A metal wire, which is one of a tungsten wire and a tungsten alloy wire, includes alkali metal on the surface thereof. The amount of alkali metal is at most 2.0 μg per 1 g of the metal wire.

A superconducting wire comprises a MgB.sub.2 filament, a base material, a high-thermal expansion metal, and a stabilizing material. The high-thermal expansion metal is a metal (for example, stainless steel) having a higher thermal expansion coefficient at room temperature than the MgB.sub.2 and the base material (for example, iron or niobium). The manufacturing method includes a step of packing a mixed powder in a first metal pipe, a step of performing wire-drawing on the first metal pipe formed of the metal to be the base material, a step of producing a composite wire by accommodating the first metal pipe in a second metal pipe formed of the high-thermal expansion metal and the stabilizing material, a step of performing wire-drawing on the composite wire, and a step of performing heat treatment.

This invention relates to a composite mandrel and its processing technology, including: processing, connection, welding, alloy overlaying, tempering after overlaying, polishing, chrome plating etc., on the whole and auxiliary body of mandrel. The composite mandrel includes a plurality of main and auxiliary bodies, the surface is overlaid with high temperature resistant, wear resistant, thermal fatigue resistant alloy, polished, and chrome plated, obtaining the characteristics of wear resistance, thermal fatigue resistance and high temperature resistance. The whole process not only increase the strength, toughness and hardness of the mandrel, improves its service quality, but also prolong the service life. With simple structure and reliable quality, composite mandrel can meet the requirements of different running condition. Whether for new-made mandrels, or for equal diameter renewal of failed mandrels, composite mandrel process can show its advantages of suitable material quantity, energy saving, consumption reduction, and production cost reduction.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for causing sufficient deformation in precursor particles even when a soft high-purity metal is used for an outer layer material in mechanical milling, and manufacturing an MgB.sub.2 superconducting wire. A method for manufacturing an MgB.sub.2 superconducting wire in which an MgB.sub.2 filament is covered by an outer layer material, the method comprising: subjecting magnesium powder and boron powder to a shock that is insufficient for MgB.sub.2 to be clearly produced, and producing precursor particles in which boron particles are dispersed inside a magnesium matrix; filling a metal tub with the precursor particles; processing the metal tube filled with precursor particles to form a wire; and heat-treating the wire to synthesize the MgB.sub.2; wherein the method is characterized in that a portion of the wire-drawing step includes swaging.

A tie rod forming apparatus includes a frame for supporting a material holding unit that releasably holds tie rod stock material, and a feed bed in structural communication with the material holding unit. The feed bed selectively accepts and manipulates the tie rod stock material. A cutting assembly is provided in operative communication with the feed bed, and an operator interface module is in communication with the material holding unit and the cutting assembly. The material holding unit selectively dispenses the tie rod stock material to the feed bed, and the cutting assembly manipulates a portion of the dispensed tie rod stock material, in dependence upon parameters communicated by the operator interface module.

Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a manufacturing method, process, machine, and/or system for continuously consolidating granular materials, creating new alloys and/or composites, and/or modifying and/or refining material microstructure, by using plastic deformation of feedstock(s) provided in various structural forms. Materials produced during this process can be fabricated directly and/or in forms such as, e.g., wires, rods, tubes, sheets, plate and/or channels, etc.

A cored wire for refining molten metal includes a reactive core material that is in the form of a solid rod. A non-reactive particulate material radially surrounds the solid core material, and an exterior metal jacket radially surrounds the particulate material. The particulate material may include wood or other material that when introduced into the molten metal, undergoes thermal decomposition to release carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons, or combinations thereof as a shroud around the core material.

Methods described herein can include drawing materials to form a drawn filled tubing (DFT) wire. The materials can include a core material, a first layer of a biocompatible material disposed exterior to the filler material, a magnetic material disposed external to the first layer of biocompatible material, and a second layer of biocompatible material disposed exterior to the magnetic material. In some embodiments, the method further comprises melting the core material to form a magnet with a through hole lumen. In some embodiments, the method can further include applying an external magnetic field to the materials during the drawing to align grains of the magnetic material. In some embodiments, the core material can have a melting point lower than a melting point of the magnetic material and the biocompatible material.

A processing method of NPR steel rebar coil is disclosed. The NPR steel rebar is cold processed and has a diameter of less than 14 mm, and has a yield strength of 800˜950 MPa, a tensile strength of 900˜1100 MPa, and a elongation of not less than 20%. The processing method comprises: a I-shaped placing step L20, an uncoiling step L30, a flattening step L40, a pointing step L50, a butt welding step L60, a hydraulic head-pushing step L70, a cold drawn smoothing step L80, a grit blasting step L90, an in-situ inline annealing step L10, an air-cooled tempering step L11, a coiling step L12, a placing step L13, a flattening step L14, a cold drawn spiral ribbing step L15, a straightening step L16, and a coiling step L17. The method can achieve full intelligence, meet the processing requirements and the automatic intelligent production requirements of NPR steel rebar coil.

A processing method of NPR steel rebar coil is disclosed. The NPR steel rebar is cold processed and has a diameter of less than 14 mm, and has a yield strength of 800˜950 MPa, a tensile strength of 900˜1100 MPa, and a elongation of not less than 20%. The processing method comprises: an I-shaped placing step L20, an uncoiling step L30, a flattening step L40, a pointing step L50, a butt welding step L60, a hydraulic head-pushing step L70, a cold drawn smoothing step L80, a grit blasting step L90, an in-situ inline annealing step L10, an air-cooled tempering step L11, a coiling step L12, a placing step L13, a flattening step L14, a cold drawn spiral ribbing step L15, a straightening step L16, and a coiling step L17. The method can achieve full intelligence, meet the processing requirements and the automatic intelligent production requirements of NPR steel rebar coil.