General Electric Company

Michael Louis Szugye

Gregory Alan Steinlage

Ben David Poquette

Michael Scott Hebert

Donald Robert Allen

Kirk Alan Rogers

Dale R Wilcox

Mark Andrew Vansumeren

Giovanni A Dallicardillo

Peter M Costantino

Timothy C Turnia

An induction furnace for heating a workpiece includes a chamber and an insulation cylinder positioned therein, with the insulation cylinder including a base cover movable between first and second positions, and the first position positioning the workpiece within a heating zone and the second position positioning the workpiece within a cooling zone. A translation system in the furnace includes a first member coupled to the base cover of the insulation cylinder and extending through a wall of the chamber, an actuator coupled to the first member, the actuator configured to translate the first member to move the base cover of the insulation cylinder between the first and second positions, and an expansion member encircling a portion of the first member and configured to hermetically seal an interior volume of the chamber from an environment volume external to the chamber.

System for maintaining interior volume integrity in an induction vacuum furnace and method of making same

A structure and associated process for joining dissimilar materials to form various components of an x-ray tube is illustrated that utilizes one or more intermediate or interfacial filler material members positioned between the primary welding or mating surfaces of the base material components to be joined. The use of the interfacial or intermediate filler material preserves the multiple benefits of friction welding, as well as enabling the joining of highly dissimilar material components, decreasing the required joining temperature, and providing increased microstructural control of the resulting weld or joint.

Friction welding of X-ray tube components using intermediate filler materials

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Michael Louis Szugye