invention is a method for making an electrically conductive path on the wall of a passage through a substrate. It is especially useful for connecting electrically conductive paths (25) on opposite sides of a circuit board (20). The method is characterized by the steps of forming a tapered passage (21) through the substrate (20) that connects to at least one conductive path on each side of the substrate (20), filling the tapered passage (21) with an electrically conductive powder (10), applying pressure with a tapered die (30) to compact the powder (11) against the wall of the passage (21) without blocking the passage, and then heating the compacted powder (11) to a temperature that increases the conductivity and ductility of the compacted powder (11) and its adhesion to the substrate (20) without adversely affecting the shape or condition of the substrate (20).

Abstract: A process for producing a copper fine powder, which comprises thermally decomposing anhydrous copper formate in a solid phase in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature in the range of from 150.degree. to 300.degree. C., thereby yielding a copper fine powder having a primary particle diameter of from 0.2 to 1 .mu.m, a specific surface area of from 5 to 0.5 m.sup.2 /g and small agglomerating properties, said anhydrous copper formate being an anhydrous copper formate powder 90 wt % or more of which undergoes thermal decomposition within a temperature range of from 160.degree. to 200.degree. C. when the anhydrous copper formate powder is heated in a nitrogen or hydrogen gas atmosphere at a heating rate of 3.degree. C./min.

Abstract: A copper alloy composite material which comprises a copper alloy matrix and at least one additive selected from solid materials having self-lubricity and wear-resistant materials and uniformly dispersed in the alloy matrix is described. The composite material has improved wear resistance and anti-seizing properties.

Abstract: Vias each having no pore are formed in a multilayer ceramic substrate by filling through holes of green sheets with conducting material obtained by: kneading mixed powder particles, the powder particles produced by adding copper oxide powder particles in the amount of 50% (in weight) or less to copper powder particles, with a solution including methyl ethyl ketone and 0.5% (in weight) of isosulfonyltridecylbenzene titanate; drying and cracking the kneaded mixed powder particles, producing cracked mixed powder particles; classifying the cracked mixed powder particles with a 100 mesh filter, producing classified mixed powder particles; spheroidizing the classified mixed powder particles with a collision method performed in gases flowing at high speed; and firing the green sheets at a temperature of about 800.degree. C.

Abstract: A method of preparing a parted circular ring, preferably a vane ring or sealing ring of a turbine, by the ring being hot pressed isostatically in a casing having radial partitions provided therein of the same material as the powder used for the isostatic hot pressing, a coating of release agent being provided at one side of the partitions.

Abstract: A fully alloyed porous metallic coating is applied to the surface of a metallic prosthetic component by producing a slurry comprising a suspension of the alloy in particulate form in a solution of water containing a film-forming binder material, applying to one or more surfaces of the component a coating of the slurry, forming concave and re-entrant depressions by pressing heat degradable spheres into the coating to promote fixation of the component when in use, heating the slurry to dry the same, and sintering the coated component to bond the particulate alloy onto the component, the spheres burning off during the subsequent heating or sintering step.

Abstract: A method for producing a camshaft having a tubular steel shaft and a sintered cam piece joined to the shaft. The sintered cam piece has iron tetroxide film at its surface. The camshaft is produced by assembling a powder compact to the steel shaft to provide a camshaft assembly, sintering the assembly to provide an integral assembly, correcting bending to the assembly, annealing the assembly, grinding the cam piece and effecting vaporization treatment to the assembly at a temperature lower than the annealing temperature.

Abstract: The invention is a method for providing an electrically conductive path through a substrate. It is especially useful for electrically connecting together electrically conductive paths (25) on opposite sides of a circuit board (20). The method is characterized by the steps of forming a passage (21) through a substrate (20) that connects to at least one conductive path (25) on each side of the substrate (20), filling the passage (21) with an electrically conductive powder (10), applying pressure with a die (30) to obtain a compacted powder (11) in the passage (21), and then heating the compacted powder (11) to a temperature that increases the conductivity and ductility of the compacted powder (11) and its adhesion to the substrate (20) without adversely affecting the shape or condition of the substrate (20).

Abstract: A process for manufacturing clad metal tubing from two different types of metals having different deformation resistances is disclosed. The process comprises preparing a combined billet having two blank pipes arranged concentrically with each other, the pipes being made of different metals, and applying hot extrusion to the billet while adjusting the heating temperature of the pipe such that a pipe of the metal having a higher deformation resistance is heated to a higher temperature.

Abstract: A method for producing a compacted fully dense permanent magnet by providing a particle charge of a permanent magnet alloy composition from which the article is to be made and placing the charge in a cylindrical container having a generally axially positioned core with the charge surrounding the core within the container. The container and charge are heated to an elevated temperature and extruded to compact the charge to a substantially fully dense permanent magnet article.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for metallizing a ceramic surface which consists essentially of 10.0 to 32.5% by weight of Mn, 45.0 to 67.5% by weight of W, up to 5.0% by weight of at least one member selected from Ti and Zr, and Ag and Ni in a total amount of 15.0 to 35.0% by weight, the amount of Ni being 5.0 to 20.0% by weight of the total amount of Ni and Ag. This composition is applied to the surface of a ceramic body in the form of a metal paste or metal powder and heat-fusion-bonded to the ceramic surface, or the composition is applied to the surface of a ceramic body by the gas-phase deposition method.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method and a device to produce a coating from metal powder metallurgically bonded to a metallic part, said metal powder being compacted over the surface of said metallic part to form the coating using cold isostatic pressing, then coupling an open metallic container to the coating leaving a space between said open metallic container and said coating, completely filling the space between the metallic container and the coating with a ceramic material and sealing, so that the ceramic material exerts pressure due to the thermal expansion over the coating during the heating in a sintering furnace in order to get a metallurgical bond between the metallic part and the coating and simultaneously sintering the coating to achieve the desirable the desirable thickness and the required properties.

Abstract: A powder-in-tube method is disclosed for making a composite superconducting oxide wire which comprises loading a copper tube with a mixture composed of rare earth metal oxide, BaO.sub.2 and copper oxide or the finished superconductor powder and subjecting the loaded tube to drawing and a heat treatment at a temperature of up to 950.degree. C., wherein prior to loading the copper tube, the tube is oxidized at least on its inside to form a copper oxide layer having a thickness of 1 to 100 .mu.m and then a silver intermediate layer is inserted to the oxidized copper tube.

Abstract: A multilayered sliding material of lead bronze containing graphite in the form of a bimetal, comprising a steel plate or a steel plate having a copper plating coating and a sintered copper alloy bonded to the steel plate, the sintered copper alloy having a composition consisting of 5 to 16 wt % Sn, 2 to 20 wt % Pb, 0.03 to 1 wt % P, 0.5 to 3.9 wt % graphite, and the balance Cu, wherein hardness of the alloy exceeds Hv 100.

Abstract: The method of consolidating a powder material to form a composite part includes forming a pattern which is a scaled-up version of the part to be formed; employing the pattern to produce a flexible mold with interior conformation matching the pattern exterior; introducing a previously formed shape, insert or body into the mold; introducing consolidatable powder material into the mold; compacting the mold to thereby compress the powder and previously formed shape into a preform which is to be consolidated; separating the preform from the mold; providing a bed of pressure transmission particles, and positioning the preform in the bed; and compacting the preform in the bed of particles by transmission of pressure to the preform via the bed, to thereby consolidate the preform into a dense, desired shape part.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gas sensor for measuring an air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture of an internal combustion engine and to a method of manufacturing the gas sensor. The sensor of the invention comprises: a solid state electrolyte layer made of an oxygen ion conductive metal oxide; a first electrode of a porous thin film having the catalyst function which was coated on one surface of the solid state electrolyte layer; a second electrode of a porous thin film having the catalyst function which was coated on the other surface of the solid state electrolyte layer; an electrode shielding layer made of a sintered material of ultra fine particulates whose average grain diameter is 1 .mu.m or less which covers the surface other than the region of a predetermined area of the second electrode; and a gas diffusion layer made of a porous electric insulative metal oxide which covers the region of the predetermined area of at least the second electrode.

Abstract: Coating with high-melting metals can be simplified by alloying high-melting metal with sufficient aluminum to make low-melting alloy that is applied, bonded in place, and then subjected to the leaching out of some or most of the aluminum. The resulting surface is porous and will receive and hold top coatings. Leached surface can be pyrophoric and top coating can be exothermically combustible. Pyrophoric powder can also be coated on boron or carbon fibers or sintered with combustible particles. Carbon can be kept from contaminating diffusion-treated workpieces, by conducting diffusion treatment in retorts containing little or no carbon. Porosity can be created by subjecting workpiece to diffusion conditions in contact with depleting material such as powdered nickel or high-nickel aluminides or cobalt or high-cobalt aluminides. Aluminum particles can be electrophoretically deposited on foil and then diffused in. Leaching aluminum out with caustic is improved when a little H.sub.2 O.sub.

Abstract: A process for making a clad article of a densified metal powder core and a compatible metal cladding metallurgically bonded thereto results in a significantly reduced concentration of metal oxides in the core so as to prevent embrittlement of the core at and adjacent the core/cladding interface that results in rupture between the core and the cladding along the interface during working or forming. In carrying out the process, the temperature of the undensified metal powder and/or the temperature of the compatible metal container into which the metal powder is filled are closely controlled so as to avoid adsorption of moisture during the filling step.