A system and method are disclosed. The system includes an assembly with a base, and a coating disposed on the base, wherein the coating has a density greater than 98 percent of a theoretical density of the coating, and a dilution less than 0.5 volume percent of the coating. In an embodiment, the assembly includes a shaft and a journal bearing coupled to the shaft, wherein at least one of the shaft and the journal bearing includes the base. In another embodiment, the assembly includes a valve coupled to a valve seat, wherein at least one of the valve and the valve seat includes the base, and the base includes a plurality of dimples, the coating disposed on at least some dimples. The method is for disposing a coating on a base of the assembly using a friction surface process.

A superalloy target wherein the superalloy target has a polycrystalline structure of random grain orientation, the average grain size in the structure is smaller than 20 ?m, and the porosity in the structure is smaller than 10%. Furthermore, the invention includes a method of producing a superalloy target by powder metallurgical production, wherein the powder-metallurgical production starts from alloyed powder (s) of a superalloy and includes the step of spark plasma sintering (SPS) of the alloyed powder (s).

An austenitic steel sheet excellent in resistance to delayed cracking is provided. The composition of said steel comprises in weight: 0.35%C1.05% 15%Mn26% Si3% Al0.050% S0.030% P0.080% N0.1%, at least one metallic element X chosen among vanadium, titanium, niobium, molybdenum, chromium 0.050%V0.50%, 0.040%Ti0.50% 0.070%Nb0.50% 0.14%Mo2% 0.070%Cr2%. The composition may optionally include B, Ni and/or Cu. The remainder of the composition includes iron and unavoidable impurities inherent to fabrication, including hydrogen. The quantity Xp of the at least one metallic element under the form of carbides, nitrides or carbonitrides is, in weight: 0.030%Vp0.40% 0.030%Tip0.50% 0.040%Nbp0.40% 0.14%Mop0.44% 0.070%Crp0.6%. The hydrogen content Hmax designating the maximal hydrogen content that can be measured from a series of at least five specimens, and the quantity Xp, in weight, is such that: $1000\frac{H_{\max }}{X_P}3.3.$

A method of forming a coating system on a surface of a superalloy component having film holes defined therein is provided. The method may include applying NiCoCrAlY on the surface of the superalloy component to form a NiCoCrAlY layer while keeping the film holes open (e.g., wherein the NiCoCrAlY layer has a chromium content that is higher than the superalloy component), then heating the NiCoCrAlY layer to a treatment temperature of about 900? C. to about 1200? C., then forming a platinum-group metal layer on the NiCoCrAlY layer, and then forming an aluminide coating over platinum-group metal layer. The NiCoCrAlY may be applied onto an existing coating system on the surface of the superalloy component, wherein the existing coating system is a Co-based coating system that is substantially free from Ni.

Provided are plated steel sheets for hot press forming, hot press formed parts, and manufacturing methods thereof, the plated steel sheets comprising: a base steel sheet comprising, in weight %, C: 0.07 to 0.5%, Si: 0.05 to 1%, Mn: 0.5 to 5%, P: 0.001 to 0.015%, S: 0.0001 to 0.02%, Al: 0.01 to 0.1%, Cr: 0.01 to 1%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, Ti: 0.1% or less, B: 0.01% or less, Sn: 0.01 to 0.1%, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities; an aluminum or aluminum alloy plating layer disposed on at least one surface of the base steel sheet; and an Sn-enriched layer provided between the base steel sheet and the plating layer, wherein the Sn-enriched layer satisfies a specific relationship.

A metal circuit structure based on a flexible printed circuit (FPC) contains: a substrate, a first metal layer attached on the substrate, a second metal layer formed on the first metal layer, and an intermediate layer defined between the first metal layer and the second metal layer. A first surface of the intermediate layer is connected with the first metal layer, and a second surface of the intermediate layer is connected with the second metal layer. The intermediate layer is made of a first material, the second metal layer is made of a second material, and the first material of the intermediate layer does not act with the second material of the second metal layer.

A metallic flat product is disclosed which is subjected to surface finishing by hot-dip coating and which is preferably composed of steel. The metallic flat product includes a metallic alloy layer (11) and a metallic surface layer (12), which metallic alloy layer and metallic surface layer differ from one another in terms of their chemical composition. The two layers (11, 12) are produced in a one process step and define a continuous transition region (13) in which a mixture of the two different chemical compositions is present. The metallic alloy layer (11) has a thickness of less than 8 m, preferably less than 6 m, and the surface layer (12) is formed from aluminum or zinc. The flat product has an improved coating, by means of which the flat product more effectively satisfies the requirements with regard to good deformability and has good anti-corrosion protection.

The sliding member includes a base and a coating layer formed on the base, in which the coating layer includes a particle aggregate containing first particles of a precipitation-hardening copper alloy.

The method for manufacturing the sliding member includes the step of spraying a first powder of the precipitation-hardening copper alloy or a mixed powder containing the first powder and a second powder harder than the first powder onto the base in an un melted state, so as to form the coating layer on the base.

The present invention provides an aluminum-based plated steel plate used in hot-press forming, the steel plate comprising: a base steel plate; and a plating layer formed on the base steel plate, wherein the plating layer comprises: an alloying layer formed on the surface of the base steel plate and including one or more of Fe 3Al, FeAl(Si), Fe 2Al 5, and FeAl 3; and an aluminum layer formed on the alloying layer and having a thickness less than 10% of the thickness of the plating layer, and the plating layer has a thickness of 5-20 m and an oxygen content of 10 weight % or less, as measured by GDS, at a depth of 0.1 m from the surface of the plating layer.

A plumbing fixture having a multi-color appearance includes a first portion including a first finish having a first appearance and a second portion including a second portion having a second appearance that differs from the first appearance. The plumbing fixture further includes a transition region between the first portion and the second portion, wherein the appearance of the third region is graduated from the first appearance to the second appearance between a first end of the transition region adjacent the first portion and a second end of the transition region adjacent the second portion. The plumbing fixture has an ombre appearance as a result of the graduated transition between the first portion and the second portion.