One aspect relates to a process for preparing a shaped metal product, wherein a monolithic metal precursor surrounded by a sacrificial outer element is formed to smaller dimensions, and the sacrificial material is subsequently removed. One aspect further provides a composite for preparing a shaped metal product, and a shaped metal product. Such shaped metal products can be used to manufacture an active implantable medical device or sensor.

A heat transfer tube and a heat exchanger incorporating at least one heat transfer tubes are provided. The heat transfer tube and the heat exchanger are configured to operate in both a heating mode and a cooling mode (e.g., to optimize the reversible function a heat pump). The heat transfer tube includes a tube body with an interior surface and an exterior surface. The tube body defining an outer diameter (D.sub.o) and a wall thickness (W.sub.T), wherein a ratio (W.sub.T/D.sub.o) the wall thickness (W.sub.T) to the outer diameter (D.sub.o) is between 0.061 and 0.071. The heat transfer tube includes a plurality of adjacent helical fins protruding circumferentially around the interior surface of the tube body, and at least one groove disposed between the plurality of adjacent helical fins. The configuration of the heat transfer tube(s) is optimal for the reversible function of the heat pump.

A sensor includes: a tubular needle member that includes a side wall and defines a hollow portion; and a linear detection member located in the hollow portion. The side wall of the needle member includes a thick portion that is thicker than another portion of the side wall in a cross-section of the needle member, and wherein the thick portion protrudes toward the hollow portion.

One aspect relates to a process for preparing a ring electrode including the steps of a) providing a monolithic metal precursor, wherein the monolithic metal precursor includes an outer tube forming a first cavity of the precursor, and wherein the outer tube has a wall including in one section an inner tube forming a second cavity of the precursor; b) preparing a composite precursor by inserting a first sacrificial core element into the first cavity of the precursor provided in a) and a second sacrificial core element into the second cavity of the precursor provided in a); c) forming the composite precursor obtained in b) to obtain a formed composite having a smaller outer diameter than the composite precursor obtained in b); d) separating a composite disk from the formed composite obtained in c); e) removing the first and the second sacrificial core element from the composite disk obtained in d).

A method of production of a shaped article able to suppress occurrence of shaping defects, that is, a method of production of a shaped article including a first step of press-forming a metal plate (1a) into a U-shape to obtain a U-shaped article (1b) having a bottom part (2) straight extending in a longitudinal direction and a second step of press-forming the U-shaped article (1b) to bend it in the longitudinal direction so that the bottom part (2) of the part projects to the inside and obtain a U-cross-section bent article (1c).

This steel sheet has a base steel sheet, a coated portion, and an exposed portion, the shape of the end edge side of the steel sheet and the end portion on the outer side of the base steel sheet is a protruded curve represented by a curvature radius R1 and R1 is 5 μm or more.

This steel sheet includes a first coated portion in which an intermetallic compound layer and an aluminum coating layer are provided on a surface of a base steel sheet in order from the base steel sheet side, a first exposed portion in which the base steel sheet is exposed, and a second coated portion in which the intermetallic compound layer and the aluminum coating layer are provided on the surface of the base steel sheet in order from the base steel sheet side, in which in a first direction which is perpendicular to a thickness direction of the steel sheet and is directed from the first coated portion to one end edge of the steel sheet, the first coated portion, the first exposed portion, the second coated portion, and the end edge of the steel sheet are disposed in this order on one surface of the base steel sheet, at least the first coated portion, the first exposed portion, and the end edge of the steel sheet are disposed in this order on the other surface of the base steel sheet in the first direction, and when viewing a cross section parallel to each of the first direction and the thickness direction of the steel sheet, the second coated portion is provided in a lower region which is located on the surface of the base steel sheet and on an inner side of the base steel sheet in the thickness direction of the steel sheet from a virtual line extending in the first direction from a boundary between the first exposed portion and the second coated portion.

A part of a plate member is machined to remove material therefrom so as to obtain an intermediate product having a thickness difference. Then, the intermediate product is bent and both edges thereof are joined to obtain a cylindrical body. Further, a first heat treatment of heating the cylindrical body is performed. Then, through holes penetrating from the outside to the inside of the peripheral wall of the cylindrical body are formed. Pipe parts are joined to the tubular body thus obtained to form a tubular member. This tubular member is subjected to a second heat treatment.

The disclosure relates to a tubular component for a chassis of a vehicle, wherein the tubular component may include an extruded profile made of an aluminum alloy. The extruded profile may include a rounded extruded profile base and profile walls extending from the rounded extruded profile base and facing one another, wherein the profile walls are curved towards one another to form the tubular component.

Spiral forming devices, systems, and methods can be used to join edges of a of a stock material, in a curved configuration, along one or more joints to form tubular structures, such as conical and/or cylindrical structures (e.g., frusto-conical structures). A planar form of the stock material can be formed from a plurality planar sheets coupled to one another in an abutting relationship. By controlling relative orientation and shapes of the plurality of planar sheets forming the stock material and/or by controlling a position of a roll bender used to curve the planar form of the stock material into the curved configuration, the curved configuration of the stock material can be controlled through transitions between sheets to facilitate rolling the sheets to a desired diameter with a reduced likelihood of dimples or other errors and to facilitate fit up between adjacent sheets in the curved configuration.