25th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170173654 | TRUING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MAGNESIUM COMPONENTS - A machine for bending a casted or stamped component into compliance with dimension and tolerance requirements, includes a base and at least one fixed holding device coupled to the base and configured to hold a corresponding datum of the component. The machine further includes at least one bending device coupled to the base and configured to engage a corresponding bending datum of the component, and a control system configured to control the at least one fixed holding device and the at least one bending device during a manipulation routine. The at least one fixed holding device is configured to hold the component in a predetermined spatial orientation relative to the base. The at least one bending device is configured to plastically deform the component. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173655 | PROCESS FOR FORMING HOLLOW MEMBER WITH COMPLICATED CROSS-SECTION - A process for forming a hollow member with A complicated cross-section wherein a section of a tube blank first undergoes a bending deformation due to its internal pressure and bend moment generated by the upsetting of an upper die, and is then compressed to be molded under the support of the internal pressure. The process of the invention does not require the reshaping step at an increased pressure. The process can make a hollow member with a complicated cross-section formed under a low pressure, and solves a technical bottleneck relating to a conventional process for forming this kind of members that is subject to an ultrahigh pressure generator. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173656 | Crimping Unit for a Crimping Tool - A crimping unit is provided for a crimping tool for crimping workpieces. The unit includes a stand element for securing the crimping unit, a carrier element which is connected to the stand element in a linearly movable manner relative the stand element in a first movement direction, a slide element which is connected to the carrier element in a linearly movable manner relative to the carrier element in a second movement direction, and a crimping element which is designed to crimp the workpiece and is rigidly connected to the carrier element. The second movement direction is oriented substantially perpendicular to the first movement direction. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173657 | CAN END WITH RETORT RESISTANT PANEL, AND TOOLING AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR PROVIDING SAME - A method of making a can end, which includes a recessed panel defined by an upwardly extending chuck wall, a peripheral scoreline disposed in a public side of the panel proximate to the base of the chuck wall, a tab fastened to the panel by a rivet, includes the step of employing tooling to form a pressure resistance bead extends around the panel inboard of the peripheral scoreline and outboard of the rivet. The tooling forms a saw tooth panel formation proximate to the pressure resistance bead inboard of the pressure resistance bead. Among other benefits, the pressure resistance bead and saw tooth panel formation created by the tooling and method combine to resist wrinkling or other undesired deformation of the can end. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173658 | Method for Manufacturing Ring-Shaped Member - There is provided a method for manufacturing ring-shaped members at a good yield and high production efficiency. To achieve this object, the following is performed. A single (a sequence of) forging produces a joined body formed by radially coupling four cylindrical portions with different inner diameter sizes. A cylindrical member that has the largest inner diameter size and a cylindrical member that has the third largest inner diameter size after the forging are employed as ring-shaped members without change. A rolling process is performed on respective cylindrical member that has the smallest inner diameter size and cylindrical member that has the second largest inner diameter size to obtain ring-shaped members. Thus, two sets of ring-shaped members are obtained as two sets of inner rings and outer rings. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173659 | FORMING METHOD OF FORGING OF 718 PLUS ALLOY - The invention relates to a forming method of an annular forging of 718 Plus alloy, which comprises the following steps: wrapping the cylindrical surface of a blank of the 718 Plus alloy with a first blanket, further heating to 1000-1100° C., then stopping heating, and immediately performing upsetting and punching treatment on the blank; further respectively wrapping the outer surface and the punched inner surface of the blank after treatment with second blankets, further heating to 1000-1060° C., then stopping heating, immediately performing blank holder reaming treatment on the blank; and respectively wrapping the outer surface and the reamed inner surface of the blank after treatment with the second blankets, further heating to 985-1038° C., then stopping heating, and immediately rolling the blank to obtain a final product, after the method is used for treatment, the grain size of the forging achieves level 6 or above, and the surface has no common cracks. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173660 | METAL COMPONENT STURCTURE AND METAL COMPONENT SWAGING METHOD - A metal component structure includes a metal ball and a metal component. The metal ball has an outer diameter. The metal component includes a hole into which the metal ball is press-fitted. The hole includes a central axis, an opening edge, a stopper, and a tapered part. The metal ball is inserted into the hole through the opening edge. The stopper is provided between the opening edge and a center of the metal ball in a direction of the central axis and has an inner diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the metal ball. The tapered part is provided from the opening edge toward the stopper and has an inner diameter decreasing from the opening edge toward the stopper. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173661 | PRESS-MOLDING SYSTEM AND PRESS-MOLDING METHOD - A press-molding system | 2017-06-22 |
20170173662 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRICALLY OPERATED PORTABLE RIVETING MACHINE, AND ELECTRICALLY OPERATED PORTABLE RIVETING MACHINE - A method for operating an electrically-operated portable riveting machine includes providing an electrically-operated portable riveting machine and informing the user when it is necessary to empty the collecting vessel. The electrically-operated portable riveting machine includes a housing, a rivet setting mechanism arranged in the housing which sets rivet elements into workpieces to be connected, a collecting vessel, a delivery duct that delivers spent rivet mandrels created during a setting of the rivet elements into the collecting vessel, a spent rivet mandrel determination device which determines a number of the spent rivet mandrels in the collecting vessel, and a user information device which informs a user when it is necessary to empty the collecting vessel. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173663 | APPARATUS FOR FORMING A BLANK FOR FINISH FORGING FOR A FORGED CRANKSHAFT FOR A 4-CYLINDER ENGINE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FORGED CRANKSHAFT FOR A 4-CYLINDER ENGINE USING THE SAME - In a forming apparatus, stationary journal dies ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170173664 | APPARATUS FOR FORMING A BLANK FOR FINISH FORGING FOR A FORGED CRANKSHAFT FOR A THREE-CYLINDER ENGINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FORGED CRANKSHAFT FOR A THREE-CYLINDER ENGINE USING THE SAME - In a forming apparatus, movable journal dies ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170173665 | Method of Producing a Cooling Channel System for Internal Combustion Engines and Piston Produced in This Way - A method for producing a cooling channel system for an internal combustion engine, which has a cooling channel in the piston crown. The piston crown is adjoined by a lower piston part having a piston boss, pin bores and piston skirts. Firstly, a piston blank having a peripheral collar projecting radially in the region of the piston crown is produced, wherein the collar, forming a subsequent ring zone wall is then reshaped and, in a transition area between the piston crown and the lower piston part, a contact area for the collar is formed, and the collar is reshaped in such a way until the outer radially peripheral edge comes very close to or completely into contact with the contact area in order to form a closed cooling channel. Following the reshaping, the end region of the ring zone wall forms a defined gap (X) with respect to the upper edge of the piston skirt. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173666 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR FORMING COMPONENTS HAVING INTERNAL PASSAGES USING A JACKETED CORE - A mold assembly for use in forming a component having an internal passage defined therein includes a mold defining a mold cavity therein, and a jacketed core positioned with respect to the mold. The jacketed core includes a hollow structure, and an inner core disposed within the hollow structure and positioned to define the internal passage within the component when a component material in a molten state is introduced into the mold cavity and cooled to form the component. The jacketed core also includes a first coating layer disposed between the hollow structure and the inner core. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173667 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR FORMING COMPONENTS HAVING INTERNAL PASSAGES USING A LATTICE STRUCTURE - A mold assembly for use in forming a component having an internal passage defined therein is provided. The component is formed from a component material. The mold assembly includes a mold that defines a mold cavity therein. The mold assembly also includes a lattice structure selectively positioned at least partially within the mold cavity. The lattice structure is formed from a first material that has a selectively altered composition in at least one region of the lattice structure. A channel is defined through the lattice structure, and a core is positioned in the channel such that at least a portion of the core extends within the mold cavity and defines the internal passage when the component is formed in the mold assembly. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173668 | REFRACTORY SLURRY OF REDUCING CARBON PICKUP IN LOST FOAM CASTING, FOAM PATTERN AND PROCESSES FOR MANUFACTURING AND USING THE SAME - Refractory slurry for use in coating a foam cluster to provide a foam pattern for lost foam casting is provided. The slurry includes a catalyst capable of catalyzing reactions for vaporizing the foam cluster. A foam pattern with a refractory coating including the catalyst and processes for preparing the foam pattern and using the foam pattern are also provided. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173669 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR FORMING COMPONENTS HAVING AN INTERNAL PASSAGE DEFINED THEREIN - A method of forming a component having an internal passage defined therein includes positioning a jacketed core with respect to a mold. The jacketed core includes a hollow structure that includes an interior portion shaped to define at least one interior passage feature of the internal passage. The jacketed core also includes an inner core disposed within the hollow structure and complementarily shaped by the interior portion of the hollow structure. The method also includes introducing a component material in a molten state into a cavity of the mold to form the component, such that the inner core defines the internal passage including the at least one interior passage feature defined therein. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173670 | Foundry Core, Use of a Foundry Core, and Method for Producing a Foundry Core - A foundry core formed from a moulding sand, grains of which are bound together by a binder, and which is provided to form a cooling channel in an engine block for an internal combustion engine. The foundry core has a supporting section, two neck sections, which protrude from a lateral surface of the supporting section and are arranged at a distance from one another, and at least one bridge section which is held by the neck sections at a distance from the supporting section and a minimum thickness of which measured as the distance between its lateral surfaces is no more than 3 mm in an area which lies between the neck sections. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173671 | Additively Manufactured Core for Use in Casting An Internal Cooling Circuit of a Gas Turbine Engine Component - A core for use in casting an internal cooling circuit within a gas turbine engine component includes an additively manufactured skeleton core portion manufactured of a refractory metal, a surround core portion that at least partially encapsulates the additively manufactured skeleton core portion, the surround core portion manufactured of a ceramic material, a surround core portion that at least partially encapsulates the additively manufactured skeleton core portion, the surround core portion manufactured of a ceramic material and a cooling hole shape that extends from the additively manufactured skeleton core portion through the surround core portion, the cooling hole shape operable to form a cooling hole. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173672 | CENTER PLENUM SUPPORT FOR A MULTIWALL TURBINE AIRFOIL CASTING - A core for a turbine airfoil casting according to an embodiment includes: a center plenum section; and a plurality of outer passage sections; wherein the center plenum section includes at least one boss extending outwardly from the center plenum to an outer profile of the core. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173673 | METHOD INCLUDING FIBER REINFORCED CASTING ARTICLE - A method of forming an engine component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, introducing molten metal into a cavity between a shell and a casting article in the shell. The casting article includes a ceramic portion and a plurality of fibers. The method further includes separately removing the ceramic portion and the fibers from an interior of the component. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173674 | MOLD ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A DEOXYGENATED CORE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A mold assembly for use in forming a component having an internal passage defined therein includes a mold defining a mold cavity therein, and a deoxygenated core positioned with respect to the mold. The deoxygenated core includes an inner wall that at least partially defines a sealed core chamber within the deoxygenated core. The sealed core chamber has a substantially reduced oxygen content, and a portion of the deoxygenated core is positioned within the mold cavity such that the inner wall of the portion of the deoxygenated core defines the internal passage when the component is formed in the mold assembly. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173675 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR FORMING COMPONENTS HAVING INTERNAL PASSAGES USING A JACKETED CORE - A method of forming a component having an internal passage defined therein includes positioning a jacketed core with respect to a mold. The jacketed core includes a hollow structure formed from a first material, an inner core disposed within the hollow structure, and a core channel that extends from at least a first end of the inner core through at least a portion of inner core. The method also includes introducing a component material in a molten state into a cavity of the mold, such that the component material in the molten state at least partially absorbs the first material from the jacketed core within the cavity. The method further includes cooling the component material in the cavity to form the component. The inner core defines the internal passage within the component. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173676 | EDGE DAM OF TWIN ROLL TYPE STRIP CASTER - An edge dam of a twin roll type strip caster is provided as a refractory material having a sealing member for sealing both end surfaces of a pair of casting rolls, and is pressed and raised according to wear of the sealing member. To uniformly maintain a contact area of the sealing member and the casting roll in a process in which the edge dam is moved while the edge dam is pressed and raised, both sides and a lower part of the sealing member are formed as an inclined surface inclined inwardly of the sealing member. An angle of inclination of the inclined surface is increased in a direction in which the sealing member is raised, and the angle of inclination θ of the inclined surface is obtained by a relationship between a moving distance l due to raising of the edge dam and a wear depth d. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173677 | MULTIPLE PRESSURE CASTING MOLD AND MOLDED PRODUCT MANUFACTURING METHOD USING SAME - A multiple pressure casting mold includes a mold part having upper and lower molds, each having molten metal injection ports and the molded product accommodating parts for accommodating the molten metal for the molded product, a rotating unit for rotating the mold part so as to allow the molten metal injected through the molten metal injection ports to flow into the molded product accommodating parts, and a molten metal injection control unit having upper and lower pressing parts for pressing the molten metal injected through the molten metal injection ports so as to allow the molten metal to flow into the molded product accommodating parts with the rotating unit. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173678 | MOLD CORE ASSEMBLY AND INVESTMENT CASTING METHOD - The present invention discloses a mold core assembly. The mold core assembly includes at least one core. The core comprises a main body member and a high temperature-resistant material with a melting point over 1500° C., the length-diameter ratio of the main body member is greater than 50, and the main body member includes a high melting point metal with a melting point over 1500° C. The mold core assembly also includes a shell mold, wherein the shell mold encloses the core to form a cavity between the shell mold and the core, so as to accommodate a molten casting metal. The present invention further discloses an investment casting method. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173679 | DIE CASTING APPARATUS AND DIE CASTING METHOD - In a die casting apparatus, during feeding of molten metal by an electromagnetic pump, a molten metal level sensor repeatedly detects a during-feeding level of the molten metal stored in a molten metal holding furnace; a control unit corrects a molten metal feeding voltage to a during-feeding voltage based on the repeatedly detected during-feeding level of the molten metal such that an amount of the molten metal fed by the electromagnetic pump coincides with a prescribed amount; the control unit applies the during-feeding voltage to the electromagnetic pump to cause the electromagnetic pump to feed the molten metal from the molten metal holding furnace into a plunger sleeve; and casting is performed through an injecting operation in which the molten metal fed into the plunger sleeve is extruded by a plunger tip to be injected into a cavity. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173680 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR FORMING COMPONENTS HAVING INTERNAL PASSAGES USING A JACKETED CORE - A method of forming a component having an internal passage defined therein includes positioning a jacketed core with respect to a mold. The jacketed core includes a hollow structure formed from a first material, and an inner core formed from an inner core material disposed within the hollow structure. The method also includes introducing a component material in a molten state into a cavity of the mold, such that the component material in the molten state at least partially absorbs the first material from a portion of the jacketed core within the cavity. The method further includes cooling the component material in the cavity to form the component, and removing the inner core material from the component to form the internal passage. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173681 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR FORMING COMPONENTS HAVING AN INTERNAL PASSAGE DEFINED THEREIN - A method of forming a component having an internal passage defined therein is provided. The method includes positioning a jacketed core with respect to a mold. The jacketed core includes a hollow structure formed at least partially by an additive manufacturing process, and an inner core disposed within the hollow structure. The method also includes introducing a component material in a molten state into a cavity of the mold, and cooling the component material in the cavity to form the component. The inner core is positioned to define the internal passage within the component. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173682 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR FORMING COMPONENTS HAVING INTERNAL PASSAGES USING A JACKETED CORE - A method of forming a component having an internal passage defined therein includes forming a precursor core having a shape corresponding to a shape of the internal passage, and forming a hollow structure around the precursor core. The method also includes removing the precursor core from within the hollow structure, and disposing an inner core within the hollow structure to form a jacketed core. The method further includes positioning the jacketed core with respect to a mold, and introducing a component material in a molten state into a cavity of the mold, such that the component material in the molten state at least partially absorbs the hollow structure from a portion of the jacketed core within the cavity. Additionally, the method includes cooling the component material in the cavity to form the component. The inner core defines the internal passage within the component. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173683 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR FORMING COMPONENTS HAVING AN INTERNAL PASSAGE DEFINED THEREIN - A method of forming a component having an internal passage defined therein includes positioning a jacketed core with respect to a mold. The jacketed core includes a hollow structure formed from at least a first material and a second material, and an inner core disposed within the hollow structure. The method also includes introducing a component material in a molten state into a cavity of the mold, and cooling the component material in the cavity to form the component. The inner core defines the internal passage within the component. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173684 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR FORMING COMPONENTS HAVING A CATALYZED INTERNAL PASSAGE DEFINED THEREIN - A method of forming a component having an internal passage defined therein includes positioning a jacketed core with respect to a mold. The jacketed core includes a hollow structure formed from at least a first material and a first catalyst, and an inner core disposed within the hollow structure. The method also includes introducing a component material in a molten state into a cavity of the mold, and cooling the component material in the cavity to form the component. The inner core defines the internal passage within the component. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173685 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR FORMING COMPONENTS HAVING INTERNAL PASSAGES USING A LATTICE STRUCTURE - A mold assembly for use in forming a component having a first internal passage defined therein includes a mold that defines a mold cavity therein. The mold assembly also includes a lattice structure selectively positioned at least partially within the mold cavity and formed from a first material. The first material is at least partially absorbable by a component material in a molten state. The mold assembly further includes a first segmented core that includes at least one joint segment coupled to the lattice structure. The at least one joint segment is coupled in serial flow communication to at least one extension segment such that a first hollow structure is defined. A first inner core is disposed within the first hollow structure such that at least a portion of the first inner core defines the first internal passage when the component is formed in the mold assembly. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173686 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR FORMING COMPONENTS HAVING INTERNAL PASSAGES USING A LATTICE STRUCTURE - A method of forming a component having an internal passage defined therein includes selectively positioning a lattice structure at least partially within a cavity of a mold. The lattice structure is formed from a first material, and a core is positioned in a channel defined through the lattice structure, such that at least a portion of the core extends within the cavity. The method also includes introducing a component material in a molten state into the cavity, such that the component material in the molten state at least partially absorbs the first material from the lattice structure. The method further includes cooling the component material in the cavity to form the component, wherein at least the portion of the core defines the internal passage within the component. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173687 | Method And Arrangement For Improving Heat Transfer For Tundish Plasma Heating - An arrangement for heat transfer to a melt in a tundish in a continuous casting process, wherein the tundish includes at least one outlet and an inlet, the arrangement including a heating chamber, a plasma heating apparatus including a plasma torch positioned inside the heating chamber, wherein the plasma heating apparatus is mounted on an arm and arranged to operate through a hole in the heating chamber with a distance to the melt and an electromagnetic stirrer placed outside of the heating chamber and arranged to electromagnetically stir the melt. The heating chamber further includes a pair of weirs installed at an upper part of the heating chamber and a pair of dams installed at a lower part of the heating chamber and the electromagnetic stirrer is arranged to electromagnetically stir the melt in a region of the heating chamber, wherein the region is enclosed by the weirs and dams. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173688 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPED ARTICLE PRODUCTION METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPED ARTICLE PRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPED ARTICLE - A three-dimensional shaped article production method according to the invention is a method for producing a three-dimensional shaped article by stacking layers formed in a predetermined pattern, wherein a series of steps including a composition supply step of supplying a composition containing a plurality of particles to a predetermined part, and a bonding step of bonding the particles by irradiation with a laser light is performed repeatedly, and the composition supply step includes a step of forming a first region using a first composition containing first particles as the composition, and a step of forming a second region using a second composition containing second particles which are different from the first particles as the composition, and the bonding of the particles in the first region and the bonding of the particles in the second region are performed by irradiation with laser lights with a different spectrum. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173689 | THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTER - A lamination molding apparatus, including: a chamber covering a desired molding region and being filled with an inert gas of predetermined concentration; a molding table configured to be vertically controllable in the chamber; a laser beam emitter to irradiate a predetermined irradiation region with a laser beam to form a sintered layer and irradiate a predetermined target irradiation position with the laser beam to form a sintered trace, the irradiation region being disposed on a material powder layer formed on the molding table for each of a plurality of divided layers obtained by dividing a desired three-dimensional object at a predetermined thickness. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173690 | THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTER - A lamination molding apparatus, including a numerical control apparatus configured to form a desired lamination molding object by a repetition in accordance with a main program pre-created and numbered with a sequence number, the main program including a plurality of program lines, wherein the repetition includes forming a material powder layer of a predetermined thickness on a molding table for each divided layer, the molding table being vertically movable, the divided layer being obtained by dividing a shape of the desired lamination molding object at the predetermined thickness; and irradiating a predetermined area of the material powder layer with a laser beam to form a sintered layer. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173691 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL ARTICLES - Provided is a method for forming a three dimensional article comprising the steps of: providing at least one electron beam source emitting an electron beam for at least one of heating or fusing said powder material, where said electron beam source comprises a cathode, an anode, and a grid between said cathode and anode; controlling the electron beam source in at least two modes during said formation of said three dimensional article; applying a predetermined accelerator voltage between said cathode and said anode; applying a predetermined number of different grid voltages between said grid and said cathode for producing a corresponding predetermined number of electron beam currents; and at least one of creating or updating a look-up table or mathematical function during one of the at least two modes, wherein said look-up table or mathematical function defines a relationship between a desired electron beam current and an applied grid voltage. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173692 | METAL PRINTER WITH VIBRATING ULTRASOUND NOZZLE - In an aspect, a printer fabricates an object from a computerized model using a fused filament fabrication process and a metallic build material. An ultrasonic vibrator is incorporated into the printer to improve the printing process, e.g., by disrupting a passivation layer on the deposited material to improve interlayer bonding, and to prevent adhesion of the metallic build material to a nozzle and other printer components. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173693 | JOULE HEATING FOR IMPROVED INTERLAYER BONDING IN FUSED FILAMENT FABRICATION OF METALLIC OBJECTS - A printer fabricates an object from a computerized model using a fused filament fabrication process and a metallic build material. Joule heating is applied to an interface between adjacent layers of the object by creating an electrical circuit across the interface and applying pulsed current sufficient to join the metallic build material across the adjacent layers. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173694 | BULK METALLIC GLASS PRINTER WITH SHEARING ENGINE IN FEED PATH - A printer fabricates an object from a computerized model using a fused filament fabrication process and a bulk metallic glass. A shearing engine within a feed path for the bulk metallic glass actively induces a shearing displacement of the bulk metallic glass to mitigate crystallization, more specifically to extend processing time for handling the bulk metallic glass at elevated temperatures. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173695 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL TRACKING OF THERMAL INFORMATION - A printer fabricates an object from a computerized model using a fused filament fabrication process and a metallic build material such as a bulk metallic glass. A thermal history of the object may be maintained, e.g., on a voxel-by-voxel basis in order to maintain a thermal budget throughout the object suitable for preserving the amorphous, uncrystallized state of the bulk metallic glass, and to provide a record for prospective use and analysis of the object. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173696 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 3D PRINTING BY SELECTIVE SINTERING | 2017-06-22 |
20170173697 | REMOVABLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH AN INTERFACE FORMED BETWEEN THERMALLY MISMATCHED BULK METALLIC GLASSES - A printer fabricates an object from a computerized model using a fused filament fabrication process and a bulk metallic glass build material. By using thermally mismatched bulk metallic glasses for an object and adjacent support structures, the interface layer between these structures can be melted and crystallized to create a more brittle interface that facilitates removal of the support structure from the object after fabrication. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173698 | METHOD FOR PREPARING METAL POWDER - Provided is a method for preparing metal powder; a metal nitrate or metal sulfate is combined with ammonia water to produce an ammonia-containing complex metal salt solution; the said solution is then quantitatively jet-mixed with the solution containing the hydroxylamine compounds, and reacted under intense stirring; a dispersant solution is added during the reaction process, and after the reaction is complete, the solution is separated by centrifugation to yield the metal power. The method of the present invention can effectively control the reaction rate during the production process, and well control the nucleation rate and dispersity, with the produced metal powder having very good crystallinity, sphericity, tap property and dispersity. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173699 | SPHEROIDAL DEHYDROGENATED METALS AND METAL ALLOY PARTICLES - Methodologies, systems, and devices are provided for producing metal spheroidal powder products. Dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles are prepared using a process including introducing a metal hydride feed material into a plasma torch. The metal hydride feed material is melted within a plasma in order to dehydrogenate and spheroidize the materials, forming dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles. The dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles are then exposed to an inert gas and cooled in order to solidify the particles into dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles. The particles are cooled within a chamber having an inert gas. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173700 | PIPE MACHINING APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME - Pipe machining apparatuses and methods of operating are provided. In one aspect, a pipe machining apparatus includes an advancement mechanism coupled to a frame and adapted to move relative to the frame between a first position, in which the advancement mechanism is in a travel path of an advancement member and is adapted to be engaged by the advancement member to advance a tool, and a second position, in which the advancement mechanism is positioned out of the travel path of the advancement member and is not adapted to be engaged by the advancement member. In another aspect, a pipe machining apparatus includes multiple motors and pinion gears engaged with a gear rack of a tool carrier. In a further aspect, a pipe machining apparatus includes a race wiper. In yet another aspect, a pipe machining apparatus includes a race lubrication member. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173701 | Cutting Tool Holder With Vibration Damping Weight Assembly - A cutting tool holder has a holder body and a vibration damping weight assembly. The holder body has opposing first and second side surfaces and a top surface extending therebetween, and an insert mounting portion located at a front end of the holder body adjacent to the top surface. A weight aperture opens out to the first and second side surfaces and has an aperture inner surface. The weight assembly is located within the weight aperture, having a first and second weight portions, a damping ring located along the aperture inner surface, and an actuating member interfacing and urging the first and second weight portions away from one another, such that each weight portion presses against the damping ring within the weight aperture. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173702 | SINTERED BODY AND CUTTING TOOL - A sintered body includes cubic boron nitride grains as hard phase grains, and has a thermal conductivity of not less than 15 W·m | 2017-06-22 |
20170173703 | SINTERED BODY AND CUTTING TOOL - A sintered body includes cubic boron nitride grains as hard phase grains, and has a thermal conductivity of less than 20 W·m | 2017-06-22 |
20170173704 | TOOL HOLDING FIXTURE - The invention relates to a tool holding fixture ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170173705 | PORTABLE DRILLING AND/OR BORING MACHINE - The invention relates to a portable drilling and/or boring machine, for workpieces ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170173706 | ROTARY CUTTING TOOL WITH AN INTERNAL COOLING CAVITY - A rotating cutting tool that is internally cooled by cryogenic fluid has a generally cylindrical outer shape. At least one flute is formed on the cutting tool and a cutting edge is formed on an outer edge of the flute for cutting a workpiece. An internal cold flow delivery path for cryogenic coolant is in proximity to the cutting edge. A coolant cavity is formed in the cutting tool for supplying cryogenic coolant to the internal cold flow delivery path and a return path for cryogenic coolant is downstream from the cold flow delivery path. An exhaust port is coupled to the return path for exhausting cryogenic coolant to atmosphere. The exhaust port is remote from the cutting edge so that the cryogenic coolant is exhausted away from the cutting edge and away from a workpiece so that the cryogenic coolant does not cool and toughen the workpiece. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173707 | Method For Deburring The Edges Of Intersecting Boreholes, And Tool For Implementing The Method - A deburring tool with a deburring blade ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170173708 | PORTABLE MILLING TOOL WITH METHOD FOR TURBOMACHINE MILLING - Embodiments of the present disclosure include portable milling tools and methods for milling components. In an embodiment, a portable milling tool can be provided for a component including a plurality of dovetail slots therein, each of the plurality of dovetail slots being oriented substantially axially relative to a rotation axis of the component. The portable milling tool can include: a mounting plate configured to engage the component; a tool-aligning member slidably coupled to the mounting plate and extending along a chordal axis relative to the rotation axis of the component; and a milling head extending axially from the tool-aligning member to a selected one of the plurality of dovetail slots, such that sliding movement of the tool-aligning member relative to the mounting plate moves the milling head along the chordal axis to contact a selected one of the plurality of dovetail slots. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173709 | HYDRAULIC ROLLING-CUT SHEARS - A hydraulic rolling-cut shears, including: a horizontally disposed hydraulic cylinder; a shear mechanism including an upper tool post and a lower tool post; a linkage mechanism including a first upper connecting rod, a first lower connecting rod, a second upper connecting rod, a second lower connecting rod, and a synchronous connecting rod; and supports including a hydraulic cylinder support and a guiding rod support. The hydraulic cylinder is hinged to and disposed on the hydraulic cylinder support through a first pin. One end of the first upper connecting rod, one end of the first lower connecting rod, and one end of the synchronous connecting rod are hinged to one end of a piston rod of the hydraulic cylinder via a second pin. The first upper connecting rod, the synchronous connecting rod, and the first lower connecting rod are disposed at one side of the hydraulic cylinder support. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173710 | C-TYPE TUBING CUTTER - C-type tubing cutters are described. The cutters include a cutting wheel that can be easily and quickly replaced. In many versions of the cutters, the cutting wheel can be replaced without disassembly of the housing and/or without the use of tools. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173711 | Transmission Device - A transmission device is configured to generate at least one of a stroke motion and a reciprocating motion of an insert tool of a hand-held power tool, and includes at least one link unit configured to generate the stroke motion. The link unit includes at least one output element, at least one link element, at least one contact surface, and at least one further contact surface. The at least one contact surface is disposed at least partially on the at least one output element. The at least one link element is configured to act in combination with the at least one output element via the at least one contact surface. The at least one further contact surface is configured to generate a force that initiates the reciprocating motion, and is disposed at least partially on the at least one output element. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173712 | SAW MOUNT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for a table-mounted stand that houses a hand-held masonry cut-off saw. In some embodiments, the stand provides a fixed mount that keeps the saw stationary while the operator is allowed to feed the work piece through the saw with both hands. In some embodiments, the stand is configured to mount and un-mount the saw without the need for separate tools or time-consuming restraints. In some embodiments, the stand includes a throttle control that is activated via foot control, which allows for two-hand manipulation of the work piece being cut by the saw mounted on the stand. In some embodiments, the two-handed work-piece manipulation provided by the stand allows for precise curved and multi-angled cuts. In some embodiments, the stand is made of lightweight construction (e.g., aluminum) for ease of setup and mobilization. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173713 | METHOD FOR SKIVING MACHINING OF A WORKPIECE FOR PRODUCTION OF A CHAMFER - A method for skiving machining a toothed workpiece includes the steps of: providing the toothed workpiece rotatable about a workpiece axis; providing a toothed tool rotatable about a tool axis; tilting the tool axis through an azimuth angle φ>0° with respect to an x direction; tilting the tool axis furthermore through a polar angle Θ<90 ° with respect to a z direction; rotating the toothed tool about the tool axis, the toothed tool in a contact zone sliding over the toothed workpiece rotating about the workpiece axis. The workpiece axis defines the x direction and the perpendicular of the contact zone to the workpiece axis defines a z direction. The x direction, a y direction and the z direction form a Cartesian coordinate system. This method can easily produce a chamber on the toothed workpiece with the toothed tool which is subject to fewer geometric restrictions. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173714 | WIRE-ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINE - A machining path in each machining step is generated based on a machining program by a wire-electric discharge machine, and the generated machining path is analyzed to discriminate between a linear part and an arc part of the machining path. Then, a machining speed for machining the arc part is controlled such that discharge energy density per unit distance at the contour part of a workpiece formed by machining is the same between when a case of machining the linear part and in a case of machining the arc part. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173715 | WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINE - A core image acquiring unit is mounted at a position where the core image acquiring unit looks down at a workpiece on a table, such as an upper guide unit of a wire electric discharge machine, the core machining is performed, while fixing the core using a core fixing function, at a stage in which machining is completed to the end point of the machining path of cutting the core, the core and the workpiece are picked up by the core image acquiring unit, from the captured image, it is determined whether a machining groove has a constant width, or adhesion and deposition of machining debris are present in the machining groove, or the core is fixed by a difference in states of the surface light between the core and the workpiece. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173716 | OIL COMPOSITION FOR ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING - An electrical discharge machining oil composition of the invention includes an organic acid metal salt and a base oil, in which the organic acid metal salt is an organic acid salt of a metal having an electronegativity on Pauling scale of 2 or less, and the present composition has a volume resistivity at 80 degrees C. of 2×10 | 2017-06-22 |
20170173717 | METHOD OF REDUCING INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS IN MATRIX BIT BONDLINE BY REDUCED TEMPERATURE PROCESS - A method for manufacturing a matrix drill bit includes: placing a metallic blank within a casting assembly including a mold having an inner surface formed into a negative shape of facial features of the drill bit; loading powder into an annulus formed between the blank and the mold, the powder including at least one of: ceramic powder and cermet powder; placing a binder alloy into the casting assembly over the blank and the mold; protecting the binder alloy from oxidation; inserting the casting assembly, blank, powder, and binder alloy into a furnace; operating the furnace to heat the protected binder alloy to an infiltration temperature between solidus and liquidus temperatures thereof, thereby infiltrating the powder with the binder alloy and forming a bit body; removing the bit body from the furnace; and after removal, attaching cutters to blades of the bit body. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173718 | METAL PATCH, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND BONDING METHOD BY USING THE SAME - A metal patch suitable for connecting a high-power element and a substrate is provided. The metal patch includes an intermediate metal layer, two first metal layers, and two second metal layers. The first metal layers are respectively disposed on two opposite surfaces of the intermediate metal layer. The intermediate metal layer is located between the first metal layers. The melting point of each of the first metal layers is greater than 800° C. The second metal layers are respectively disposed on the first metal layers. The intermediate metal layer and the first metal layers are located between the second metal layers. The material of each of the second metal layers includes an indium-tin alloy. Each of the first metal layers and the corresponding second metal layer can generate an intermetal via a solid-liquid diffusion reaction. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173719 | VARIABLE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED SOLDERING IRON - A soldering iron system with automatic variable temperature control includes a hand piece or robot arm including a soldering cartridge having a soldering tip, a heating coil and a temperature sensor or impedance measuring device for sensing a temperature or measuring an impedance of the soldering tip; a variable power supply for delivering variable power to the heating coil to heat the soldering tip; a processor including associated circuits for accepting a set temperature input and the sensed temperature of the soldering tip and providing a control signal to control the variable power supply to deliver a suitable power to the heating coil to keep the temperature of the soldering tip at a substantially constant level of the set temperature input. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173720 | WELDING HELMET WITH HEADS UP DISPLAY AND VOICE COMMAND - A welding system and welding helmet is provided, where the welding helmet is capable of providing an image representative of information from an associated welding operation where the image appears as a head-up display (HUD) in the welding helmet. The helmet displays the information at a focal point which coincides with a working distance of a welding operation so that a user need not change his/her focus during a welding operation. The helmet also comprises a microphone to allow for audio instruction to be provided to a welding power supply to change settings. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173721 | HIGH CURRENT AC WELDER - A welding assembly and method is described which includes a charging circuit and regulator coupled to an input power source; an energy storage element connected in parallel with the charging circuit and regulator to increase the weld current output, wherein the energy storage element is charged by the charging circuit and regulator; and a weld output controller connected in parallel with the energy storage element for controlling a welding arc between an electrode and a workpiece, wherein the weld output controller includes a forward converter/inverter including a series circuit of a primary winding of a transformer, and a switching element which is coupled to the energy storage element, and a rectifier smoothing circuit which rectifies and smoothes a voltage induced in a secondary winding of the transformer according to a switching operation of the switching element, wherein the rectifier smoothing circuit conducts during an ON period of the switching element. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173722 | WELDING TORCH, WELDING ROBOT, AND WELDING SYSTEM - A tip attached to a torch barrel of a welding torch includes: a cylindrical tip body attached to the torch barrel; a cylindrical orifice member fitted on an outer circumference of the tip body; an orifice-member support nut detachably attached to a front end outer circumference of the tip body and supporting the orifice member on the outer circumference of the tip body; a cylindrical contact tip detachably attached to a front-end inner circumference of the tip body; and an annular shield member disposed between the tip body and the contact tip. The shield member has an outer diameter set no less than a front-end outer diameter of the orifice-member support nut but no more than an outer diameter of the orifice member. A welding robot including the welding torch and a welding system including the welding robot and a welding power supply are also disclosed. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173723 | PURGE DAM AND METHOD OF USE - A purge dam assembly confines a volume within an assembly of pipes, including a distal pipe and a proximal pipe together arranged for butt welding at a seam. A distal disk is covered at its periphery with a distal sock including gasketing material. A proximal disk is covered at its periphery with a proximal sock including the gasketing material. Each disk is sized such that the sock contacts but does not completely seal against an inner surface of one of the tubes or pipes permitting a purging flow of gas from the volume and past each disk. A cross-member having a proximal and a distal end, the proximal end is affixed to the proximal disk and the distal end is affixed to the distal disk to preserve the spatial separation between the proximal disk and distal disks and to maintain the proximal and distal disks in coaxial alignment. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173724 | MOUNTING BOLT FOR SUB-FRAME - A mounting bolt for a sub-frame is disclosed. A mounting bolt for a sub-frame that is used to engage a sub-frame to a front side member of a vehicle according to one or a plurality of exemplary embodiments of the present invention may include a bolt body that is inserted into a penetration hole of a mounting bracket fixed on the front side member and is joined to the mounting bracket through a first flange that is formed at an upper end circumference thereof, a support body at which a second flange is formed at a lower end circumference to have a hollow space and is disposed on the bolt body, and a joining plate that is interposed between the first flange and the second flange and is welded with a first join protrusion that is formed on an upper surface of the first flange and a second join protrusion that is formed on a lower surface of the second flange by electrical resistance. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173725 | Converter Circuit - The disclosure relates to a power component for providing an electric current, having plates aligned parallel to one another which are connected to the current inputs and the current outputs of power semiconductors embedded in a component carrier. High currents, for example for resistance welding, can thereby be controlled without excessive heat losses resulting in an increase in temperature of the entire arrangement and thereby in a reduction of the service life. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173726 | RESISTANCE WELDING MACHINE PINCH POINT SAFETY SENSOR - There is described a continuity sensing system that operates with a resistance-welding machine. This sensing system measures continuity between the welding electrodes after the welding machine has been initiated and prevents application of high electrode force between the electrodes if the continuity measured is below a reference level. The result is a fully passive system that prevents serious high electrode force that would cause serious pinch-point injury to the operator of the welder. The present invention also includes methods of controlling pneumatic systems on resistance-welding machines to apply low force between welding electrodes until continuity between the welding electrodes has been detected. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173727 | CAP TIP DETACHMENT DEVICE - The present invention relates to a cap tip detachment device capable of detaching cap tips | 2017-06-22 |
20170173728 | GALVANIC PELLICLE REMOVABLE ATTACHMENT TOOL | 2017-06-22 |
20170173729 | METHOD FOR JOINING DISSIMILAR ENGINE COMPONENTS - A method for joining engine components includes positioning a first plurality of thermal protection structures across a thermal protection space between a first thermal protection surface and a second thermal protection surface. The first and second engine components are locally joined by forming a first plurality of transient liquid phase (TLP) or partial transient liquid phase (PTLP) bonds along corresponding ones of the first plurality of thermal protection structures between the first thermal protection surface and the second thermal protection surface. The second thermal protection surface is formed from a second surface material different from a first surface material of the first thermal protection surface. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173730 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING A WORKPIECE - In a method for processing a workpiece ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170173731 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHAPING A CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE (CMC) SHEET - A method for shaping a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) sheet having a first surface and a second surface is presented. The method includes receiving an input signal representative of a predetermined shape and a type of the CMC sheet. Further, the method includes selecting a laser beam based on the received input signal. Also, the method includes projecting the selected laser beam on the CMC sheet to shape the CMC sheet into the predetermined shape. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173732 | CONTROLLER WITH DROP PREVENTION FUNCTION FOR GAP CONTROL AXIS - A controller performs gap control such that a Z-axis position of a tip of a cutting head of the machine is not below a preset lower limit position while keeping the distance between the tip of the cutting head and a workpiece constant. The numerical controller calculates a substantial lower limit position based on a detected state of the workpiece and the preset lower limit position. If the Z-axis position of the tip of the cutting head is below the calculated substantial lower limit position, it is compensated so as not to be below the substantial lower limit position. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173733 | VESSEL FOR JOINING MATERIALS - A system and method for joining materials. The system includes a sealed chamber having a window. A laser is disposed external to the sealed chamber and heats objects in the sealed chamber through the window. The method includes sealing objects to be joined in the sealed chamber with a controlled environment and heating the objects with a laser disposed external to the sealed chamber. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173734 | WELDED BLANK ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A welded blank assembly is formed by welding first and second sheet metal pieces together at a weld joint. At least one of the sheet metal pieces includes a boron steel or press hardenable steel base material layer and an aluminum-based coating material layer, along with a weld notch where at least a portion of the coating material layer is removed before welding. An additional material can be provided during welding to influence weld joint composition and/or a secondary heat source can be used to heat and flow a protective material in a weld region of the blank assembly. The weld notch has a width that may be related to the width of a heat-affected zone formed during welding. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173735 | WIRE MANUFACTURED BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHODS - Systems and methods for the manufacture of a solid wire using additive manufacturing techniques are disclosed. In one embodiment, a fine powdery material is sintered or melted or soldered or metallurgically bonded onto a metal strip substrate in a compacted solid form or a near-net shape (e.g., a near-net solid wire shape) before being turned into a final product through forming or drawing dies. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173736 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD USING LARGE AND SMALL BEAM SIZES - Additive manufacturing method includes providing first and second scanners having first and second overlapping fields of view, applying a layer of powder-based materials to a part bed, providing a laser source for each scanner, each laser source producing a laser beam, and directing its laser beam to its scanner. A first laser beam from the first scanner pre-heats the powder-based material along a tool path in a selected pattern, and a second laser beam from the second scanner melts the pre-heated powder-based material along a second tool path. The first laser beam may be a pre-heat beam, and the second laser beam may be a melt beam. An additive manufacturing system includes a laser source, first and second scanners to receive a pre-heat laser beam to pre-heat a portion of material in the part bed, and a melt laser beam to melt a portion of the pre-heated material to form a part layer. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173737 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD USING A PLURALITY OF SYNCHRONIZED LASER BEAMS - An additive manufacturing method includes providing a first and second scanners with fields of view that at least partially overlap. The method includes applying a layer of powder-based materials to the part bed and providing a number of laser sources that direct a number of laser beams to the first and second scanners. The laser beams are directed from the scanners to the part bed to selectively fuse the material to produce a layer of a three-dimensional part. The layer is formed by selectively directing laser energy to the material in a selected pattern, and synchronizing the movement of the laser beams to continuously process the selected pattern in each layer of the three-dimensional part. An additive manufacturing system includes first and second laser sources, first and second scanners, and a controller configured to operate the scanners and laser(s) for producing the three-dimensional printed part. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173738 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BODY IMPLANT, ASSEMBLY CONSISTING OF A GUIDE WIRE AND A BODY IMPLANT, AND A MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - The invention relates to a method for producing a body implant comprising the steps of: providing a wire; producing predetermined cuts of the cross section of the wire by means of an ultrashort pulse laser in order to produce a predetermined shape of the body implant. This method can be used to produce, for example, a body implant, an assembly consisting of a guide wire and a body implant, or a medical instrument having a guide wire. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173739 | METAL COMPOSITION, BONDING MATERIAL - A metal composition that includes a metal component and a flux. The metal component is composed of a first metal powder of a Sn-based metal, and a second metal powder of a Cu-based metal that has a higher melting point than the Sn-based metal. The flux includes a rosin, a solvent, a thixotropic agent, an activator, and the like. When the metal composition is heated to a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the first metal powder, the first metal powder is melted. The melted Sn and the CuNi alloy powder produce an intermetallic compound phase of a CuNiSn alloy through a TLP reaction. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173740 | BRAZING SHEET FORMED OF ALUMINUM ALLOY - The present invention provides a brazing sheet formed of an aluminum alloy which exhibits excellent post-brazing strength, corrosion resistance and brazability even though its thickness is less than 200 μm. Disclosed is a brazing sheet formed of an aluminum alloy including a core layer, a brazing filler layer provided on one side of the core layer and formed of an Al—Si based alloy, and a sacrificial layer provided on the other side of the core layer, the brazing sheet having a thickness of less than 200 μm, wherein the core layer includes Cu: more than 1.5% by mass and 2.5% or less by mass and Mn: 0.5 to 2.0% by mass, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, the sacrificial layer includes Zn: 2.0 to 7.0% by mass and Mg: more than 0.10% by mass and 3.0% or less by mass, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, each of the brazing filler layer and the sacrificial layer has a thickness of 15 to 50 μm, and a total of clad rates of the brazing filler layer and the sacrificial layer is equal to or less than 50%. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173741 | ALUMINIUM ALLOY LAMINATED PLATE - Provided is an aluminium alloy laminated plate having a sacrificial material cladded to at least one side surface of a core material, wherein the core material contains specified amounts of Mn, Si, Cu, Mg, Fe, and Ti, the balance is Al and inevitable impurities, the number density of dispersed particles having a particle size of 0.01-0.5 μm is 10-100/μm | 2017-06-22 |
20170173742 | ALUMINUM ALLOY CLAD PLATE, AND ALUMINUM ALLOY CLAD STRUCTURAL MEMBER - Provided are an aluminum alloy clad plate for structural members, and an aluminum alloy clad structural member which have both of a high strength and formability (ductility) and further such a BH response that the plate and the member can gain a required high strength even through a high-temperature and short-period artificial aging. The clad plate is an aluminum alloy clad plate having laminated aluminum alloy layers as illustrated in FIGS. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173743 | WELD JOINT - A weld joint with an excellent CTOD property is produced with a weld metal, using a steel plate as a base metal. The steel plate has a chemical composition including C: 0.03% to 0.09%, Si: 0.01% to 0.35%, Mn: 1.3% to 2.0%, P: 0.012% or less, S: 0.0035% or less, Al: 0.01% to 0.06%, Ni: less than 0.3%, Mo: less than 0.10%, Nb: 0.005% to 0.023%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.025%, B: less than 0.0003%, N: 0.002% to 0.005%, Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0050%, and O: 0.0030% or less, with the components additionally satisfying a predetermined relationship. The weld metal has a chemical composition including C: 0.040% to 0.090%, Si: 0.1% to 0.8%, Mn: 1.0% to 2.5%, Al: 0.020% or less, Ni: 0.1% to 1.0%, Mo: 0.05% to 0.50%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.050%, and B: 0.0015% or less, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173744 | Welding Flux Used for Austenitic Stainless Steel - The present disclosure provides a welding flux used for austenitic stainless steel, which includes 20-40 wt. % SiC, 20-30 wt. % SiO | 2017-06-22 |
20170173745 | NO CLEAN FLUX COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF - A flux formulation includes an activator and a protic solvent. The activator may be glutaric acid, levulinic acid, 2-ketobutyric acid, 2-oxovaleric acid, or mixtures thereof. Suitable protic solvents include alkanediol, alkoxy propanol and alkoxy ethanol. The flux formulation may be a no-clean flux formulation that may be used in the soldering of electronic circuit board assemblies, for example, in conjunction with a support fixture having a planar back surface that minimizes vibrations during processing that might otherwise cause misalignment between a chip and a substrate prior to solder reflow. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173746 | Robot with tool for tracking adjustment - A robot includes a movable robot arm, at least one actuator for moving the robot arm, and a tool attached to the robot arm for adjusting the track of a wheel by turning of a track rod of a motor vehicle. The tool includes a tool head and a tool handle connecting the tool head to the robot arm. The tool head has a slot-shaped opening in a distal end, which is remote from the robot arm, for introducing a track rod with a thickness that is less than or equal to 20%, and preferably less than and equal to 15% of the tool head from the distal end to the connection to the tool handle. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173747 | APPARATUS FOR WORKPIECE PROCESSING HAVING INTEGRATED ENERGY GUIDE AND MEDIA STORAGE AND RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system includes a machine tool having a clamp. The system also includes a processing head configured to be temporarily held by the clamp of the machine tool. The processing head is also configured to deposit one or more media onto a workpiece. The processing head includes a guide configured to direct energy from an energy source onto the workpiece and/or the one or more media. The processing head also includes one or more supplies including one or more reservoirs within the processing head. The one or more reservoirs are configured to receive the one or more media, store the one or more media as the processing head is moved from one location to another location, and provide the one or more media. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173748 | Suction Device for a Portable Power Tool - A suction device for a portable power tool includes at least one suction unit for extracting and/or storing particles, in particular workpiece particles arising during machining of a workpiece with the portable power tool. The suction device further includes at least one damping unit for a vibration-damped arrangement of the suction unit on the portable power tool. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173749 | System having at least One Power Tool and having at least One Mobile Sensor Device - A system includes at least one power tool having at least one sensor unit. The system further includes at least one mobile sensor device. The at least one mobile sensor device has at least one communication unit configured to communicate with the at least one power tool. The system further includes at least one computing unit configured to compare measurement data of the at least one sensor unit of the at least one power tool and of the at least one mobile sensor device. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173750 | Method for Making Safe the Use of at least One Hand-Held Power Tool - A method for making safe the use of at least one hand-held power tool includes providing at least one item of safety information using at least one evaluation unit of an electronic safety device. The at least one item of safety information is based on at least one application-specific characteristic quantity. The electronic safety device is configured to be fastened to an extremity of a user using a fastening unit. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173751 | Method for Operating at least One Hand-Held Power Tool - A method is proposed for operating at least one hand-held power tool, in which a data processing device, realized separately from the hand-held power tool, processes at least one application quantity, in particular a vibration quantity, with respect to a user. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173752 | TELESCOPIC COVER - A telescopic cover has a plurality of cover pieces nested in the order of their size for extension and retraction. A rubber cushion is on a side surface of an end portion of an insert-side cover piece, a wiper is inside an upper surface of a receiving-side cover piece receiving the insert-side cover piece so as to contact the upper surface of the insert-side cover piece, and a stopper is on the inner side surface of the end portion so as to be offset from the position of the wiper and face the rubber cushion. When the telescopic cover is retracted so that the respective end surfaces of the receiving-side and insert-side cover pieces become flush with each other, a gap between the cover pieces is closed by the wiper. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173753 | EDGING PAD HAVING DIFFERENT ADHESIVE ZONES - The invention relates to an edging pad for releasably connecting a material blank that is to be edged to a holder, wherein the edging pad has a polymeric carrier layer and adhesive coatings which are applied to both sides of the polymeric carrier layer, wherein one side of the polymeric carrier layer, which is to be connected to the holder, has an adhesive coating formed of a first adhesive, and the other side of the polymeric carrier layer, which is to be connected to the material blank, has an adhesive coating formed of a second and a third adhesive which are different from one another, such that the second adhesive provides adhesiveness to the material blank and the third adhesive is an adhesive which limits twisting and slippage of the polymeric carrier layer relative to the material blank, wherein the second adhesive and the third adhesive are applied to the other side of the polymeric carrier layer in separate regions. | 2017-06-22 |