A method of making a light weight component is provided. The method including the steps of: forming a metallic foam core into a desired configuration; and applying an external metallic shell to an exterior surface of the metallic foam core after it has been formed into the desired configuration.

A high-temperature bimetal capable of being inhibited from considerably shifting from an original position when the temperature has fallen to an ordinary temperature is provided. This high-temperature bimetal (1) includes a high thermal expansion layer (2) made of austenitic stainless steel and a low thermal expansion layer (3) made of a thermosensitive magnetic metal having a Curie point and bonded to the high thermal expansion layer. The high-temperature bimetal is employed over both a high temperature range of not less than the Curie point and a low temperature range of less than the Curie point, while an upper limit of operating temperatures in the high temperature range of not less than the Curie point is at least 500° C.

Disclosed is a method for producing a composite material, wherein two or more composite components are arranged with respect to one another by casting to form a composite, so as to create a contact region essentially without a material bond between the composite components, wherein the composite components are thereafter materially bonded to one another in the contact region by means of a hot-rolling process.

A method and a device for connecting sheet metal parts to form lamination stacks, wherein a sheet metal strip whose top and/or bottom surface has a hardenable polymer adhesive layer is transported continuously through an application device in which a fluid that contains an activator is applied to the adhesive layer, the applied fluid is dried, the sheet metal strip that is coated with the dried activator is continuously fed to a strip accumulator, the sheet metal strip from the strip accumulator is fed to a cyclically operating cutting device in which sheet metal parts are cut from the sheet metal strip and stacked on one another, and the cut and stacked sheet metal parts are connected to one another to form lamination stacks by means of the adhesive layers that are coated with the activator. The invention also relates to the lamination stacks produced according to the method.

A method of attaching a cladding element to a base element. A first inner side of the cladding element is positioned spaced apart from a second inner side of the base element to define a slot therebetween, and one or more heating elements are located in the slot. A non-oxidizing atmosphere is provided in the slot, and the heating element is energized, to heat at least portions of the cladding element and the base element to a hot working temperature. While at the hot working temperature, the first and second inner sides are engaged with each other, and one or both are moved relative to the other, for plastic deformation of the first and second inner sides, to subject the portions of the cladding element and the base element to shear stresses. The portions are allowed to cool, for recrystallization thereof.

The present invention concerns a new metal powder which is useful for coating cast iron parts. The invention also relates to a method for coating cast iron parts by using the new metal powder. Of special importance is the possibility to use the metal powder for coating the surfaces of glass moulds. The invention also relates to metal parts, such as cast iron parts, or glass moulds which are coated by the metal powder.

Embodiments of the present invention relate to an inner casing component configured to form part of a steam flow path of a last stage of an axial flow steam turbine, the steam turbine inner casing component having a base made of nodular cast iron and a coating, on the base, in a region exposed to the steam flow path, consisting of manganese austenitic steel.

This coated steel member includes: a steel sheet substrate having a predetermined chemical composition; and a coating formed on a surface of the steel sheet substrate and containing Al and Fe, in which the coating has a low Al content region having an Al content of 3 mass % or more and less than 30 mass % and a high Al content region formed on a side closer to a surface than the low Al content region and having an Al content of 30 mass % or more, a maximum C content of the high Al content region is 25% or less of a C content of the steel sheet substrate, a maximum C content of the low Al content region is 40% or less of the C content of the steel sheet substrate, and a maximum C content in a range from an interface between the steel sheet substrate and the coating to a depth of 10 μm on a side of the steel sheet substrate is 80% or less of the C content of the steel sheet substrate.

An apparatus includes first, second, and third layers. The first layer includes a plurality of flanges. The second layer includes a deformable membrane. The second layer is connected to the first layer along a first major surface of the deformable membrane. The third layer is connected to the second layer along a second major surface of the deformable membrane opposite the first major surface. The third layer includes a first series of internal structures.

A centrifugally cast composite roll comprising an outer layer formed by a centrifugal casting method, and an inner layer made of ductile cast iron and integrally fused to the outer layer, the outer layer being made of an Fe-based alloy comprising by mass 1.3-3.7% of C, 0.3-3% of Si, 0.1-3% of Mn, 1-7% of Cr, 1-8% of Mo, at least one of 2.5-7% of V, 0.1-3% of Nb and 0.1-5% of W (V is indispensable), and 0.01-0.2% of B and/or 0.05-0.3% of S, the balance being substantially Fe and inevitable impurities, the outer layer having a structure containing no graphite; the inner layer comprising a core portion fused to the outer layer, and a drive-side shaft portion and a free-side shaft portion integrally extending from both ends of the core portion; the total amount of Cr, Mo, V, Nb and W being 0.35-2% by mass in an end portion of the drive-side shaft portion and 0.15-1.8% by mass in an end portion of the free-side shaft portion, the former being larger than the latter by 0.2% or more by mass.