Downhole tools such as bearing assemblies and stabilizers are described for withstanding abrasive and erosive wear in operation. These stabilizers and bearing assemblies employ wear-resistant hard materials such as TSP, PCD, leached WC, and SCD composite materials. A bond between a braze material and wear tiles constructed of a hard phase material may include a non-planar interface with the braze material. Self-lubricating materials may be provided within the braze material or the hard material in some instances.

A bearing element for at least one adjustable guide vane of a turbomachine, in particular an aircraft engine, is provided. The bearing element comprising a porous matrix made of carbon and/or graphite and at least one metallic phase or a metal salt that is at least partially arranged inside the pores of the matrix, so that what results is a metal-infiltrated or a metal-salt-infiltrated material.

A kinematic pair (10), e.g. a ball and socket joint, with at least a housing element (30) and an engagement element (20) where the engagement element (20) is arranged at least partly within the housing element (30) and configured to achieve a rotational and/or sliding movement relative the housing element (30). The housing element (30) is designed with at least one first carbon fiber composite material layer surrounding at least a part of the engagement element, a carbon fiber composite material wrapping arranged around at least a part of the first layer, and at least one second carbon fiber composite material layer arranged on the outside of the wrapping.

A sliding member having a sliding surface that is at least partially formed of a surface of a lubricating member is provided. The sliding member includes: a base body as a sintered body of a compact containing metal powder, the base body being integrated with the lubricating member; and the lubricating member as an injection molded product of a resin composition containing a polyarylene sulfide-based resin and a carbon material.

A Hybrid rolling bearing includes an inner raceway and an outer raceway and a plurality of rolling elements arranged therebetween. The outer raceway and the inner raceway are made from bearing steel, having a first surface RMS roughness R.sub.q1. The rolling elements are made from a ceramic material and have second surface RMS roughnesses R.sub.q2,i. At least one of the rolling elements has an increased surface RMS roughness R.sub.q2,N, which is significantly higher than the RMS roughnesses R.sub.q2,i, of the remaining rolling elements. The hybrid rolling bearing can be installed within a refrigerant compressor.

A coordinate measuring machine has a base for supporting an object, a movable assembly having a probe for measuring the object, and a rail movably guiding the movable assembly along its length. The rail includes carbon fiber and has a rail CTE. The coordinate measuring machine also has an air bearing member circumscribing the rail and fixedly coupled with the movable assembly. The air bearing member has a member CTE, which is about equal to the rail engineered CTE.

Downhole tools such as bearing assemblies and stabilizers are described for withstanding abrasive and erosive wear in operation. These stabilizers and bearing assemblies employ wear-resistant hard materials such as TSP, PCD, leached WC, and SCD composite materials. A bond between a braze material and wear tiles constructed of a hard phase material may include a non-planar interface with the braze material. Self-lubricating materials may be provided within the braze material or the hard material in some instances.

A piston engine crankshaft made from carbon composite material molded in two separate moldings is disclosed. According to a preferred embodiment, the first mold is optimized to for the top dead center piston ignition load. The second molding takes the dynamic piston and rod load and contains the counterweight. Accordingly, carbon fiber filaments are aligned in preferred directions to ideally absorb loads at different areas of the crankshaft.

A bearing assembly 1 for installation in a through-hole 10 in a composite material 8 is disclosed having a first bush 2a and a second bush 2b, each of the first and second bushes 2 having a flange 6, the first and second bushes 2 being held together such that, in use, when the bearing assembly 1 is installed in the through-hole 10 with the flanges 6 of the first and second bushes 2 on opposite sides of the material 8 the flanges 6 limit the axial movement of the bushes 2 relative to the through-hole 10.

An internal gear pump integrally provided with a plain bearing requiring fewer machining steps, allowing inexpensive manufacture, and offering a highly stable seizing property. The internal gear pump has a trochoid (4), in which an inner rotor (3) having a plurality of outer teeth is eccentrically and rotatably accommodated in an outer rotor (2) having a plurality of inner teeth, the outer teeth meshing with the inner teeth, and in which a suction-side chamber for suctioning liquid and a discharge-side chamber for discharging the liquid that has been suctioned into the suction-side chamber are formed between the inner teeth and outer teeth; a drive shaft (9) fixed to the inner rotor (3); a casing (5) in which is formed a recess (5a) for accommodating the trochoid (4); and a cover (6) for closing off the recess (5a) of the casing (5).