Hitachi, Ltd.

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Hisanao Kita

Takamitsu Nakazaki

Yoji Akutsu

Takeshi Wada

Yoshinori Karatsu

Hiroshi Satoh

Hisanori Okamura

Megumi Nakanose

Tatsuo Yonezawa

Isao Yanagida

Shoji Sato

Tetsuo Okuni

Tadakazu Oguri

Hideo Ito

Tsuneo Kakimi

Mizuho Tanaka

Junzo Komatsu

Yukio Yamaguchi

Kagehiko Yamamoto

Hidetoshi Togashi

Mutsuo Suzuki

Yoshio Namatame, Deceased

Hironori Kadowaki

Susumu Fujishima

Tatsuji Wada

Yasuzi Kawada

Takaharu Konishi

A method of connecting superconducting wires have the steps of preparing a connecting superconducting wire piece, exposing the filaments of the superconducting layers to be connected and the filaments of the connecting superconducting wire piece by partially dissolving and removing the coating layers, inserting the filaments of the superconducting wires to be connected into the filaments of the connecting superconducting wire piece such that the filaments of the connecting superconducting wire piece cross and envelope the filaments of the superconducting wires to be connected, fitting a metallic connecting pipe on the region where the filaments cross each other, and crimping the metallic connecting pipe onto the crossing filaments thereby tightly fixing and connecting the exposed filaments to each other.

Method of connecting superconducting wires

Disclosed is a system for automatically successively inserting a plurality of U-shaped heat transfer tubes into holes of support members of an equipment such as a heat exchanger. The system has fixing means for removably fixing the support members such that the corresponding holes of the support members are axially aligned; gripping means adapted to pick up one of the heat transfer tubes and movable to bring the heat transfer tube toward the holes of supporting members; a positioning means disposed between the gripping means and the fixing means and adapted to hold the gripped heat transfer tube horizontally and to make the same align with the holes in the support members; and control means operatively connected to the gripping means and the positioning means so as to sequentially control the operation of both means in a predetermined sequence. The system operates as follows under the control of the control means. The gripping means grips the heat transfer tube and raises the same. The gripping means is then moved toward the support members while the positioning means supports the heat transfer tube. As the heat transfer tube is inserted deeper into the support members, the support of the tube by the positioning means is released. The gripping of the tube by the gripping means is released and the gripping means is then returned to the position for picking up the next tube, after the completion of the insertion of the heat transfer tube.

System for automatically inserting U-tubes of heat exchanger or the like

A method of welding opposite end surfaces of two titanium alloy parts kept in alignment by a high energy-density welding process such as electron beam welding, laser beam welding or TIG arc welding, characterized by closely interposing an insert member of either practically pure titanium or Ti-Al binary alloy containing up to 3 Wt % of Al. Owing to thorough alloying of the inserted titanium with the constituents of the fused base metal, the weld metal in a weld joint obtained by this method is sufficiently high in both strength and toughness. By an optional postwelding heat treatment, the strength of the weld metal can further be enhanced.

Method of welding titanium alloy parts with titanium insert

A vacuum chamber for welding in which to place a workpiece is hermetically connected to a vacuum chamber for an electron beam gun in which to place an electron beam gun, and the former is kept at a vacuum of 1.times.10.sup.-4 Torr while the latter, at a vacuum of 1.times.10.sup.-6 Torr. The distance between the electron beam gun and the surface of the workpiece is made greater than the mean free path of gas molecules and metal vapor molecules generated in treating, e.g., 1.85 m. Two focusing coils are arranged to prevent the expansion of the electron beams.

Method of treating a workpiece with electron beams and apparatus therefor

An electron beam welding machine comprises an electron gun including a first beam adjusting means, a second beam adjusting means disposed spaced from the first beam adjusting means so as to be movable in the direction of an electron beam path, and position adjusting means for adjusting the position of the second beam adjusting means through rotary movement about an axis perpendicularly crossing the electron beam path and linear movements on a plane perpendicular to the electron beam path. The machine further includes a mirror and light source mounted on the electron gun to emit light on the electron beam path, and photodetectors mounted on the opposite sides of the second beam adjusting means so as to face the electron gun and a workpiece, whereby the correct position of the second beam adjusting means is detected.

Electron beam welding machine

An electron beam welding apparatus is provided with a magnetic shielding pipe for preventing electron beams emitted from being deflected by stray magnetic fields, and a removing device for removing metal deposit accumulated on a tip portion of the magnetic shielding pipe, which tip portion faces to a weld formed by welding of materials to be welded. The removing device is provided with at least a pair of shutters which move along a tip face of the tip portion to prevent the metal deposit from accumulating on the tip portion. The pair of shutters provides in their central portion a hole for passing electron beams therethrough when they are closed so that welding can continue irrespectively of the movement of the shutters.

Electron beam welding method and apparatus therefor

A nozzle structure of electroslag welding machines for use in welding planks having heavier thicknesses compared to previously electroslag welded planks, and having as much as 800 mm thicknesses, in which the nozzle structure is formed of a plurality of bent pipes rigidly connected with each other to form a fan-shaped nozzle structure. A plurality of wires are continuously fed through each of the bent pipes into a weld gap formed by faces of planks to be welded.

Nozzle structure of electroslag welding machines

A water intake portion of a hydraulic machine consists of a casing and a speed ring positioned between the casing and guide vanes for guiding water from the casing to the guide vanes. The speed ring consists of a pair of upper and lower flat members of a ring form, a plurality of stay vanes positioned between the aforesaid pair of members for interconnecting same rigidly, and a reinforcing member of a cylindrical form, which is welded to the top surface of the upper flat member between the inner and outer circumferential edges of the upper flat member. Edges defining therebetween an opening of this casing are welded to the top surface of the upper flat member of a ring form, of the speed ring in the position between the aforesaid reinforcing member and the outer circumferential edge of the upper flat member, as well as to the undersurface of the lower flat member of a ring form, respectively. In this respect, the welding of the reinforcing member of a cylindrical form to the top surface of the upper flat member of a ring form is followed by the welding of the edges of the opening of the casing to the upper and lower flat members of a ring form.

Method for construction of water intake portion of hydraulic machine

A method for welding dissimilar metals, wherein a filler metal is deposited on one end of the aforesaid dissimilar metals to be jointed, said filler metal being of the same material as that of another of said dissimilar metals; the outer surface of the weld metal thus deposited is machined to provide a joint surface adapted for welding; and an electron beam welding is applied along the interface formed between said joint surface of said weld metal thus deposited and the joint surface of another of said dissimilar metals.

Welding method for dissimilar metals

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