Metal treatment – Process of modifying or maintaining internal physical... – Heating or cooling of solid metal
Patent
1995-02-22
1996-12-31
Wyszomierski, George
Metal treatment
Process of modifying or maintaining internal physical...
Heating or cooling of solid metal
148403, 148421, 148906, 384912, C22C 4510
Patent
active
055890121
ABSTRACT:
Bearings are made having at least one surface made of an amorphous alloy having a coefficient of friction of less than 0.5 and having a tensile strength of 1.0 GPa or greater. In the case of a bearing shaft, the shaft can be smaller than a comparable steel shaft. Articles can be fabricated by heating the amorphous metal to a temperature above its plastic flow temperature and below its crystallization temperature so that it is flowable. The heated material is molded or formed into a desired shape and then the molded article is cooled to its metastable, amorphous state. A preferred configuration for the bearing shaft is in a parabola of revolution form so it acts as a thrust bearing.
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Hobby Gray D.
Riggs Bernard A.
Cabic Edward J.
Systems Integration and Research, Inc.
Wyszomierski George
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