A system (5) and method (800) for unit cell casting of titanium or titanium-alloys is disclosed herein. The system (5) comprises an external chamber (45), a crucible (10) positioned within the external chamber (45), an induction coil (15) positioned around the crucible, an internal chamber (40) positioned within the external chamber (45), and a mold (30) positioned within the internal chamber (40). The external chamber (45) is evacuated and a pressurized gas is injected into the evacuated external chamber (45) to create a pressurized external chamber (45). An ingot (20) is melted within the crucible utilizing induction heating generated by the induction coil (15). The internal chamber (40) is evacuated to create an evacuated internal chamber (40). The titanium alloy material of the ingot (20) is completely transferred into the mold (30) from the crucible (10) using a pressure differential created between the external chamber (45) and the internal chamber (40).

The present invention relates to a turbine wheel of an automotive turbocharger, including a Ni-based alloy having a composition which contains, in terms of mass %: C: 0.08 to 0.20%; Mn: 0.25% or less; Si: 0.01 to 0.50%; Cr: 12.0 to 14.0%; Mo: 3.80 to 5.20%; Nb+Ta: 1.80 to 2.80%; Ti: 0.50 to 1.00%; Al: 5.50 to 6.50%; B: 0.005 to 0.015%; Zr: 0.05 to 0.15%; and Fe: 0.01 to 2.5%, with the remainder being Ni and unavoidable impurities, in which the turbine wheel includes a wing part and a shaft part, and a size of γ′ phase in each site of from a tip of the wing part to the shaft part is structure-controlled so as to fall within a range of from 0.4 to 0.8 μm.

The present invention relates to a turbine wheel of an automotive turbocharger, including a Ni-based alloy having a composition which contains, in terms of mass %: C: 0.08 to 0.20%; Mn: 0.25% or less; Si: 0.01 to 0.50%; Cr: 12.0 to 14.0%; Mo: 3.80 to 5.20%; Nb+Ta: 1.80 to 2.80%; Ti: 0.50 to 1.00%; Al: 5.50 to 6.50%; B: 0.005 to 0.015%; Zr: 0.05 to 0.15%; and Fe: 0.01 to 2.5%, with the remainder being Ni and unavoidable impurities, in which the turbine wheel includes a wing part and a shaft part, and a size of γ′ phase in each site of from a tip of the wing part to the shaft part is structure-controlled so as to fall within a range of from 0.4 to 0.8 μm.

An apparatus and method is disclosed for forming an item in a mould using a casting process, typically a counter gravity casting system. Heating assembly, transfer assembly and mould filling assembly can be used in combination. The transfer assembly includes apparatus and method for removing sedimentation from the liquid metal and/or metal alloy received from the heating assembly and extracting the same prior to the metal and/or metal alloy reaching the mould filling assembly at which the same is supplied to fill a cavity of a mould and which, once filled, can be slid to a location to cool and thereby make available the mould filling assembly for the next mould to be filled. This apparatus and method provide an efficient, high throughput system, along with high quality cast items.

An apparatus and method is disclosed for forming an item in a mould using a casting process, typically a counter gravity casting system. Heating assembly, transfer assembly and mould filling assembly can be used in combination. The transfer assembly includes apparatus and method for removing sedimentation from the liquid metal and/or metal alloy received from the heating assembly and extracting the same prior to the metal and/or metal alloy reaching the mould filling assembly at which the same is supplied to fill a cavity of a mould and which, once filled, can be slid to a location to cool and thereby make available the mould filling assembly for the next mould to be filled. This apparatus and method provide an efficient, high throughput system, along with high quality cast items.

The current invention is directed to a medical implant made of bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys and methods of making such medical implants, wherein the medical implants are biologically, mechanically, and morphologically compatible with the surrounding implanted region of the body.

The current invention is directed to a medical implant made of bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys and methods of making such medical implants, wherein the medical implants are biologically, mechanically, and morphologically compatible with the surrounding implanted region of the body.

A cap member is used in a shut-off valve including a valve head in which a through hole is formed, the cap member including: a cap member main body screwed into the through hole; a first engaging portion for engaging with a first tool for screwing the cap member main body into the valve head; a second engaging portion formed inside the cap member main body to engage with a second tool for unscrewing the cap member main body from the valve head; and a wall portion covering the second engaging portion so that the second engaging portion is not exposed when the cap member is viewed from the first engaging portion toward the second engaging portion.

A cap member is used in a shut-off valve including a valve head in which a through hole is formed, the cap member including: a cap member main body screwed into the through hole; a first engaging portion for engaging with a first tool for screwing the cap member main body into the valve head; a second engaging portion formed inside the cap member main body to engage with a second tool for unscrewing the cap member main body from the valve head; and a wall portion covering the second engaging portion so that the second engaging portion is not exposed when the cap member is viewed from the first engaging portion toward the second engaging portion.

The casting of metals or salt and products made by casting metals or salts are described. For example, a method for casting metals or salts includes evacuating a mold that is pressurized with an inert gas and coupled to a pressurized source of molten metal or salt, wherein the pressurization of the source is sufficiently high to drive the molten metal or salt into the mold in response to the evacuation.