The present invention relates to noble metal-containing components prepared by cold metal transfer (CMT) methods, along with methods of preparing such components by CMT. More especially, an advantageous method of preparing a platinum metal group metal or alloy containing ignition device component by CMT is provided.

A system for manufacturing of a sintered wire and in-situ feeding to a laser wire welding system is presented. The system includes a pressure vessel connected to a powder feed system for delivering at least two powders to a powder mixing zone of the pressure vessel. The at least two powders are mixed via a rotating cone in the pressure vessel. After mixing, a heating device contained within the pressure vessel heats the mixture so that liquid phase sintering occurs and a sintered rod is created. The sintered wire is continuously fed to a laser metal deposition system for depositing a layer of additive material on a base material. A method of additively manufacturing or repairing a superalloy component is also presented.

The invention relates to a method for producing an axle housing of a vehicle axle, by means of integrally connecting an axle tube (1) to an axle shaft (2) which is positioned on the longitudinal axis (L) of the axle tube, is equipped with bearing surfaces (3) for mounting a vehicle wheel, and has a tube cross-section facing said axle tube (1) which is substantially the same as the tube cross-section of the axle tube. In order to develop a welding method for the production of an axle housing that consists of an axle tube and an axle shaft secured thereto, which method is optimised in terms of the dynamic loads to which the axle housing is typically subjected in a driving operation, the method comprises the following steps: arranging the axle tube (1) and the axle shaft (2), with the abutting surfaces of their tube cross-sections positioned coaxially to one another, in a workpiece receiving portion of a welding installation (10), said welding installation additionally comprising an arc welding device (11) and a laser welding device (12) which is operated in parallel, continuously miming a weld seam (20) in the peripheral direction of the tube cross-sections, both welding devices (11, 12) being directed, actively and from the outside, onto substantially the same peripheral section of the abutting surfaces, wherein the laser beam (S) meets the outside (14) of the tube at right angles, and intersects the longitudinal axis (L) of the axle tube (1), and stopping running the weld seam (20) once this has passed over a peripheral angle of at least 360. A corresponding axle housing is also disclosed.

A multi-plate oil cooler with high joining strength with an inner fin while suppressing a usage amount of a nickel brazing filler, even when ferrite-based stainless steel with low wettability for a nickel brazing filler is used for a plate is provided. A plate made from a ferrite-based stainless steel plate and an inner fin made from a pure iron plate or a carbon steel plate are joined with a nickel brazing filler to form a multi-plate oil cooler. In general, a structure body is provided wherein a ferrite-based stainless steel and pure iron or a carbon steel are joined with a nickel brazing filler.

A joining method includes performing a first heat treatment step on a first superalloy workpiece and a second superalloy workpiece wherein at least one of the first and second superalloy workpieces include a gamma matrix phase and a gamma-prime precipitate phase. The first and second superalloy workpieces are joined using a solid state joining process, subjected to a post-weld stress relief operation and a final aging heat treatment.

A universal approach is described to produce welding filler materials with enhanced grain refining, for making welded objects with hot-crack resistance. Some variations provide a welding filler material comprising a functionalized metal-containing powder, wherein the functionalized metal-containing powder comprises metal or metal alloy particles and a plurality of nanoparticles disposed on surfaces of the metal or metal alloy particles, and wherein the nanoparticles are consolidated in a three-dimensional architecture throughout the welding filler material. A welded object contains a welding filler material comprising the functionalized metal-containing powder, enabling the welded object to be free of hot cracks. Other variations provide methods of making a welding filler material. This approach has been successfully demonstrated by incorporating zirconium-based nanoparticle grain refiners within a welding precursor material for welding aluminum alloy Al 7075, as one non-limiting example.

A method of manufacturing an engine piston may include performing upper-body formation for forming an upper body as an upper portion of a piston body by pressing a powder-type sintered material, performing lower-body formation for forming a lower body as a lower portion of the piston body by pressing a powder-type sintered material, performing bonding for forming the piston body by providing a brazing material between the upper body and the lower body and brazing the upper body and the lower body to each other while sintering a sintered material, performing machining for removing pores from the surface of the piston body by machining the surface, and performing heat treatment for forming a passive film by performing at least one of nitriding heat treatment or oxidation heat treatment on the surface of the piston body.

A system includes a laser welder and a filler wire feed. The laser welder is configured to weld a workpiece to at least one additional workpiece to form a welded assembly. Each of the workpieces is formed from a steel material and comprises an aluminum based coating thereon. The filler wire feed is configured to feed a filler wire to an interface between the workpieces when the workpieces are being welded to each other to form the welded assembly. The filler wire comprises a composition that includes nickel and chromium. The filler wire is configured to bind with aluminum in the aluminum based coating so as to minimize formation of brittle intermetallics due to mixing of the aluminum in the aluminum based coating with the iron/steel material in the weld joint.

Described is a reaction chamber (100) configured to house coking reactions comprising a main body (90) with a base portion (B) and a head portion (S), wherein the base portion (B) and the head portion (S) are joined together at their respective joint edges, characterised in that the walls of the main body (90) are made of stainless steel in such a way as to allow a joint between the base portion (B) and the head portion (S), of the main body (90), by welding only the base sheet since no plating is present on the sheet itself and in such a way as to allow the construction of the base portion (B) and the head portion (S), when constructed by coupling and welding a plurality of sheets, by welding only the base sheet since no plating is present on the sheet itself.

Advantageously, the method of assembly of the reaction chamber (100) according to the invention limits the operations necessary to weld only the base sheet since there is no plating on the sheet itself.

Disclosed is a braze putty composition including a sacrificial binder, a first nickel alloy and a second nickel alloy, a method of making the putty, and a method for using this putty to repair castings.