A scroll compressor (1) including an enclosure (2); a compression section (6) arranged within the enclosure (2), the compression section (6) has a fixed scroll element (7) having a first baseplate (11) and a first wrap portion (12) extending from the first baseplate (11), and an orbiting scroll element (8) having a second baseplate (13) and a second wrap portion (14) extending from the second baseplate (13), the fixed and orbiting scroll elements (7, 8) being intermeshed to form compression chambers (15); and a driving section (16) coupled with the orbiting scroll element (8) for moving the orbiting scroll element (8) in an orbiting motion during operation of the scroll compressor (1). At least one of the fixed and orbiting scroll elements (7, 8) is made of solid solution strengthened ferritic ductile iron.

A cast piston for an internal combustion engine is made of an iron-based material and has windows in at least one side wall carrying a piston pin boss. The windows are asymmetric relative to one another on the side of the skirt walls.

Disclosed is an air compressor (10) for supplying compressed air to a pneumatic system in a motor vehicle. The air compressor (10) comprises a crankcase (46), a cylinder housing (14) connected to the crankcase, a cylinder head (20), a crankshaft (40) rotatably mounted in the crankcase, a cylindrical piston (12) that is connected to the crankshaft (40) by a connecting rod (42). In order to load the compressed air with as little heat as possible, the crankcase (46), the cylinder housing (14), the cylinder head (20), and the piston (12) are made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and the at least one piston ring (54) or the at least one oil ring is made of gray cast iron or polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).

A cast piston for an internal combustion engine is made of an iron-based material and has windows in at least one side wall carrying a piston pin boss. The windows are asymmetric relative to one another on the side of the skirt walls.

A pump shaft (10; 12) and a pump member (16; 18) mountable on the shaft for rotation with the shaft have respective contact surfaces that contact when the pump member is mounted on the shaft. At least one of the contact surfaces is formed such that corrosion products of the surface are substantially incompatible with the other contact surface so that joining of the shaft and pump member at the contact surfaces by corrosion is substantially prevented. The pump shaft and pump member may be parts of a dry pump.

A nodular graphite cast iron, a method for fabricating a vane for a rotary compressor using nodular graphite cast iron, and a vane for a rotary compressor using the same are provided. The nodular graphite cast iron includes 3.4 wt % to 3.9 wt % of carbon (C), 2.0 wt % to 3.0 wt % of silicon (Si), 0.3 wt % to 1.0 wt % of manganese (Mn), 0.1 wt % to 1.0 wt % of chromium (Cr), 0.04 wt % to 0.15 wt % of titanium (Ti), less than 0.08 w % of phosphorus (P), less than 0.025 wt % of sulphur (S), 0.03 wt % to 0.05 wt % of magnesium (Mg), 0.02 wt % to 0.04 wt % of rare earth resource, iron (Fe) and impurities as the remnants, and includes a bainite matrix structure, nodular graphite, and 15 vol % to 35 vol % of carbide.

A reciprocating compressor with a head-holding turret in the upper portion of which one or more recesses, open to the outside, are defined, which reduce as much as possible the contact surface with the valve carrier plate above.